DOGE audits Orange County, property tax reform, open carry, tropics update, and remembering El Faro
Update: 2025-09-26
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This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke with Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings about the recent state audits into the county’s spending (00:00 ). Then, we spoke about how the state’s DOGE efforts relate to property tax reform with Florida TaxWatch President Dominic M. Calabro (08:04 ) and later, Douglas Soule, Your Florida state government reporter (19:42 ). Plus, we spoke with a pub owner about why he won’t allow guns onsite despite Florida's new open carry rules (24:52 ). We also checked in with FPREN Meteorologist Megan Borowski for an update on the tropics (29:46 ). And later, Maeve McGoran, reporter and host of a new podcast that explores what went wrong in the sinking of the El Faro, joined us (37:36 ).
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