Oregon Tea Party Leader Talks Big, Doesn't Pay Mortgage

Consider this statement to KATU last week by John Kuzmanich, the chairman and founder of the Oregon Tea Party.

"We're just good and decent, principled Americans that believe in the Constitution, a fiscally responsible government, individual and economic liberty and want to be free and left alone," he told KATU's Steve Dunn.

But Kuzmanich's mortgage company, Fannie Mae, has filed court papers showing Kuzmanich hasn't paid his mortgage on his duplex in three years.

Fannie Mae also hasn't been able to find Kuzmanich to serve him with legal papers.

His BMW was outside the duplex Thursday night. There was a light on inside and a dog barking, but no one answered the door when a reporter knocked on it.

Fannie Mae has also tried to find Kuzmanich at a property in Cannon Beach and in Portland but with no luck.
 

 Willamette Week also reported.

“In late 2009,” according to a Kuzmanich bio on the University of Iowa website, “John made the decision to run for United States Congress in Oregon’s 1st Congressional District, his home, and following in the political tradition of Senator Mark Hatfield, a member of his family, he decided to put all his relevant experience to work to serve and represent his principles, his family, his community and country.”

He added this in his 2010 Voters’ Pamphlet statement: “We need to decrease the size of government and make it live within its means just like we do.”