Florida Files

Officeholders

Melvin P Ponder

2024 Form 6F · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2025-01-30 · 5 pages (text)

Net worth$270,869
Income listed$237,194
Real estate$751,2772 properties
Debts listed$632,952
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Real estate 66% $155,620 · Emerald Coast Association of Realtors
  • Government & public payroll 34% $81,574 · Okaloosa Board of County Commissioners

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 3

Context Unusual reporting

Lists 2 investment accounts ($42,553) 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 $270,869; listed items add up to $308,022

Reported net worth: $270,869. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $308,022. A difference is normal: net worth also counts assets and debts that aren't listed individually (items under $1,000, credit cards, taxes), and the instructions say subtracting listed liabilities from listed assets won't give an accurate figure in most cases.

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 Income & business ties

66% of listed income ($155,620) comes from Emerald Coast Association of Realtors

Listed income totals $237,194 from 2 sources. The largest is classed as real estate.

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

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Their filings

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $889,024 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $632,952 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $237,194 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead: not read

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
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Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
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