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Lance McClair, former Seaside mayor, passes on.
November 30, 2010
Lance McClair, who held Seaside's top elected post from 1982-1994, died Nov. 26 at age 68, reportedly after a long illness.
McClair's tenure as mayor was marked by his push for economic development on Fort Ord after its closure in the early 1990s; his ultimately successful battle against environmentalists to build the Embassy Suites hotel on Canyon Del Rey Boulevard; and his support for a new anti-crime strategy in the mid- 1980s.
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His administration was not without controversy: McClair was charged with allegedly violating the Brown Act, fined by the Fair Political Practices Commission for violating campaign disclosure rules, and tangled in sexual harassment accusations related to then-interim City Manager Sam Head.
His subsequent runs for Congress, Seaside City Council and Monterey County supervisor were unsuccessful.
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He is survived by his wife and three children, including local artist Todd McClair.
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