Deletion of Gary Jones (Louisiana politician)

Comment: I'd have !voted for deletion had there been nothing but local coverage of the BESE race.  However, Googling reveals that Jones was also in charge of Task Force Pelican, commanding National Guard operations in Louisiana for the first month following Hurricane Katrina, including the evacuation of the Superdome and the Morial Convention Center.  Jones appears throughout James A. Wombwell's http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/wombwell.pdf "Army Support During the Hurricane Katrina Disaster", published by the US Army's Combat Studies Institute Press.  The WP article doesn't mention Jones's role in this, but the identity of the TF Pelican Jones with the Jones of this article is shown at http://www.nola.com/katrina/index.ssf/2005/09/guard_battalion_returns_from_iraq_to_scenes_of_no_destruction.html this ''Times-Picayune'' article.  Among this, the http://www.myneworleans.com/Louisiana-Life/January-February-2012/Gary-L-Jones-PhD-Louisianian-of-the-Year-Education/ ''Louisiana Life'' piece on Jones as Louisianan of the Year—Education, and the coverage of the BESE election, I think we've got enough material to satisfy 
Stance: keep
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Comment: Fails  and . The refs supplied are either of very local interest only or inadmissible
Stance: delete
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Comment: Agreed. Passes . Additionally, the ongoing Common Core debate in Louisiana makes him relevant/noteworthy
Stance: keep
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Comment: Passes  and , rock solid references
Stance: keep
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Comment: Info on page is verifiable with sufficient sourcing to pass 
Stance: keep
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