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CHRIS BOLES

2024 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2025-02-06 · 6 pages (text)

Net worth$2,698,184
Income listed$148,325
Real estate$720,000
Debts listed$150,943
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 100% $148,325 · HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 2294, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BOCC

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 6

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $2,698,184; listed items add up to $2,698,184

Reported net worth: $2,698,184. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $2,698,184. 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.”2024 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

75% of listed income ($111,100) comes from HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE

Listed income totals $148,325 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 Income & business ties

Most income is from government & public payroll (100%)

Sector is inferred from the names of income sources and the businesses they own.

What to check
  • Consider whether decisions in the office sought affect this industry.

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 Income & business ties

Earns from 3 separate employers or businesses

Several distinct earned-income sources (excluding investments, retirement and Social Security).

What to check
  • Are any of these sources connected to each other or to the office sought?

Rule: Several earned-income sources

How this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Reports a net worth of $2,698,184 — a millionaire 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

Lists 1 business under “Interests in Specified Businesses”

Listed under “Interests in Specified Businesses”: FLORIDA WEST COAST CREDIT UNION. That section covers banks, insurers, mortgage and small-loan companies, utilities, alcohol licensees, pari-mutuels and holders of city or county franchises — industries where officials' interests are disclosed separately.

What to check
  • Check whether the office sought oversees or contracts with these industries.
  • Look the businesses up on Sunbiz for officers and registered agents.

Rule: Stakes in closely regulated businesses
“The types of businesses covered in this section include: state and federally chartered banks”2024 Form 6 instructions, Interests in Specified Businesses ✓ 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

Businesses they disclosed

Other filings by CHRIS BOLES

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-01-14$2,828,699

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $2,772,127 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $150,943 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $148,325 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

#1 Name
Address
Activity
Position
Owns > 5%
Nature of ownership

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-08T14:57:19+00:00
SHA-256
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Pages
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Extraction
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