Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters Dec. 7 that soon he’ll unveil a proposed budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year, which will include “higher budget reserves than we’ve ever had in the history of the state of Florida.” “We are doing things that matter, that are helping Floridians across the board, and we’re being very aggressive on that,” the Republican governor said. “But yet, at the same time, our budget will come in at less than half of the budget of the state of New York—which is the closest state to us in population—we’re about 3 million more people than they are.” He made the comments while announcing a proposal that’s part of the budget lawmakers will consider: a plan to spend $270 million on 76 projects across the state designed to combat flooding and “sea-level rise.”  When combined with local matching funds, the proposed projects would have a total cost …