Lawmakers’ pork-barrel projects have gotten out of hand | Editorial

A record level of parochial pork-barrel spending in Florida’s new $117.5 billion state budget shows that the annual practice of paying for thousands of “member projects” is out of hand.

Florida TaxWatch made that declaration Wednesday as the business-backed policy research group released its annual “Turkey Watch” report, flagging nearly $1 billion in questionable spending throughout the state that Gov. Ron DeSantis should consider vetoing ($854.6 million in 450 separate projects, to be exact).