Florida Files

Officeholders

Morris Vaughn Stowers

2023 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2024-06-06 · 5 pages (text)

Net worth$1,090,000
Income listed$73,127
Real estate$0
Debts listed$262,000
Worth a look1

Where listed income comes from

  • Insurance 68% $49,565 · DOLPHIN DIRECT LLC K1, DOLPHIN DIRECT W-2
  • Investments & retirement 32% $23,562 · SOCIAL SECURITY

Worth a look 1

Worth a look Income & business ties

No major clients listed for DOLPHIN DIRECT LLC, which paid them $36,265

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 3

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $1,090,000; listed items add up to $588,000

Reported net worth: $1,090,000. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $588,000. 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

Context Wealth & holdings

Reports a net worth of $1,090,000 — 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

Lists 1 business under “Interests in Specified Businesses” and owns more than 5% of it

Listed under “Interests in Specified Businesses”: DOLPHIN DIRECT 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”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 $725,000 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $262,000 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $73,127 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

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

CompanyNamed asState recordTheir role
DOLPHIN DIRECT, LLCBusiness interestActive
formed 2009 · last annual report 2026
CEO

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 form6
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