BRANDON, Fla. - Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia released some of the initial findings from the series of audits conducted by the state’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task force, which was created to crack down on waste, fraud and abuse in local government.

Ingoglia said the DOGE team found nearly $279 million in questionable spending within Hillsborough’s general fund.

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Ingoglia said the county’s general fund budget has ballooned by more than 50% since 2019, totaling about $860 million. During the same time, Hillsborough’s population grew by approximately 124,000 people, a figure he argues doesn’t justify the spending spike.

"Hopefully people can see that they’re just using population growth as an excuse to increase the budgets," Ingoglia said.

He believes c

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