In the latest salvo between Seminole County and Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, it appears Blaise Ingoglia is backing off his accusations the Republican-led county is overspending by tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer money every year.

“We appreciate your openness, cooperation and dialogue in an effort to better understand the details of your expenditures, both recent and historical,” Ingoglia said in an Oct. 24 letter to Seminole Commission Chair Jay Zembower. “No further action is needed on your part. Please continue looking out for the taxpayers of Seminole County.”

It was a surprising turn following Ingoglia’s blistering press conference in Sanford three weeks earlier, in which he angrily blasted Seminole for raising property taxes to finance what he called “a large, bloate

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