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. ( R8 r+ u+ J# J ' Y! h- v- F- j7 z$ AMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. $ V3 Z8 n" X, ? $ [/ H% R% K; Z& ]1 |" U% Z% sYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?