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GitRDun

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34. I can respect you may not like Bernie, but this is a completely unfair assessment
Sat Sep 19, 2015, 11:45 AM
Sep 2015

Doing your job is being a decent mayor. Here's a few quotes from an article about BS time as mayor:

Under Sanders, Burlington became a magnet for attracting and incubating locally owned businesses, many of which expanded into large enterprises.

CEDO, Sanders’s development agency, helped arrange the purchase of the area and provided the capital for irrigation systems, farm vehicles, and washing stations for vegetables. By the end of the 1990s, it was home to a dozen urban farms, annually producing over 500,000 pounds of food for local homes and stores. Today it generates over 10 percent of the food sold in Burlington.

The first key move was support for the Burlington Community Land Trust with an initial $200,000 grant. Now named the Champlain Housing Trust, the nonprofit has over $290 million in assets; manages a portfolio of 2,800 price-controlled houses, condos, co-ops, and rentals; and owns over 120,000 square feet of commercial space and nonprofit facilities.

The coalition that coalesced around Sanders in 1981 governed Burlington for all but two of the next 31 years.

Burlingtonians give Sanders credit for steering the city in a new direction that, despite early skepticism, proved to be broadly popular with voters.


http://www.thenation.com/article/bernies-burlington-city-sustainable-future/

Burlington won most livable city near the end of Sanders tenure. He wasn't just "doing his job as you say". He took an ordinary city with a disgusting waterfront and steered it into being one of the best places to live in the country. In the process he created tools like land trusts that have become main stream for major cities to use in the fight for affordable housing. Of all his accomplishments, it's my opinion that what Bernie did as mayor is a blue print for what he'll try to do as President.

I don't post this as a committed Sanders voter. These are facts that can be read in multiple places. I'll do another search in the next week or so for HRC. I'm sure her accomplishments are impressive as well.
Great post. Thanks for sharing. Nt NCTraveler Sep 2015 #1
As a Hillary supporter let me be the first to say, this is a fabulous list of accomplishments. leftofcool Sep 2015 #2
I think she's accomplished a hell of a lot. Elmer S. E. Dump Sep 2015 #7
Trouble is... kenfrequed Sep 2015 #8
Post removed Post removed Sep 2015 #9
Please self delete this post GitRDun Sep 2015 #13
Nothing can detract from your OP; it stands by itself. senz Sep 2015 #17
Kinda ruins your point by making snarky comments, yourself Scootaloo Sep 2015 #11
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2015 #12
I think the problem is deeper than that. delrem Sep 2015 #19
she absolutely has many accomplishments to her name restorefreedom Sep 2015 #30
Good stuff. I will look tomorrow yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #3
Good job. You put a lot of effort into this. Thank you. nt Snotcicles Sep 2015 #4
Thanks for posting. n/t bvf Sep 2015 #5
Thank you! PatrickforO Sep 2015 #6
Thank You For Sharing cantbeserious Sep 2015 #10
This is worth bookmarking. Thanks so much! senz Sep 2015 #14
Just because someone says they are a Hillary supporter or even a Bernie supporter doesn't mean they kelliekat44 Sep 2015 #15
"Helped Jesse Jackson win the 1988 Vermont caucuses." oberliner Sep 2015 #16
Jesse Jackson was pretty damn popular around then. delrem Sep 2015 #20
Yes, I am fairly certain that many of us would have supported Jackson in 1988 mainly sabrina 1 Sep 2015 #27
knr Douglas Carpenter Sep 2015 #18
Excellent post! Bookmarked, K & R! in_cog_ni_to Sep 2015 #21
kick jfern Sep 2015 #22
Thank you.. nenagh Sep 2015 #23
Thanks. He not only founded the CPC, but was elected its chair for its first 8 years. merrily Sep 2015 #24
The CPC. LWolf Sep 2015 #35
Yes, and so is having the members elect you chair for the first 8 consecutive years. That speaks merrily Sep 2015 #36
I sure appreciate the Lake Champlain deal. I am a fisherman first. There is nothing worse Enthusiast Sep 2015 #25
I call people for Bernie events, and without exception any well read, informed person I call, orpupilofnature57 Sep 2015 #26
Excellent, thank you. Notably absent from his list of accomplishments, and another sabrina 1 Sep 2015 #28
Really stretching thin for someone in govt for 35 years. SonderWoman Sep 2015 #29
to those referring to snarkiness restorefreedom Sep 2015 #31
So you get to set the "accomplishment" bar wherever the hell you want. yodermon Sep 2015 #32
I can respect you may not like Bernie, but this is a completely unfair assessment GitRDun Sep 2015 #34
And what exactly has Clinton accomplished Pope Sweet Jesus Sep 2015 #37
Lets be fair now. bvar22 Sep 2015 #38
Thank you. nt LWolf Sep 2015 #33
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