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. ' o/ i2 A4 k; w1 o2 {" I+ ~ % [' ?' h* r# C9 ?3 p' }4 Z1 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. 6 f2 l. j/ C' B! r; @, t * \0 z; C( o1 T* d( q4 Y }7 f# k4 |Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?