As mayor, Bernie Sanders had to wait for a revolution
As mayor, Bernie Sanders had to wait for a revolution
April Burbank, Free Press Staff Writer 12:07 a.m. EST February 27, 2016
Bernie Sanders knows a thing or two about obstructionism.
As the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate refuses to consider President Barack Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Sanders continues to proclaim that, as president, he would overhaul the nation’s higher education, campaign finance and health care systems.
But the first year that Sanders held executive office — as Burlington’s mayor in 1981 — he couldn’t even hire his own staff.
He barreled into Burlington as an outsider, and the Democrats on the Board of Aldermen blocked what they could. They fired his secretary. They rejected his appointments without a hearing. The fight went to court, where a judge declined to rule.
Sanders waited, built a volunteer government outside of City Hall and helped his allies running for board seats. Midway through Sanders’ first term, Burlington voters came out in high numbers and replaced three of Sanders’ Democratic opponents...
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http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/2016/02/27/mayor-bernie-sanders-had-wait-revolution/80984640/
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