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Sancho

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Thu Feb 12, 2026, 02:36 PM Thursday

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 state’s 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 Florida’s 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/

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