THE LONGEST SERVING ELECTED OFFICIAL IN THE CITY OF SEASIDE HAS DIED. FORMER MAYOR RALPH RUBIO, WHO WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SEASIDE, AND GRADUATED FROM SEASIDE HIGH SCHOOL, LOST HIS 6-YEAR BATTLE WITH LIVER CANCER. HE WAS KNOWN AS A STRAIGHT-TALKER, WHO WAS AN ADVOCATE OF ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION FOR HIS CITY. RUBIO WAS JUST 69 YEARS-OLD. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, AND A GREAT GRANDCHILD…..AS WELL AS FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS. SEASIDE CITY FLAGS WILL FY AT HALF-STAFF FOR 12 DAYS, COMMEMORATING THE 12 YEARS RALPH RUBIO SERVED AS MAYOR OF SEASIDE.
