JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — On the same day Florida's Chief Financial Officer visited Jacksonville, the city's finance committee approved a cut to the millage rate.

Members of the city's finance committee approved a reduction of 1/8th of a mill or $13,478,133.

"It’s time to let our citizens breathe a little bit opposed to spending their hard earned money on social programs quite honestly they probably didn’t ask for or even know that exist," Raul Arias, Jr., the committee chair, explained.

This cut was praised by CFO Blaise Ingoglia during his visit to Jacksonville and he encouraged city council to do more.

"I would like to think that we had a little bit of a hand in that just making sure that people know that we're holding people accountable, elected officials, cities and counties for excess

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