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Bret Schundler's Milestones

Year	Achievment
1959	Born in Morristown, New Jersey -- the son and grandson of immigrants
1976	Star Ledger All-State Football Lineman
1977	Graduates Westfield High School
1980	Lives in Israel on a kibbutz and then studies for a semester at the Univesity of Haifa
1981	Graduates with honors from Harvard University
1982	Works for Conservative Democrat, Congressman Roy Dyson Representative Dyson voted for President Reagan's tax cuts and budget.
1984	Serves as New Jersey field coordinator in Gary Hart’s campaign to reform the Democrat Party
1984	Institutional Sales at Salomon Brothers
1985	Starts voting Republican
1987	Institutional Sales at C.J. Lawrence
1991	Runs as a Republican for New Jersey state Senate Bret Schundler gets 46% of the vote on his first try for public office.
1992	Becomes first Republican Mayor of Jersey City since 1917 by winning a special election
1993	Creates first-ever securitization of tax liens, through expertise learned on Wall Street This innovation helps Jersey City avoid an impending financial calamity and is heralded by Investment Dealer's Digest as one of Municipal Finance's "Deals of the Year." Jersey City's tax collection rate improves from 78% to 100%.
1993	Re-elected with nearly 70 percent of the vote in the general election Bret Schundler prevailed despite an all-out effort of the Hudson County Democrat political machine bosses to win back their "turf."
1993	Replaces Police officers performing clerical tasks with civilian employees The Police officers removed from these jobs are re-assigned to street patrol -- fighting crime instead of typing.
1994	Founds the Jersey City Scholarship Fund Bret Schundler raises over $1,000,000 enabling low income children to attend local private schools.
1995	Institutes Medical Savings (Insurance) Accounts Jersey City becomes the first governmental entity to implement this concept. The tax payers save money and City workers get health coverage delivered more efficiently.
1995	Leads the fight to break up the County garbage disposal monopoly With competition back in place, the taxpayer is the winner
1996	Leads drive to pass Charter School legislation
1996	Privatizes the management of the City’s water utility Without a single job being lost, the United water public-private partnership saves Jersey City taxpayers millions per year while improving service.
1996	Rutgers University study declares Jersey City the job creation engine of the state. Among the state’s 6 largest cities, only Jersey City is continuing to grow.
1996	Receives the prestigious Canterbury Award from the Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty
1997	Establishes the Golden Door Charter School
1997	Becomes the first Jersey City mayor in nearly thirty years to be re-elected to a second full term Mayor Schundler wins another landslide victory against a candidate backed by the support of the Hudson County political bosses.
1999	Dramatically improves services by privatizing the management of Jersey City's Library The automation of Library operations becomes a reality.
1999	Wins freedom of Religious expression court battle against the ACLU Thanks to Mayor Bret Schundler, the residents of Jersey City again have the freedom to celebrate publicly their cultural heritage
1999	Esperian National Real Estate Survey records Jersey City as having the third fastest appreciating real estate values in America.
2000	Slashes crime by nearly forty percent -- a much better improvement than the rest of the state With the mutual responsibility and respect made possible by Mayor Schundler’s policy of Community Policing, Jersey City residents can again enjoy calm and caring neighborhoods.

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