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. . i0 }4 y9 \1 L0 [4 f + r- E' h! T1 z% ?0 A& B' WMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. % Y/ B" A8 f9 B- k' N( n9 \ , {$ [, ~8 R6 ~7 q' DYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?