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| Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is the proud new owner of a summer home |
| 2016-08-11 |
| The Burlington resident last week plopped down nearly $600,000 on a lakefront camp in North Hero. Sanders’ new crib has four bedrooms and 500 feet of Lake Champlain beachfront on the east side of the island — facing Vermont, not New York. The Bern will keep his home in Burlington and use the new camp seasonally. Last Tuesday, the day of the closing, a relaxed-looking Bernie Sanders posed for a photo at Hero’s Welcome General Store on Route 2. The store, a bit south of his new abode, serves a sandwich called “Feel the Bun” in the senator’s honor. The $6.99 deli delight consists of a “HUGE” homemade roll, sliced turkey, fresh apple chutney, hot pepper relish, lettuce, tomato and provolone cheese. “It’s not fair that the Billionaire Class controls 99 percent of the bread,” the menu description reads. “Here’s a sandwich for the rest of us … to keep us nourished until everything cool is free!” Sanders ordered the sandwich during his visit last week. Hero’s Welcome owner, Robert Camp, told Seven Days the store once offered a Sanders sandwich that poked fun at the senator, but later pulled it. The new version captures the essence of his rise to national prominence, Camp said. The popular general store has a line of chairs out front — one side labeled “Republicans,” the other “Democrats.” In the middle, until recently, sat a lone “Sandernistas” chair, Camp said. That chair will be back — as long as the new neighbor doesn’t mind, Camp joked. “He’s just been great,” said Camp. “This is going to be his home, so we won’t encourage autographs.” The small Grand Isle County town has been abuzz for the last several days with the news. O’Meara Sanders said: “The entire family is very excited about it.” he Sanders also own a row house on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., and a house in Burlington’s New North End. Island locals are happy to see a man of Sanders’ stature choose the town, which had fewer than 1,000 residents as of the 2010 U.S. Census. “We couldn’t ask for a nicer person to move in — that’s my opinion,” said Eileen Mitchell, a member of the town selectboard. The place isn’t just for senators, she added: “We welcome anyone else that moves into town.” Camp, who’s run Hero’s Welcome for 23 years, predicted Sanders would fit right into island life. “He’ll be a welcome neighbor, everybody up here loves him,” Camp said. “We’re all ornery and so is he!” |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #9 I guess we now know the value of his campaign contact list. *ring ring* Hello this is Hillary Clinton for president *crap I hate robo calls No really, this is Mrs. Clinton *bull. I hear the screeching of the recording and only Sanders has my contact info...oh, hey crooked Hillary. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-08-11 18:39 |
| #8 Nice dacha, Comrade Sanders. Welcome to the nomenklatura! A suspicious person would wonder if someone slipped him the downpayment for not making a fuss about that President stuff. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-08-11 17:01 |
| #7 Everyone is equal. Some are just more equal than others. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2016-08-11 12:48 |
| #6 Comrade, the Ministry of Housing has determined that you own more living space than a single family could possibly require. Therefore we have assigned this space to three families that are currently without housing. We expect you to welcome them with open arms in the spirit of fraternal socialism. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-08-11 12:22 |
| #5 As I understand it, Bernie's wife had inherited a summer home in Maine and they sold it, and bought this place closer to home. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2016-08-11 11:07 |
| #4 Thanks JohnQC .. now I have to run and get the eye bleach.. |
| Posted by: Warthog 2016-08-11 10:28 |
| #3 I guess the Bernie Bros aren't getting their refunds. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2016-08-11 09:34 |
| #2 Payoff for (excuse the imagery) jumping into bed with Hildabeest. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-08-11 09:18 |
| #1 a good place to house migrants from the islamic lands |
| Posted by: lord garth 2016-08-11 09:04 |