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Review of the article edit
Here's my read of the article as it presently is written:
Weisner is an Aurora mayor carpetbagger ("Weisner is a native of Batavia, Illinois, but moved to Aurora thirty years before becoming a political candidate"). As a Peace Corps worker, he gave medical services to natives but only had a bachelor's degree in organizational managment and no other qualitications to give medical services. Within a ten day span, Weisner told people to boil water to address the city's February 2004 water contamination crisis and then resigned from his 1999 appointed government position. (reads like, "Wisner said 'Let them eat cake' in response to a city water crisis then abandoned the city when it needed him"). He ran a 10-year candidacy for Mayor because anything shorter for this guy would have resulted in support going to other candidates. In the end, it was his position as a political, weathly insider that got him elected as Mayor ("Weisner had endorsements from eight of the twelve city council members and a huge funding advantage.") Weisner was up against an African-American in the Mayor race and President Obama initially failed to endorse Weisner. However, Obama did so only during the last moments of the Mayor race and then only after returning to the city to make the endorsement. Once Weisner became Mayor, he attacked Chrstmas, failed to act in the face of an alderman bribery scandal, and allowed a buddy Governor to film and disparage Aurora's casino business. Weisner then failed in his promise to make Aurora the first city in Illinois with a complete wireless Internet infrastructure, and was involved somehow in a Planned Parenthood clinic's questional methods to obtain permits. Weisner plans to run for re-election in February 24, 2009.
The article appears to be in need of some work. -- Suntag ☼ 16:06, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
Items removed and why
1) Under Background
a. “His wife had also served on the Democratic Kane County Board.” This should belong in his Marilyn Weisners page. It is not information about Tom Weisner.
b. “during the city's water contamination crisis.” In regards to his resignation. This statement is a non neutral statement. The statement implies that Tom Weisners resignation was due to a water contamination crisis and the source provide makes no such connection.
c. “The city's residents were under a boil water order at the time of his resignation.” The source for this statement does not exist. The statement is also not biographical in nature and implies the “water contamination crisis” was the reason from Tom Weisners resignation. Which again, in a non neutral statement
d. “The order to boil drinking water contaminated with E. coli bacteria lasted for ten days.” This item is also non biographical and non neutral. Additionally the source does not exist.
e. “As of the July 1, 2007 United States Census Bureau population estimates, Aurora had a population of 170,855, which ranked it as the 135th largest incorporated municipality in the United States and the second largest in the state of Illinois.” This is information on the city of Aurora Illinois, not Tom Weisner. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cklavinski (talk • contribs) 15:06, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
- Just a general note: A short concise description of your reasons should be included in the edit summary of your edits, especially if you remove information and references. Such removal of content without justification will lead to immediate reversion and appropriate warnings being issued. Further elaboration of your reasoning should then be expressed on the talk page, as you have done so, if such edits would be disputed. Fox816 (talk) 15:17, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
The rest of this article needs to be reviewed as there are non neutral statements, non biographical statements, and falsely cited sources. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cklavinski (talk • contribs) 14:10, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
This page keeps being reverted to its old form. I believe a justification is in order. Why are the non existent sources and misreferenced sources continuously re added to the page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cklavinski (talk • contribs) 13:49, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
2009 Primary edit
It does not seem that there was a primary.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 08:51, 28 February 2009 (UTC)