A Seven Letter Word | Vanguard Press | Mar. 8, 1987
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• • 1 Peler Freyne .A Se v e n Le t t e r Word - Love is just a four-l ette r word and succ ess is a seven-letterword. A n d success is one thing Mayo r Ber nie Sa nd ers ha s b e e n g oo d a t a c h ie v in g , as 01' Berna r do an d co mpa ny de mo onst rat ed Tue sd ay . Sa nde rs got 6, 901 votes -just 41 votes shy of his record total in1983. But the question eve ry one would l i ke an answer t o is, "Where doe s Ber nie go from here?" He ke eps sa yi ng t hi s wi l l b e h is la st te r m as m ayor . Ifhe serves it out it'll mean Sand- e r s wi l l ha ve be en mayor of Burlingt on l onge r than John Ken nedy, Lyndo n John son, RkbardNixon, Gerry Ford, an d Jimmy Carterwere presi- dent o fthe U nited States. 01' Bernardo says he 's not p la n n in g on le a v in g to w n, ei ther. Burlington, he says, b a s been his home for 17 ye ars an d he inten ds t o kee p it that way. N o b o d y in te r p r e ts h is d e- cl ared intent ion not to run for mayor again as a sign he's D On e of this. and ev eryone wh o \ c D O W S him well knows he could never call himself a Democrat. But that's the big paradox aboutBernie. Everyone knows a!terwat chi ng him for the las t s i x years that Berni e Sanders i sabout as radical as whole wheat toast. In the recent elec- tion his "radical" proposals in - duded raising taxes and adding more cops to the police force. Everyone knows that 0 1 ' Bernardo is a Democrat, every- one except him, that is. And eve ry one knows that l abels aren't so i mportant. Heck, Democra t Paul Lafayette was callinghimself a "progressive" b y e le c ti on d a v . A n d f o rbea v e n 's sa k e. e v e r y o n e also knows that call ing yourse l f a Democ ra t doe sn' t mean you can't cont inue to go out and fi ght Democrats. That' s a party tradition. .CIose Race- The race for alderman i n Bur lingt on's Hill section was a close one, but the winner wasn't anywhe re close to Ward 6 on election day. Att orney Paul Sutherland was on t he beac h in Flo rida with his wife and kids! Alder-
A Seven Letter Word | Vanguard Press | Mar. 8, 1987
