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Officeholders

James (Jim) Patrick Norton

2023 Form 6X · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2024-05-17 · 4 pages (text)

Amendment. It restates liabilities and joint and several liabilities. Net worth, assets, income, secondary sources of income and interests in specified businesses weren't amended, so they're shown as originally filed in the Form 6 received 2024-05-17; click those values to open it.

Net worth$2,205,000
Income listed$126,000
Real estate$1,500,000
Debts listed$287,000
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 100% $126,000 · Gulf County School Board - Superintendent of Schools

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 5

Context Unusual reporting

Lists 2023 Ford F150 Truck separately from the $150,000 household-goods total

Personal vehicles, jewelry, art and furnishings can be reported in the household-goods lump sum or itemized. Net worth doesn't appear to count them twice.

What to check
  • No action needed unless the lump sum also includes these items.

Rule: Household items listed twice
“Describe, and state the value of, each asset you had on the reporting date you selected for your net worth, if the asset was worth more than $1,000 and if you have not already included that asset in the aggregate value of your household goods and personal effects.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $2,205,000; listed items add up to $2,205,000

Reported net worth: $2,205,000. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $2,205,000. 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

100% of listed income ($126,000) comes from Gulf County School Board - Superintendent of Schools

Listed income totals $126,000 from 1 source. 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

Reports a net worth of $2,205,000 — 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”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $1,500,000 (68% 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

Where to look next

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Their filings

Other filings by James (Jim) Patrick Norton

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-05-26$3,307,000
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-06-23$2,189,000
2023 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics) · amended later2024-05-17$2,205,000
2022 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2023-06-21$2,300,000

Net worth

Net worth
$2,205,000
As of
2023-12-31
Household goods (lump sum)
$150,000

Assets over $1,000 $2,342,000 listed

DescriptionValue
Home (107 Sunset Circle, Port St. Joe, 32456)$1,500,000
2023 BMW$85,000
2023 Ford F150 Truck$52,000
Centennial Bank Checking Account$5,000
PeoplesSouth Bank Checking Account$100,000
33% Stock Ownership in Norton Family Investments, LLC (NFI). Ownership interests in commercial rental property, and bank deposits, including checking account and money market account$600,000

Liabilities over $1,000 $287,000 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $126,000 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead: No

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount
Gulf County School Board - Superintendent of Schools150 Middle School Road, Port St Joe, FL 32456$126,000

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Norton Family Investments, LLC (NFI)Family InvestmentsPO Box 1001, Port St Joe, FL 32457(mainly) Real Estate, Commercial

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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Extraction
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