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Fairhaven Village, a housing development for elderly and low-income residents that received state funding, through Sky High Realty Trust, a trust whose sole beneficiary was MacLean's wife, Marjorie. McLean was also accused of receiving a portion of the
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September 17, 1993, the state retirement stripped MacLean of his $ 23,000 a year pension. MacLean appealed the revocation. In 2000, the
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