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Officeholders

Richard Leslie Hersch

2024 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2025-06-04 · 21 pages (text)

Net worth$6,548,655
Income listed$275,908
Real estate$2,145,700
Debts listed$0
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 70% $193,406 · State of Florida
  • Investments & retirement 18% $49,819 · Social Security
  • Other / unclassified 12% $32,683 · Patrice A. Talisman Irrevocable Trust

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 6

Context Unusual reporting

Lists 2 investment accounts ($2,263,937) instead of what's in them

The instructions say the investments held in a brokerage account or IRA are the assets to report — not the account itself. As listed, the public can't see what the filer is invested in.

What to check
  • Which companies or funds are in these accounts? Holdings matter for conflicts of interest.

Rule: Accounts listed instead of investments
“Note that the product contained in a brokerage account, IRA, or the Florida College Investment Plan, is your asset”2024 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $6,548,655; listed items add up to $6,548,655

Reported net worth: $6,548,655. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $6,548,655. They roughly agree. 1 listed item(s) have no amount, so the comparison is incomplete.

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.”2024 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Missing or incomplete

$4,276,427 of assets itemized in an attachment on pages 5–21 — the totals match

The form says “see attached” for 4 entries, and this copy includes the attachment (pages 5–21). Beneficial interest in Patrice A. Talisman Irrevocable Trust, see Attachment A — $1,983,715: matches “Portfolio Total $1,983,715.07 $1,034,157.91 $59,638.67” (page 11); Roth IRA, see Attachment B — $499,239: matches “Portfolio Total $499,239.45 $132,968.73 $7,941.63” (page 18); IRA account, see Attachment B — $1,764,698: matches “Portfolio Total $1,764,697.70 $185,715.01 $28,801.20” (page 15); Cash positions, see Attachment C — $28,775: matches “TOTAL: $28,775.04” (page 19).

What to check
  • Open the attachment page to see the individual holdings behind each total.

Rule: Itemized in an attachment
“A filer may include and submit attachments or other supporting documentation when filing”2024 Form 6 instructions, Attachments ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

70% of listed income ($193,406) comes from State of Florida

Listed income totals $275,908 from 3 sources. The largest is classed as government & public payroll.

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”2024 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Reports a net worth of $6,548,655 — a multimillionaire on paper

Net worth is the filer's own figure. Being wealthy isn't a problem; it's context for comparing candidates and for reading the rest of the form.

What to check
  • Compare with the other candidates in the race.
  • Check that the large assets below are described and valued clearly.

Rule: Net worth tier
“Report your net worth as of”2024 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $2,145,700 (33% of net worth)

Real estate holdings, as listed.

What to check
  • Look the parcels up with the county property appraiser: land use (vacant or improved), assessed value and when they were bought.
  • Check whether any listed liability is a mortgage on these properties.

Rule: Real estate holdings
“Real property: Identify by providing the street address of the property.”2024 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Where to look next

These links open official public records, built from what the filer disclosed. They're searches you run yourself — results may include other people or companies with similar names.

Their filings

Other filings by Richard Leslie Hersch

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-04-20$7,214,395

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $6,448,655 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $0 listed

Reported as “N/A”.

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $275,908 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Reported as “N/A”.

Interests in specified businesses

Reported as “N/A”.

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
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