Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia made the latest stop in his continuing crusade against local government spending with an appearance in Alachua County.

“We are on the verge of a property tax revolt here in the state of Florida,” Ingoglia said, as he unloaded on the county government that is home to Gainesville and the University of Florida.

Ingoglia said the Alachua County government has increased their annual budget by $140.02 million just since Fiscal Year 2019, a 77% jump in a five-year span. He said that amounts to $84.83 million in excessive spending.

It’s a similar message he has delivered in the past two weeks as he has been holding press conferences across the state while bashing local government budgets in Orange County, Hillsborough County and the city of Jackso

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