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. 6 w5 a0 }) }6 D % D: d" D2 G) Y, j" M* ^Mayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. - Y9 J$ d/ m' S8 @" I# N : R m9 z9 c- c7 vYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?