The result was delete. A close one, but the consensus appears to just be in favour of deleting the article. -- PhantomSteve/ talk| contribs\ 21:59, 31 August 2010 (UTC) reply
This mayor of Independence, Missouri (a suburb of Kansas City) recently passed away, but I am afraid he is not notable. Coverage of his actions in office is routine and local. The obituaries provided in the article are local. Independence has the Council–manager form of government, one in which the mayor is "largely ceremonial" head of the legislative branch, and the hired manager is the executive. Wikipedia tends not to have articles on mayors unless they pass the WP:GNG or are the mayors of very large cities. Counterexamples exist, but they too are of questionable notability. Blast Ulna ( talk) 18:10, 24 August 2010 (UTC) reply