State officials haven’t descended on Jacksonville’s City Hall yet, but conflict about the impending visit brews all the same.

Jacksonville’s Democratic Mayor and Florida’s Republican CFO are exchanging some sharp words amid a dispute over a “simple form” the city wanted Blaise Ingoglia’s office to sign ahead of the Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight/Department of Government Efficiency audit later this week.

“We go to great lengths to protect the integrity and safety of our network. As such, we require every external auditor to complete a standard one-page form to request access to our sensitive and sophisticated financial systems,” said Mayor Donna Deegan , invoking Chapter 2025(199), Section 124 saying the city was allowed “appropriate security considerations.”

The city seeks

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