Involvement in Politics and The Entertainment Industry
After being released from federal prison in California, Paul moved to Los Angeles. In 1985, he was appointed President of the California Bicentennial Foundation for the Constitution and Bill of Rights, a foundation designated by the California state legislature and governor to direct California's role in the Bicentennial celebration of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Paul's efforts on behalf of the Foundation were derided in the Los Angeles Times, in part because the commission was selling a book that described blacks as “pickaninnies”, and slaveowners as “the worst victims of slavery”, and in part because Paul referred to the founding fathers of the United States as "39 sweaty old men arguing in Philadelphia", and remarked that most Californians weren't able to understand the 18th century language in the constitution anyway. Prior to the Los Angeles Times article, Chief Justice Warren Burger had commended Paul for his efforts in a letter that read in part "We commend you for the many contributions you have made during the national commemoration of the Constitution's 200th anniversary".
Paul became a business manager for, or otherwise involved with several celebrities, including becoming manager for a time of romance-novel icon Fabio.
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