WASTEFUL SPENDING: Broward County Government Equity and Community Investment: $625,730 Their goal "lead the Human Services Department’s work of advancing, augmenting and promoting diverse, inclusive and equitable service systems and community partnerships". They fund the "Race Equity

WASTEFUL SPENDING: City of Orlando Office of Equity: $2,016,040 This office employs 15 people and their budget increases every year. One of their responsibilities include "Strengthen relationships with fast-growing minority communities with specific needs, such as Haitian and

WASTEFUL SPENDING: St. Petersburg, FL City Development Administration: $3,545,319 The office, staffed by 9.65 full-time employees, purports to "lead the City's arts, culture, and tourism activities through investment in equitable access to arts and culture throughout the City's

WASTEFUL SPENDING: City of Clearwater, FL HR - Talent Acquisition and Diversity: $493,961 The City of Clearwater allocates nearly half a million dollars to fund three full-time staff members dedicated to ensuring diversity. Among their tasks is overseeing "the Diversity Leadership

WASTEFUL SPENDING: Sarasota County Government UF IFAS Extension and Sustainability: $2,900,000 These are the types of initiatives that get swept under the rug. Going into debt ($2.5 million) to fund "educational horticulture practices, and county wide solar initiatives to promote a

WASTEFUL SPENDING: Village of Estero Village Manager's Office: $844,825 Red cities and counties aren't off the table. The Village Manager's office, with just two full-time employees, is looking to pocket a cool $455,130 in combined salaries for FY25. They're not stopping there,

WASTEFUL SPENDING: Gadsden County BOCC County Commissioners Fund: $1,297,944 They've got $270,000 floating around in expenses so broadly categorized you'd need a detective to track down where it all went. Dig this: $212,000 is lumped under "Other contractual

WASTEFUL SPENDING: City of Miami Beach Procurment Office: $3,200,000 The city's procurement department has literally singled out "a registry of LGBT-owned businesses" to provide special privileges to contracts/purchases. They brag about $12 million spent on SBE/DBE and

WASTEFUL SPENDING: Village of Estero General Government Budget: $1,117,800 This budget is full of wasteful spending. Lobbying expenses have nearly doubled from $41,833 in 2022 to $80,000, paying two Tallahassee lobbyists for unclear purposes. They've allocated $250,000 for vague

Other counties should follow suit.

ATTEMPT AT WASTEFUL SPENDING: Susan L. Valdés Appropriations Project Request: $750,000 Yet another DEI charity (@UnivAreaCDC) funded by your tax dollars. Rep. Susan L. Valdés is trying to secure $750,00 for a charity whose directors are littered with six-figure salaries.

Another example of wasteful property tax spending: According to this article, in 2024, Miami-Dade Schools received ~$10,386 per student just from property taxes. That doesn’t even account for state, federal, or other grant funding. Depressing.