By Jose E. Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report NEW YORK. Venezuela’s acting president landed in the same city that has held her former boss in a federal jail cell […]
Pensacola’s $1.4 Million Question: What the State’s Audit Gets Right, and What It Misses
A financial controller’s read on Florida DOGE’s Pensacola findings — and on the report’s own methodology BY JOSE E. NAVARRO, MBA · THE NAVARRO REPORT · PENSACOLA, FLA. When Florida’s […]
The $100,000 Signature: How One Executive Looted a Miami Charity for a Decade
By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report | Miami Affairs Miami — For ten years, Charmaine Gatlin ran the finances of Jackson Health Foundation with almost nobody looking over […]
Where the Money Went: Mismanagement, and One Prosecuted Pocket of Corruption
By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report | San Diego Affairs San Diego — Ask city officials where the money went and you’ll mostly hear the word “structural”: a […]
“It’s Unbelievable”: Inside Orange County’s Widening Contract Fraud Scandal
By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report | Orange County Affairs Santa Ana — “It’s unbelievable.” That was Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen’s reaction to the first phase of […]
A Decade of Settlements: Why LA County Needs Tort Reform
By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report | LA County Affairs Los Angeles — Ten years of the county’s own litigation reports tell a story its Board of Supervisors […]
Los Angeles Opens a Second Straight Year Over Budget — Same Departments, Same Overtime
By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report | California Affairs Los Angeles — The city closed out fiscal year 2025-26 the way it opened fiscal year 2026-27: over budget. […]
The Department of War’s $93.4 Billion Shopping Spree — While Missiles Ran Short
By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report | National Affairs Call it what you want — the Pentagon spent forty-seven years as the Department of Defense before President Trump […]
The UN’s Race to Bankruptcy
By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report | World Affairs For an institution built to outlast the crises it responds to, the United Nations is now confronting one entirely […]
The Fund That Owes Your County Money: Inside Tallahassee’s $1.5 Billion Emergency Fund Hole
By Jose E. Navarro, MBA | Florida Panhandle | September 18, 2026 TALLAHASSEE. Florida lawmakers approved another $250 million for the state’s emergency fund this week. They did it less […]