JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As Jacksonville’s City Council prepares to vote on the budget on Sept. 23, Mayor Donna Deegan responded to claims from Florida’s chief financial officer, Blaise Ingoglia, who alleged $200 million in unnecessary budget increases and said the city is “over taxing and overspending.”
Deegan dismissed the claim, saying, “All of our property taxes, every bit of it goes to police and fire, everything else, you know, I mean, that is the insane part. What would we do if we cut $200 million? I don’t know where that would come from. Nobody does. He didn’t give one solid example.”
She addressed the CFO’s social media posts featuring a hologram at the airport, clarifying,…