3% of Idaho leader fined for workers’ comp violations (ID)
BY JOHN SOWELL
An Ada County judge has ordered Liberty Property Management to pay $7,200 after owner Brandon Curtiss failed to carry workers’ compensation insurance for his employees ...
At about the same time, the Idaho State Police opened an investigation into claims from at least 17 clients that Curtiss owed them money. The property owners said Curtiss, who also owns Curtiss Property Management, collected rent from tenants but failed to turn over the money to them ...
Curtiss is president of 3% of Idaho, this state’s branch of a militia movement that says it’s devoted to “freedom, liberty and the Constitution.” He drew attention to his businesses in an interview with an Oregonian reporter during a visit to the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in January, while it was seized by armed protesters. Three weeks later, he filed for bankruptcy — his third filing since 2001 ...
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