Less than a week before City Council is supposed to pass next year’s city budget, Florida’s chief financial officer accused Jacksonville leaders of overspending by nearly $200 million.
CFO Blaise Ingoglia on Wednesday outlined what called “high-level spending information” from his Florida DOGE team’s audit of the city’s finances, which began with in-person data collection in August at City Hall.
Ingoglia, appearing at the Americans for Prosperity Florida chapter office in Jacksonville, did not provide specific programs that his DOGE team is characterizing’s as overspending, but he criticized the growth in Jacksonville’s spending over the last five budget years, starting in 2019, relative to its population increase…