A day after Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia said he would subpoena Orange County officials , Mayor Jerry Demings is accusing state officials of making politically motivated attacks.

“This is all being driven by political motives for whatever reason, to focus on Orange County and Central Florida,” said Demings, a Democrat in one of the bluest parts of a red state. “This community is a target.”

Demings called the state’s investigation “mean-spirited.”

But Demings said county employees won’t defy the subpoenas. Demings did, however, deny that the county tried to cover up or hide anything during the state’s Department of Government Efficiency audit earlier this month.

The Orange Sentinel reported that 16 county employees, including Orange County attorney Jeff Ne

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