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The mayor and other city officials dispute Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia’s allegations, highlighting investments in police, fire and infrastructure as the city prepares to vote on its annual budget.
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Following the accusation by Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia that the county was overtaxing residents, Mayor Jerry Demings called the CFO's math "fuzzy."
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The statute would require the governor's annual budget recommendations to include cost-savings measures. The Legislature would be required to consider them.
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In Florida, local governments have taken the charge to address their climate-polluting emissions and transition to clean energy.
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Manatee County’s grassroots Republican commissioners, elected on promises to slow runaway growth, have found themselves in a pitched battle with Gov. Ron DeSantis and the developers aligned with his administration.
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Orange County confirmed its employees, including county attorney Jeff Newton, received state subpoenas demanding they produce computer files for inspection.
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Blaise Ingoglia said it "has something to hide." Mayor Jerry Demings pushed back, saying the county cooperated fully and no employees were told to alter, change or delete documents.
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On "The Florida Roundup," the state's new chief financial officer, Blaise Ingoglia, discussed auditing local governments and a timeline for when findings will be released.
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This week on "The Florida Roundup," we spoke with Florida’s CFO Blaise Ingoglia about the latest ruling on “Alligator Alcatraz,” redistricting, and the state’s DOGE audits. Then, POLITICO’s Kimberly Leonard joined us for a deeper dive into court decisions around the controversial immigrant detention center in the Everglades and more.
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The state’s chief financial officer said auditors should act like police investigators, and doubted protestors pay property taxes.
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As the state audit began in Hillsborough this week, Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia pledged that “when local governments say that they cannot cut, we’re going to show them places that they can cut.”
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State CFO Blaise Ingoglia claimed unnamed sources are saying local officials in cities targeted with DOGE audits have been trying to delete or hide financial information.