New CFO appointed by Ron DeSantis
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday appointed Sen. Blaise Ingoglia as Florida’s new chief financial officer, selecting the lawmaker to fill the vacancy left by Jimmy Patronis, who resigned in March after winning a congressional seat.Ingoglia, known for his fiscal conservatism, (he once introduced a bill to eliminate the Florida Democrat party--LOL) is expected to resign from the Senate later this week, opening up a race to represent Senate District 11.
Within hours of the appointment, former Rep. Ralph Massullo filed to run for the soon-to-be-vacant seat, launching his campaign with an endorsement from DeSantis and a message focused on continuing Florida’s conservative policy trajectory.
Massullo, a longtime physician from Lecanto, served in the House until 2024 and becomes the first major Republican to enter the race.
DeSantis said Ingoglia would focus on strengthening oversight of government spending, supporting first responders, and promoting fiscal accountability. Ingoglia said his immediate priorities include property tax relief, improvements to firefighter benefits, and increased scrutiny of insurance companies operating in the state.
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5 comments:
They need to lower property taxes in Florida it's killing seniors and we need lower property taxes it's ridiculous they allow so much growth and so much over building and are taking in so much in taxes from property taxes but they never lower them for people who have been living here a long time, lower property taxes it's killing seniors citizens it's going to force a lot of older people to move out of this state!
DeSantis has considered eliminating property taxes or a rollback but property taxes are local, not state. So we’d need to do a constitutional amendment (requires 60% of voters to approve) to eliminate them. Local governments depend on property taxes to run their cities and LW is worried about it.
Actually, with the 3% and the various Homestead deductions, the taxes are pretty reasonable, compared to a place like Philadelphia.
It's the non-ad valorem that goes up pretty steeply, every year. But if you want the garbage collected, you have to pay.
People are asking how cities are going to pay for police, fire, water and roads if property taxes are eliminated. Who really cares? They'll figure it out while I enjoy that extra few thousand dollars a year!!!
@6:18...they will probably go for a government grant :) Or protest. The commisson is already objecting. Give up your car allowance. Bring DOGE in.
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