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Officeholders

Ashley Lauren Bess

2025 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2026-06-01 · 3 pages (text)

Net worth$9,552
Income listed$55,000
Real estate$0
Debts listed$14,393
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Other / unclassified 100% $55,000 · Salary

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 3

Context Unusual reporting

“Stocks and Bonds” ($1,575) doesn't name the institution

Intangible assets should name the entity they relate to.

What to check
  • Which bank, company or fund is this?

Rule: Asset without a named institution
“Do not list simply "stocks and bonds" or "bank accounts."”2025 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $9,552; listed items add up to -$6,448

Reported net worth: $9,552. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = -$6,448. Net worth roughly equals the listed assets before debts — the debts may not have been subtracted.

What to check
  • No action needed unless other items look off.

Rule: Net worth vs. listed items
“Simply subtracting your liabilities from your assets will not result in an accurate net worth figure in most cases.”2025 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

100% of listed income ($55,000) comes from Salary

Listed income totals $55,000 from 1 source. The largest is classed as other / unclassified.

What to check
  • Who is this source, and does it have business before the office sought?
  • If the filer owns it, check the business section and secondary income.

Rule: Where the money comes from
“List the name of each source of income that provided you with more than $1,000 of income during”2025 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Where to look next

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Their filings

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $6,445 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $14,393 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $55,000 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Nothing listed.

Interests in specified businesses

Reported as “N/A”.

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-08T00:03:00+00:00
SHA-256
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6
Extraction
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