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Officeholders

Buddy Lee Brown

2025 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2026-06-01 · 4 pages (text)

Net worth$602,762
Income listed$162,871
Real estate$688,4703 properties
Debts listed$169,808
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Other / unclassified 93% $151,313 · HDSB
  • Investments & retirement 7% $11,558 · DFAS Military Retirement

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 4

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $602,762; listed items add up to $615,257

Reported net worth: $602,762. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $615,257. They roughly agree.

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 Unusual reporting

Net worth rose from $400,000 (2024) to $602,762 (2025) — 1.5×

This 2025 filing reports $602,762; the same person's 2024 filing reported $400,000, a change of $202,762 in 1 year. Listed income for 2025 was $162,871. Inheritances, home values and markets can move net worth a lot, so compare what's listed in each year to see where the change shows up.

What to check
  • Compare the assets listed in each filing: which items are new or much larger?
  • Does listed income explain the change?

Open the 2024 filing to compare →

Rule: Net worth changed sharply between filings
“Report your net worth as of”2025 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

93% of listed income ($151,313) comes from HDSB

Listed income totals $162,871 from 2 sources. 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

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $688,470 across 3 properties (114% 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.”2025 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Where to look next

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Their filings

Other filings by Buddy Lee Brown

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-06-17$400,000

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $750,064 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $169,808 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $162,871 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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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6
Extraction
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