TAMPA — Two longtime former state lawmakers who now serve in local government don’t think much of the audits of their counties’ spending conducted by Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia’s office in recent months.
Since being appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to the position in July, Ingoglia has held press conferences in some of the state’s cities and counties, where he has aggressively called out alleged overspending. It’s been a central feature of the state’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) efforts, later rebranded by Ingoglia as the Florida Agency For Fiscal Oversight (FAFO).
The media events are also a way to plug a (still to be written) constitutional amendment for the 2026 ballot that likely will ask Floridians if they support reducing or possibly eliminating property taxes on homestead properties…