Ingoglia’s “FAFO” Initiative Targets “Waste, Fraud, and Abuse,” Pledges Property Tax Relief
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, Blaise Ingoglia, spoke from an on-site government efficiency initiative in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, vowing to hold local governments accountable for what he described as a post-COVID “explosion” in their budgets and a corresponding surge in property taxes.
Ingoglia, who refers to his initiative as “FAFO,” stated the only way to achieve property tax relief is for local governments to become “good stewards of taxpayer money” and cut their budgets.
Speaking to reporters amid protestors, some of whom he jokingly offered signs that read “I heart wasteful spending,” Ingoglia emphasized the need to scrutinize local government spending…