Charles Starr was born on c 1933 and is an American politician and farmer in Oregon.
19 Facts About Charles Starr
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Charles Starr served as a Republican member of the Oregon Legislature for 14 years, serving in both houses.
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Charles Starr was born around 1933 and raised in the central part of Texas.
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Charles Starr married Kathy and they would have four children, all boys; Bryan, West, Alan, and Bruce.
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Charles Starr earned a bachelor's degree in agriculture in 1955 from the University of Idaho and then worked for a year as an agricultural teacher.
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Charles Starr would serve in the United States Army from 1956 to 1958.
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Charles Starr earned a master's degree from the University of California, Davis in 1960 in agribusiness management.
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Charles Starr moved to Oregon in 1962 and began working at Farmers Oil Cooperative in McMinnville, followed by a job at Pacific Farmers Cooperative in Hillsboro.
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Charles Starr left Pacific in 1969 and spent ten years working for Flavorland Foods before becoming a general contractor in 1979.
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Charles Starr started his political career serving on the school board of Groner Elementary School south of Hillsboro, and now part of the Hillsboro School District.
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Charles Starr then joined the Hillsboro Union High School Board, spending a total of 12 years on the two boards.
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Charles Starr made an unsuccessful bid for a seat on the Washington County Board of Commissioners in 1986.
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Charles Starr was re-elected to the same seat in 1994 and 1996.
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Charles Starr was prohibited at the time by Oregon's term limits from another term in the House, pushing towards a run at the state senate.
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Charles Starr had received support in his bid from Oregon business interests including Intel due to Wu's vote against free trade with China.
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In 2003, Charles Starr created some controversy when he told a constituent in a letter to "run - not walk - to remove their children from public schools" in response to the constituent's opposition to charter schools.
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At the time, Charles Starr was chairman of the Senate Education Committee, and in June 2003 his lawn was filled with plastic pink flamingos paid for by a fundraising campaign at a local elementary school.
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Democrats called for Charles Starr to be replaced as chairman of the education committee.
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Charles Starr came out against dual-language immersion programs over concerns that teachers were not properly trained and students would not be able to learn to read at an early age.