FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Auditors with the state Division of Authorities Effectivity shall be zeroing in on Broward County spending, Gov. Ron DeSantis and newly-appointed state Chief Monetary Officer Blaise Ingoglia introduced in Fort Lauderdale Tuesday morning.
The 2 consider county officers are misusing taxpayer {dollars}.
“Broward County, sadly, might be, in my thoughts, one of many worst offenders in relation to spending,” Ingoglia stated.
Starting July 31, auditors from varied state companies will look at monetary information and knowledge programs. Non-compliant native governments might face fines of at the least $1,000 per day.
“We don’t should ask, ‘Mom, might I?’, we are able to simply merely say you should comply underneath the regulation,” DeSantis stated.
Whereas DeSantis claimed Broward County is overspending, he supplied few particulars about the place these claims are coming from, merely chalking them as much as “taxpayers.”
Broward Commissioner Steve Geller stated the county is fiscally accountable and he has the numbers to show it, calling DeSantis’ actions political.
“We’re a regulation abiding county in Broward County, we adjust to all legal guidelines of the state, we adjust to all legitimate government orders,” Geller stated. “I’m certain it’s only a coincidence that he’s solely gone after two shiny blue counties. What different cause might there be?”
Geller stated numbers are filed with the state yearly and defined the place many of the spending comes from.
“That’s the place the large improve has been, the airport and the ocean port, which don’t get mainly a penny of property tax, they increase the cash they usually spend the cash solely on the airport and on the seaport.”
Broward Mayor Beam Furr stated on “This Week in South Florida” in Could, previous to the announcement, that he’s seen this coming for months.
He stated he was conscious the governor was name-checking Broward County and added that the allegations merely aren’t true.
“When you truly checked out our inhabitants development plus inflation price, we’re precisely proper there, proper on, nearly precisely on the (nostril), however then you definately add that further transportation surtax, it does appear like income, however that’s income that voters voted for (for infrastructure),” Furr informed Native 10’s Glenna Milberg.
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