Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia visited Palm Beach County on Tuesday as part of a statewide effort to audit local government spending. Ingoglia held a news conference in Boca Raton, highlighting findings from the Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight, which has been conducting on-site audits and requesting financial records from counties across the state. Ingoglia claimed Palm Beach County has accumulated $1.2 billion in “excessive and wasteful spending” since 2020. Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 News”Affordability and property taxes a big issue. The fact of the matter is Palm Beach County government, in our estimation, has been spending your money like drunken sailors. And Palm Beach County is drowning in wasteful and excessive spending,” Ingoglia said. Palm Beach County Administrator Joe Abruzzo pushed back against the claims, taking the stage as Ingoglia was leaving. Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.”We can’t function on a government that functions on a $600-million budget if we eliminate $443 million. These numbers are false; they’re not accurate,” Abruzzo said. Abruzzo said he plans to address the claims in a news conference in the near future.
BOCA RATON, Fla. —
Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia visited Palm Beach County on Tuesday as part of a statewide effort to audit local government spending.
Ingoglia held a news conference in Boca Raton, highlighting findings from the Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight, which has been conducting on-site audits and requesting financial records from counties across the state.
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Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia.
Ingoglia claimed Palm Beach County has accumulated $1.2 billion in “excessive and wasteful spending” since 2020.
Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 News
“Affordability and property taxes [are] a big issue. The fact of the matter is Palm Beach County government, in our estimation, has been spending your money like drunken sailors. And Palm Beach County is drowning in wasteful and excessive spending,” Ingoglia said.
Palm Beach County Administrator Joe Abruzzo pushed back against the claims, taking the stage as Ingoglia was leaving.
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Palm Beach County Administrator Joseph Abruzzo.
Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.
“We can’t function on a government that functions on a $600-million budget if we eliminate $443 million. These numbers are false; they’re not accurate,” Abruzzo said.
Abruzzo said he plans to address the claims in a news conference in the near future.