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In a stunning upset in 1981, @SenSanders won the mayoral race in Burlington, Vermont’s largest city. He shocked the city’s political establishment by defeating a six-term, local machine mayor. Burlington is now reported to be one of the most livable cities in the nation.

In 1984, Mayor @SenSanders established the Burlington Community Land Trust - the 1st municipal housing land-trust in the country for affordable housing. The project became a model emulated throughout the world. It later won an award from HUD.
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While Mayor: @SenSanders balanced the budget; undertook ambitious revitalization projects; sued the town’s cable franchise ti win reduced rates for customers; kept property taxes down; improved city services; & saved the lakefront from being built up by developers.
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After @SenSanders won his fourth term as Mayor in 1987, US News and World Report voted him one of the top 20 mayors in the United States.

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“The wonderful thing about working for Bernie was that he never started from a position of compromise - He started from a position of aspiration, this is how much we ought to get for what he called ‘the little guy.’"

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While Mayor, @SenSanders began a long-term campaign to force the tax-exempt Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, and the University of Vermont to contribute more to the city to pay for valuable services that the city had been providing them for free.

.@SenSanders won re-election as Mayor of Burlington three times, defeating both Democratic & Republican contenders. Because he was governing FOR the people of the city, he generated excitement which caused voter turnout to double during his tenure.
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