Broward County government spending has outpaced both inflation and population growth to the tune of about $190 million this year — hiking the cost of living and artificially keeping the County Commission from offering real tax relief to its citizens, Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia argued Tuesday.
At a news conference promoting the state’s analysis of spending by Broward County government — a review that was a tentpole of the governor’s justification to create a statewide Department of Governmental Efficiency — Ingoglia called for property owners and taxpayers to put pressure on the County Commission to restrain from allowing the general fund budget to grow more than needed.
“Government is expanding because they can, not because they need to,” he said, speaking of Broward and other local governments. “They’re not being good stewards of your money. … They’re just expanding the bureaucracy underneath them.”…