2023 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2024-04-09 · 5 pages (text)
Net worth$3,826,825
Income listed$25,000
Real estate$1,886,9002 properties
Debts listed$102,806
Worth a look3
Net worth over time
Where listed income comes from
Law 100% $25,000 · Accounts receivable from closed law practice
Worth a look 3
Worth a lookUnusual reporting
Values Jewelry & Antiques at $28,000
Collectibles rarely have an established market price, and the form doesn't say how this value was reached. Assets must be reported at fair market value; this one is 1% of reported net worth.
What to check
Is there evidence of sales or appraisals at this value?
Would the net worth look different without it?
Rule: Hard-to-value asset
“Value each asset by its fair market value on the date used in the Net Worth section of this form.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Assets — How to Value ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works
Worth a lookUnusual reporting
Values Gulf Oil antique gas tank at $5,000
Collectibles rarely have an established market price, and the form doesn't say how this value was reached. Assets must be reported at fair market value; this one is 0% of reported net worth.
What to check
Is there evidence of sales or appraisals at this value?
Would the net worth look different without it?
Rule: Hard-to-value asset
“Value each asset by its fair market value on the date used in the Net Worth section of this form.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Assets — How to Value ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works
Worth a lookIncome & business ties
Judicial Circuit (20Th): no public salary among the income listed
The filer held Judicial Circuit (20Th) in 2023, a salaried public office, but the primary sources of income listed (Accounts receivable from closed law practice) don't include a public payer such as the State of Florida, the county or the school district.
What to check
Check the income page of the original: the salary may be listed under another name.
Check that they were paid in office all year: the Commission keeps listing a suspended or departed official under the office, and a new term may start partway through the year.
Some officials decline or donate their salary; the form still asks for income received.
Rule: Paid public office, but no public salary listed
“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 5
ContextUnusual reporting
Lists Silver coins, Jewelry & Antiques, Furnishings separately from the $5,000 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
ContextUnusual reporting
Net worth $3,826,825; listed items add up to $4,152,268
Reported net worth: $3,826,825. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $4,152,268. 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.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works
ContextIncome & business ties
100% of listed income ($25,000) comes from Accounts receivable from closed law practice
Listed income totals $25,000 from 1 source. The largest is classed as law.
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
ContextWealth & holdings
Reports a net worth of $3,826,825 — 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
ContextWealth & holdings
Real estate worth $1,886,900 across 2 properties (49% 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
Some of what this filing reports stands out. 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.