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Officeholders

Morris Lee West

2023 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2024-02-11 · 5 pages (text)

Net worth$753,000
Income listed$86,659
Real estate$727,0003 properties
Debts listed$0
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 81% $70,074 · City of Haines City
  • Investments & retirement 13% $11,585 · Social Security
  • Other / unclassified 6% $5,000 · Eagleeyes Investigation

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 4

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $753,000; listed items add up to $769,000

Reported net worth: $753,000. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $769,000. 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.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

81% of listed income ($70,074) comes from City of Haines City

Listed income totals $86,659 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”2023 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $727,000 across 3 properties (97% 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.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ 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”: United Protective Security Services. 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”2023 Form 6 instructions, Interests in Specified Businesses ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · 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 $754,000 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $0 listed

Reported as “N/A”.

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $86,659 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
2026-10-11T03:02:19+00:00
SHA-256
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 form6
Extraction
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