Remember when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia and held a press conference at the airport?

They said they wanted to shine a light on what the governor called “irresponsible uses of taxpayer funds” by cities and counties around the state.

That Oct. 1 event — held near a hologram-like video of Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan and, as Ingoglia pointed to it, Jaguars Hall of Famer Tony Boselli — got a lot of attention, with a press release citing examples of "wasteful spending" by Jacksonville, Pensacola, Gainesville and Alachua, Orange, Hillsborough, Pinellas and Broward counties.

What didn’t get as much attention at the time was what the governor and Cabinet had done just the day before: approve spending $83.3 million of taxpayer funds to acquire 4 wate

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