Florida Chief Financial Office Blaise Ingoglia made a South Florida stop in Miami-Dade County as part of his fiscal oversight tour throughout the state.

In a news conference, Thursday, the CFO criticized the county’s budget for being excessively high.

“I’m here to tell the great people of Miami-Dade how much their local government has overspent and overtaxed them. In just five years, Miami-Dade’s budget grew nearly $844 billion. There’s no other way to put this but you are being overtaxed,” he said.

According to Ingoglia, using Miami-Dade’s 2019 budget as a baseline, the county’s 2024 budget was $2.52 billion, which he says, should have been closer to $2.25 billion based on inflation and population growth.

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