2023 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2025-05-20 · 5 pages (text)
Net worth$5,704,000
Income listed$90,000
Real estate$388,0002 properties
Debts listed$21,000
Worth a look3
Where listed income comes from
Agriculture 100% $90,000 · Paul Inc
Worth a look 3
Worth a lookIncome & business ties
No major clients listed for Jack Paul Properties, which paid them $90,000
Owners of more than 5% of a business who received more than $1,000 from it must list the business's customers or clients that provided more than 10% of its gross income. The secondary income section is empty or N/A. That's correct only if no single customer exceeded 10% — the form doesn't say.
What to check
For a small or one-person business, it is unusual for no client to exceed 10% of revenue.
Check the business's public contracts or listings for major clients.
Rule: Business owner with no major clients listed
“If your ownership and gross income exceeded the two thresholds listed above, then for that business entity you must list every source of income to the business entity which exceeded 10% of the business entity's gross income”2023 Form 6 instructions, Income — Secondary Sources ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works
Worth a lookIncome & business ties
No major clients listed for John R Paul Jr Partnership, which paid them $90,000
Owners of more than 5% of a business who received more than $1,000 from it must list the business's customers or clients that provided more than 10% of its gross income. The secondary income section is empty or N/A. That's correct only if no single customer exceeded 10% — the form doesn't say.
What to check
For a small or one-person business, it is unusual for no client to exceed 10% of revenue.
Check the business's public contracts or listings for major clients.
Rule: Business owner with no major clients listed
“If your ownership and gross income exceeded the two thresholds listed above, then for that business entity you must list every source of income to the business entity which exceeded 10% of the business entity's gross income”2023 Form 6 instructions, Income — Secondary Sources ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works
Worth a lookIncome & business ties
No major clients listed for Paul Inc, which paid them $90,000
Owners of more than 5% of a business who received more than $1,000 from it must list the business's customers or clients that provided more than 10% of its gross income. The secondary income section is empty or N/A. That's correct only if no single customer exceeded 10% — the form doesn't say.
What to check
For a small or one-person business, it is unusual for no client to exceed 10% of revenue.
Check the business's public contracts or listings for major clients.
Rule: Business owner with no major clients listed
“If your ownership and gross income exceeded the two thresholds listed above, then for that business entity you must list every source of income to the business entity which exceeded 10% of the business entity's gross income”2023 Form 6 instructions, Income — Secondary Sources ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works
Context 6
ContextUnusual reporting
Lists 2 investment accounts ($490,000) instead of what's in them
The instructions say the investments held in a brokerage account or IRA are the assets to report — not the account itself. As listed, the public can't see what the filer is invested in.
What to check
Which companies or funds are in these accounts? Holdings matter for conflicts of interest.
Rule: Accounts listed instead of investments
“Note that the product contained in a brokerage account, IRA, or the Florida College Investment Plan, is your asset”2023 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works
ContextUnusual reporting
“Stocks and Bonds” ($4,750,000) doesn't name the institution
Intangible assets should name the entity they relate to.
What to check
Which bank, company or fund is this?
Rule: Asset without a named institution
“Do not list simply "stocks and bonds" or "bank accounts."”2023 Form 6 instructions, Assets (quote not found in this year's instructions) · how this rule works
ContextUnusual reporting
Net worth $5,704,000; listed items add up to $5,729,000
Reported net worth: $5,704,000. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $5,729,000. 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
ContextIncome & business ties
100% of listed income ($90,000) comes from Paul Inc
Listed income totals $90,000 from 1 source. The largest is classed as agriculture.
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 $5,704,000 — 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”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works
ContextWealth & holdings
Lists 3 businesses under “Interests in Specified Businesses” and owns more than 5% of all of them
Listed under “Interests in Specified Businesses”: Jack Paul Properties, John R Paul Jr Partnership, Paul Inc. 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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Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)
Reported as “N/A”.
Interests in specified businesses
#1 Name
Address
Activity
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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
Companies on the state register
Companies this filing names, as the Division of Corporations lists them. Their role is shown when the filer is an officer or registered agent. A company matched by name only is shown just when it's active. How these are matched