“Roses are red, violets are blue. Our property taxes are high because of you,” Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia said during a Jacksonville news conference.

The Republican used rhyme and meter to blast spending in the city of Orlando and Orange County, spending on programs that conservative leadership in Tallahassee considers wasteful and unnecessary.

During the past two months, the CFO and state DOGE team have been reviewing spending in the city and county.

Ingoglia flagged several programs in Orlando, including $460,000 spent "counting" trees, $150,000 spent on assistance for undocumented immigrants, $67,500 over five years for hot yoga classes and $6,000 annually for a poet laureate.

Focusing on the poet laureate, Ingoglia said, “The people keep asking, where does it g

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