Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Chabot
he held a statewide appointive office (one of 17 commissioners of the California State Parole Board) which does not automatically confer notability, but led to some coverage in the press: the parole commissioners were attacked for receiving $108,000 a year to meet once a month, but see http://www.dailybulletin.com/20110108/job-of-state-parole-commissioner-grueling-not-cushy this letter by Chabot which the ''Inland Valley Daily Bulletin'' (2011) chose to print in full, and where he describes the reality of the job. The same issue came up during the 2014 election campaign, see http://www.dailybulletin.com/government-and-politics/20140903/election-2014-democrats-attack-congressional-candidate-paul-chabot-in-tv-ad ''Democrats attack congressional candidate Paul Chabot in TV ad'' and http://www.pe.com/articles/chabot-750554-warner-democratic.html ''DECISION 2014: Chabot demands TV ad be taken off the air'' in ''The Press-Enterprise''. See also http://www.sbsun.com/government-and-politics/20140927/paul-chabot-congress-would-be-more-service-to-us this and http://www.sbsun.com/government-and-politics/20141020/31st-congressional-district-debate-pete-aguilar-paul-chabot-face-off-over-immigration-healthcare-education this, both in the ''San Bernardino County Sun'' (2014). This exceeds normal routine coverage of (eventually unelected) candidates. There was also, before the election, http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/06/president-obama-is-they-key-to-decriminalizing-marijuana-tommy-chong-says.html ''Political commentary from the LA Times'' (2011); http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/21/paul-chabot-obama-drug-policy_n_2346917.html ''Paul Chabot, Former White House Drug Advisor: 'I Don't Have A Lot Of Faith' In Obama Drug Policy'' in ''The Huffington Post'' (2012); http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/28/paul-chabot-marijuana_n_2567629.html ''Paul Chabot, Former Drug Czar Advisor, Compares Marijuana To Child Pornography'' and http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/08/paul-chabot-former-white-_n_2647904.html ''Paul Chabot, Former White House Drug Czar Advisor: 'Trickery' Led To Colorado Legalizing Marijuana'', both in ''The Huffington Post'' (2013). Plus his tenure in the White House. It all adds up. He passes 
— User:Kraxler, 17:45, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
Stance: keep
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