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MOMENT IN TIME
APRIL 8, 1986
Clint Eastwood shows off his new T-shirt while making his acceptance speech
as the new mayor of Carmel, Calif. BETTMANN/GETTY IMAGES
together.
wood star ran because he had previously had a said in Pale Rider. He got things done – more pub-
clash with the town council of Carmel, where he’d lic toilets, more stairways leading to the beach and
lived for 14 years, and wanted change. Carmel, eliminating the town’s ban on selling ice cream.
about 130 kilometres south of San Francisco, had He did not seek re-election in 1988. As he said in
never seen such a voter turnout. Eastwood spent Magnum Force, “A good man always knows his
US$40,000 on his campaign and received 2,166 limitations.” PHILIP KING