The city of Edmonton evidently thinks Albertans are so enamoured of tax increases now that the NDP is in charge that it has proposed increasing property taxes 4.9% a year for each of the next three years. * W7 M3 o' @ d9 p O + W% I' X! h; e& YMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. 4 k& J2 [2 T" o 4 Y# l0 g4 w. EYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?