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. 2 }/ m0 ?" T) q; u5 u) {) ? 3 j* f. i5 d7 O4 C7 w/ [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. . P0 L5 D6 L8 Y2 S y1 ~7 n1 T* K* B6 @- W: fYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?