Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia made his latest stop in Hillsborough County on his ongoing tour calling out local governments he says are engaging in “wasteful and excessive spending.”

Ingoglia was in Hillsborough County a week after he bashed local governments in Orange County and Jacksonville , spotlighting superficially high property tax rates. It’s a tour Ingoglia launched as part of the Florida Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) oversight of local spending.

“The taxpayers of this county should be outraged,” Ingoglia said of Hillsborough’s spending.

Using Department of Revenue data, Ingoglia said he estimates that Hillsborough County is overtaxing residents by $279 million in the planned upcoming 2025-2026 fiscal year budget. He added that the Hillsbo

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