By Anthony Man | [email protected] | South Florida Sun Sentinel

Gov. Ron DeSantis took another swing at Broward on Wednesday, asserting the county has had a “massive” increase in its spending in recent years.

The governor cited spending in places like Broward as a reason property taxes should be eliminated and why local governments should be DOGE’d.

“If you look over the last five or six years, local governments have had a gusher of property tax revenue coming in,” DeSantis said at a news conference in Fort Pierce. “You’ve had counties that have had virtually no population increase on net — like Broward — have had a massive increase in their budget. And the question is why? What are they doing with that money?”

His comments come five weeks after Broward officials gave officials in the governor’s office a budget summary explaining that the county’s budget increase in recent years is “nearly identical” to the combined effects of inflation and population growth.

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