JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s Chief Financial Officer stopped in Jacksonville Friday, just three weeks after starting the process of auditing the city’s spending. CFO Blaise Ingoglia has been making his way across the state, auditing counties and cities to see where they can ‘cut wasteful spending.’

Ingoglia said he chose Jacksonville as one of the initial cities after hearing concerns from people living there.

“We have heard from some of the taxpayers on the ground to check certain places, Jacksonville was one of those places where a lot of the taxpayers said we want tax relief, go and review them," Ingoglia explained.

Ingoglia said his team is still in the process of auditing the city and the findings should be ready in about a month.

"We’re going to be sending out a larger, broader

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