Jeffrey Auslander for Florida State Representative District 89

The School of Unethical Behavior presented by Mary Brandenburg

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BYLINE: THOMAS R. COLLINS, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

DATE: December 15, 2007 PUBLICATION: Palm Beach Post, The (FL)

EDITION: FINAL SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: 3C

……..The suit also includes a claim under the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law, saying Frankel, Briesemeister, former city commissioner Ray Liberti and state Rep. Mary Brandenburg “engaged in a pattern of criminal activity” including “the sale of political influence, approvals, and support relating to development projects and the sale and purchase of real estate.”

The suit claims Brandenburg tried to help Frankel extort a campaign contribution from the group when she told Renaissance officials that a campaign donation would help the group become an “insider” and help with project approval.

Brandenburg, who didn’t return a call early Friday evening, has said she told the group a contribution would generate “goodwill” but that the remark was made innocently. Read this article in its entirety

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What specific goals or priorities would you pursue, if elected?

Jeffrey H. Auslander: I would push for enactment of a State of Florida New Markets Tax Credit bill (which has been introduced by Senator Fasano) in order to piggy-back with the federal program. The state program would also allow state applicants to score additional points with Treasury based upon the ability to leverage or layer state credits on top of the federal alocations. I am also interested in promoting an increase to the Florida Voluntary Clean-Up Tax Credit Program administered by FDEP. Presently, the program has a greater demand for credits than a supply of the credits. The Legislature needs to allocate something more than the $2 million per year that is currently on the books. I would also like to see some sort of tort reform with at least an extension as to the Statute of Limitations as it relates to the litigation resulting from the unraveling of complex business transactions that exceed either four or five year limits currently in place.

BYLINE: TONY DORIS, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
DATE: September 4, 2007
PUBLICATION: Palm Beach Post, The (FL) EDITION: FINAL
SECTION: A SECTION PAGE: 1A MEMO: Ran all editions.

Some secrets regarding a grand jury report about the city’s pay-to-play politics may soon be revealed.

Seven months after the panel harshly criticized West Palm Beach as a place where developers looking to do business in the city believe they must contribute to officials’ campaigns, entire sections of its investigation report remain sealed. That’s because motions by state Rep. Mary Brandenburg, D-West Palm Beach—keep reading

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