It’s time for a good scrubbing of Mayor Michelle Wu’s reckless, unchecked spending before Boston taxpayers are hit with another crippling tax hike.

Lawmakers should demand an independent audit – possibly by State Auditor Diana DiZoglio or the feds – of Wu’s ballooning budget before considering any more new taxes or state funds for her administration.

That audit, including one of all the federal funds flowing to Boston, should demand accountability from the city. Open up all the books to back up her claim that all her spending is on “city services.”

Right now, there are no checks and balances and no transparency. Her budget needs a total review with suggested cuts, the way every private business does it.

The weak City Council’s unanimous rubber stamp approval of Wu’s 13% property tax increase on Wednesday means Boston residents will be footing the bill for all the public relations stunts, staff and useless agencies that Wu has created over the last four years.

Wu’s arrogant approach to the budget, saying there are no possible cuts to be made and taxes must be increased on the decimated commercial property industry instead, is irresponsible. She calls President Trump a “king,” then behaves like a queen.

Wu is now using ridiculous TikTok videos and Reddit threads to pressure the state Senate to cave to her demands, like that is somehow going to create a groundswell of support.

Senate President Karen Spilka, who has feuded publicly with Wu for more than a year over Wu’s plan to put more of the tax burden on commercial property, was obviously not impressed. Wu’s tax plan went nowhere again this week.

Spilka is supporting tax relief proposals from two Democratic state senators whom Wu has targeted for political retribution, Nick Collins and William Brownsberger.

“The Senate is deeply committed to making Massachusetts more affordable and there are many ways to provide meaningful relief—including proposals from Senators Brownsberger and Collins that would support the most vulnerable residents without placing burdens on small businesses that will ripple throughout the state—and the City should have engaged with the Senate on these options well before now,” a Spilka spokesperson said.

Rep. Adrian Madaro, House chair of the Joint Committee on Revenue, said the Senate is “playing games” and Boston’s petition is “rotting away” because of “personal issues that exist between stakeholders.”

That may be true but Wu is not going to win a battle with Spilka unless she changes strategy and comes with a peace offering – like at least an attempt at cutting her own bloated budget.

Maybe slash one of her speechwriters, or digital staffers? She obviously has plenty of those to promote herself. Or next time take a pass on a phony baloney $15,000 trip to Nova Scotia just so her staff photographer could get a shot of her cutting down the city Christmas tree.