Paul Farago

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Paul R. Farago (1956-) Born in Providence, Rhode Island. Farago is a long time political activist, volunteer, contributor and advocate for term limits and limited government. A resident of Portland, Oregon from the mid 1990s until the fall of 2007, when Farago moved to North Carolina.

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Education

Yale University, B.S.1978, Academy for Five Element Acupuncture, M.A.2002.

Career

Farago is a licensed Acupuncturist who has been practicing taoist acupuncture in private practice since 2002. Mr. Farago is originally from Rhode Island, where he sold a successful manufacturing business in 1989. He has been the president of a private family foundation, from 1988-present.

Public Service

Board membership: Americans for Limited Terms (1994-1996), U.S. Term Limits(1992-1997),Cascade Policy Institute(1993-1997), Americans for Limited Government (2000-present). 2006 Spokesman for Restore Oregon's Term Limits Committee.

First political campaigns

BizPAC, Rhode Island state Senate special election,1983. Anti-greenhouse Compact, Rhode Island, 1984.

References

Article by Farago in USA Today on Oregon Term Limit effort

Article by Farago How Politics Corrupts Money May/June 2001

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