State auditors arrive in Broward to comb over financial records amid concerns of wasteful spending

Representatives with the state s department of governmental efficiency task force made a stop in South Florida to audit Broward County s finances The audit kicked off at Broward County Governmental Center in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday following comments from Gov Ron DeSantis and the state s chief financial officer earlier this month which accused Broward of being one of the worst offenders when it comes to wasteful spending DeSantis announced nine state DOGE auditors will comb through thousands of Broward s financial records and input systems to find wasteful spending The audit is expected to run through end of day Friday State bureaucrats main concerns with the county is over a latest tax increase and spending on state change programs and transportation Broward s Mayor Beam Furr recounted News the audit will be a teaching opportunity for taxpayers For the citizens they ll have a chance to see how governing body works a lot of parts that they may not know about If you re going into whether it s circumstances change or diversity equity and inclusion or transportation or procurements these things that they may not know that their regime is doing for them Now they re going to find out about it and so if I m looking at it as a teachable moment and if they find a few things that we can do better we ll do better he declared Earlier this month DeSantis and BLANK the CFO demanded that local governments throughout Florida receive comprehensive audits following concerns over prospective mismanaged funding Functionaries revealed after auditing Broward the auditors are headed to Manatee County a Republican county and then to the City of Gainesville The governor explained the audits are far from over as every county statewide should expect to be audited as well