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Originally Posted by Alaric

Even if he is an 'ice-cream lovin' former mayor of a liberal town' , he'll always be 'The Man With No Name' to me.

Yep, Eastwood is anything but liberal which makes the fact that he was elected as the mayor of Carmel interesting.

"Eastwood's no-nonsense libertarian streak became newsworthy in 1986 when, bogged down by red tape when he wanted to expand his restaurant (Hog's Breath Inn) in Carmel, California, he announced that he was running for mayor. He won with a 72% landslide, and his two years as Mayor reduced the city's regulations, had sidewalks put in on city streets, and got a library annex built that city elders had been bickering about for decades. And then, in a move more politicians should emulate, he declined to run for a second term."