Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard J. Notte
he certainly passes the WP:has-an-obituary-in-a-big-city-daily test.  Note that theSun-times obit states thet he was the "first Mayor to be directly elected; and that the headline reads, "known for efforts to salvage Chrysler assembly plant in his city."  Also, Detroit News here: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2014/10/28/sterling-heights-mayor-richard-notte-dies/18048401/.  Here: https://www.google.com/#q=Notte++%22sterling+heights%22+++site%3Adetroitnews.com%2F is more Detroit News coverage of his career.  Here: https://www.google.com/#q=Notte++%22sterling+heights%22++macombdaily.com is is coverage in the The Macomb Daily.  Here: http://detroit.suntimes.com/det-business/7/77/21271/sterling-heights-mayor-richard-notte-dies-at-76 is the obit in the Detroit Sun-Times, and one from regional TV station: http://detroit.suntimes.com/det-news/7/77/20968/sterling-heights-mayor-richard-notte-dies-at-76-fox-2-news-headlines.  Note also that the article has been here since 2009.  While the standards set forth regarding the size a city needs to be for its Mayor to automatically qualify for notability is useful for easy keeps, the standard is not especially useful in determining whether  the mayor of a smaller city is notable. This one passes  
— User:E, 17:40, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:ANYBIO (Wikipedia:Notability)