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The result was delete-- Ymblanter ( talk) 07:02, 10 April 2015 (UTC) reply

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Notability, and a ridiculous level of COI/POV that requires complete rewrite.

• 7 of the citations are written by subject himself.
• one is a youtube video (and in any case, not about subject)
• 1 is an article about subject's father.
• 3 are local newspaper articles about subject and his conviction for shoplifting while being a small town mayoral candidate.
• 1 is is bio page from his city job.
• several do not mention subject in any fashion whatsoever.

Article is filled with peacock puffery and ephemeria like

• [ed:note, this sentence is about subject's father, not subject, in addition to being unencyclopedic] Devine's father died on Christmas Day, 1965. He was remembered by his alma mater, St. Patrick's High School in Elizabeth with the annual presentation of the "Spirit of St. Patrick's Award" and he was inducted into the city's Hall of Fame in recognition for his vast contributions to the community

• In fact, Devine is an ardent feminist whose positions on health education, abortion and reproductive freedom as well as women's sexual choices are widely documented

• Perhaps to compensate for the loss of his father, a big part of his childhood was dedicated to Scouting. Devine belonged to Cub Scout Pack 316 at Madison-Monroe School #16, where he earned ranks of Bobcat, Wolf, Bear and Webelos

• In 2009, he helped Joe Menza defeat the powerful Union County political machine to win election as mayor, in what was called 'the Hillside humiliation' by the politickernj.com website.

• Another early influence in his life was Devine's study of martial arts. As a sixth grade student, he began learning karate and judo at Jerome Mackey's Elizabeth dojo. As years passed, Master Kenny Chin converted that Broad Street location to a Wu Shu Kung Fu studio, and Devine's practice adapted to the Sifu's style with Eagle Claw kung fu and Choy Li Fut. Gaijin42 ( talk) 22:22, 2 April 2015 (UTC) reply

• Delete as a local, unelected politician who fails WP:POLITICIAN and WP:GNG. Clarityfiend ( talk) 22:38, 2 April 2015 (UTC) reply

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• Delete Completely non-notable political consultant and journalist; once ran for mayor but got only 300+ votes. -- MelanieN ( talk) 23:30, 9 April 2015 (UTC) reply

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