Deletion of John Stein (mayor)

Comment: Just being a mayor of a city does not make a person notable, as  notes. Much of Stein's notability seems to be because Sarah Palin ran against him for mayor. I don't see much coverage of him to meet 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Deletion policy (WP:POLOUTCOMES||WP:GNG)

Comment: The nomination's argument is more  but "''Notability isn't determined by something's quantity of members, but rather by the quality of the subject's verifiable, reliable sources.''"  We have a guy currently at RfA who has been working for years on Snezhnoye, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug|a place with a pop of just over 300 and most everyone seems to think that's wonderful.  In all these cases, there's an obvious |alternative to deletion — merger to the mayor's locality.  Please see 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:NOTBIGENOUGH||WP:ATD||WP:BEFORE)