How does DeSatan spend money in Florida?? $92,000,000 for porta-potties! [View all]
How the DeSantis administration spent immigration emergency funds this summer
Expenses included restaurant bills at Tallahassee restaurants, custom badges and legal costs.
TALLAHASSEE The DeSantis administration dramatically escalated spending this summer on a years-old immigration emergency with expenses ranging from private jet flights and restaurant tabs to custom badges, according to a state accounting of how his office is using an expiring emergency fund.
That spending included more than $166,000 on restaurant bills and catering, $717,000 on travel including a $203,000 private jet bill two days before Christmas and at least $1.7 million on outside attorneys defending the states detention centers in court.
The agency has used the fund to commit $380 million through 83 contracts with private vendors. The largest contracts include $92 million to porta-potty outfit Doodie Calls, $61 million to IRG Global Emergency Management and $52 million to Garner Environmental Services.
The money comes from Floridas Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund, a pot of cash controlled by the governor. It was first established by the Republican-led Legislature in 2022 to give DeSantis office faster access to money during crises. Democrats have long derided it as a slush fund for the governor to use as he pleases with scant oversight.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2026/02/11/desantis-immigration-enforcement-emergency-spending-hotels-flights/