DOS Complaint Filed over Illegal Claims by 85th Candidate Maurice Brubaker

Today I filed an official complaint with the Professional Compliance Office
within the Pennsylvania Department of State. The full complaint and supporting evidence is here.

The complaint focuses on the fact that 85th District Candidate Maurice Brubaker
has repeatedly referred to himself in print and verbally as a "Public
Accountant." Although, Maurice’s father Robert is listed by the Department of
State as a public accountant, Maurice is not listed. Similar to the licensing
required for a Lawyer or Medical Doctor, the state of Pennsylvania has strict
laws (Title 49, Chapter 11.7) forbidding anyone without a license from referring
to themselves as a "Public Accountant" or a "Certified Public Accountant."

Maurice has repeatedly used this designation to overstate his qualifications for
the State House. By listing this falsehood on his website, in campaign speeches
and campaign press releases, he has deceived the local press into repeating it.
It is degrading to true professional engineers, lawyers, medical doctors,
accountants, etc. who have achieved this official license from the state.

I am choosing to publicize this complaint because the Department of State may
take up to 14 days to begin its investigation. By that time, the primary
election will be over and this will be fodder for the Democratic Party. As a
conservative Republican, I believe we need to properly vet our own candidates
and deal with those who are untruthful or unethical. For too long we have been
unwilling to call out our own for their misdeeds and as a result we end up as
part of the corrupt machine that continues to produce poor candidates. As a
Union County Republican Committeeman, it is my responsibility to make sure the
candidates our party lists on the ballot are honest and upright. The voters
deserve candidates they can trust.

I call upon Maurice and his campaign to publicly acknowledge that Maurice is NOT
a "Public Accountant” and to apologize to the voters for overstating his
qualifications and diluting the seriousness of the licensing of professional
occupations.