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Officeholders

KAREN ROSE

2025 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2026-05-25 · 7 pages (text)

Net worth$8,671,159
Income listed$194,517
Real estate$4,628,9345 properties
Debts listed$197,326
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Investments & retirement 90% $175,927 · Florida Retirement System, Social Security Admin., Empower Retirement, Gary's Tree Service (mortgage interest), Turnkey Realty (mortgage interest), Victor Williams III (mortgage interest), Diverse Equity Investments (mortgage interest)
  • Government & public payroll 10% $18,590 · Sarasota County School Board (as of 12/31/25)

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 5

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $8,671,159; listed items add up to $8,661,375

Reported net worth: $8,671,159. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $8,661,375. 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 Wealth & holdings

Reports a net worth of $8,671,159 — 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”2025 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $4,628,934 across 5 properties (53% 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

Context Wealth & holdings

Lists 4 businesses under “Interests in Specified Businesses” and owns more than 5% of all of them

Listed under “Interests in Specified Businesses”: DD&GG Miller LLC, JD&G Miller Holdings LLC, Meade real property Holdings LLC, Highland Property Management LLC. 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”2025 Form 6 instructions, Interests in Specified Businesses ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Holds $8,595 in cryptocurrency (0% of net worth)

Direct cryptocurrency holdings, as listed. Prices are public but volatile; values are as of the net-worth date.

What to check
  • Compare with the coin's price on the net-worth date if the share is large.

Rule: Cryptocurrency holdings

How this rule works

Where to look next

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Their filings

Businesses they disclosed

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $8,658,701 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $197,326 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $194,517 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
#2 Name
Address
Activity
Position
Owns > 5%
Nature of ownership
#3 Name
Address
Activity
Position
Owns > 5%
Nature of ownership
#4 Name
Address
Activity
Position
Owns > 5%
Nature of ownership

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-07T19:23:32+00:00
SHA-256
72a5338d3980ffc63e3ebdcfd4f24044b786c905ec39f10f559abfcd358bff76
Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 form6 · p6 form6 · p7 form6
Extraction
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