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In the newsBy SCF Staff · October 17, 2025

Millionaire commissioners, priced-out families.

Public Form 6 filings show several commissioners are millionaires. They set a $112,580 salary; a top county administrator makes $460,000 — against an average local wage of about $60,112.

Campaign FinanceJoe Neunder

The story

Sarasota News Leader reported on the commissioners' net worth, drawn from their required Form 6 financial disclosures. Several are millionaires, and the board sets its own $112,580 salary while a top administrator earns about $460,000 — figures that sit against an average local wage of roughly $60,112. Officials cast themselves as fellow taxpayers feeling the same pinch. The public disclosures tell a different story — comfortable balance sheets overseeing $876 million in new spending and debt, about $7,189 per family of four, while the workers who keep the county running are priced out of it.

From Sarasota News Leader's reporting

Sarasota News Leader reported, citing the commissioners' Form 6 disclosures, that several members of the Sarasota County Commission rank among the area's wealthier officials.

By the numbers

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    Record development and record debt — yet a one-income family of four now needs about $87,170 to live here while the average worker earns $60,112. Spending per served resident is up 40% and debt per served resident up 67% in three years.

    Record development. Record debt. Young families priced out.

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