TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Department of Government Efficiency is zeroing in on a variety of topics, including Green New Deal policies.
It comes as Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingolia continues audits statewide to eliminate what he calls “waste, fraud and abuse at the local level” all in an effort to reduce property taxes.
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We’re getting a better idea of what exactly Florida’s DOGE is requesting from local governments, including positions and projects that relate to DEI as well as green new deal policies. CFO Ingolia called them a “leftist mission.”Florida’s DOGE is sending out letters to local governments across Tampa Bay. In the one to St. Pete Mayor Ken Welch, the state requested contracts, employee salaries, jobs associated with DEI, and any documentation related to clean energy, climate action, and Green New Deal policies.
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“What kind of county or city what can they possibly do in order to change global climate change?” Ingolia said. “I think it’s just a leftist mission that they’re wasting money.”Pinellas County also received a similar letter and so did Hillsborough, which the county’s environmental services division director responded: “that the county commissioners have not adopted any emissions reductions or carbon reducing targets.”“I don’t think it’s a good use of taxpayer dollars,” Ingolia said.In the letters signed by Ingolia, it reads, property tax collection in St. Pete has risen over $95 million, which is up 75% over the last six years…