Template:Did you know nominations/LOUIS DESALVIO

Louis DeSalvio
Created/expanded by Wikijsmak (talk). Self nom at 02:46, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
 * ... that New York Assemblyman Louis DeSalvio, who represented Ellis Island, authored bills to buy the island and turn it into a college campus or a hospital for narcotics addicts?


 * <Pictogram voting keep.svg Good to go, AGF because references are offline.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 01:31, 14 October 2011 (UTC)


 * The nominated hook bothers me. Wording is kind of convoluted -- and I don't think it's quite accurate to say he "represented" Ellis Island just because it was in his district. I looked at the article and found that he had thwarted some of the destructive development schemes of Robert Moses. That's not as much of a curiosity as trying to buy Ellis Island, but it's something important that he accomplished and that I find interesting. I suggest the following ALT1 hook, which I verified via the cited source:
 * ALT1: ... that New York State Assemblyman Louis DeSalvio co-authored a bill that allowed Castle Clinton to become a national monument, thus thwarting Robert Moses' plan to demolish it? --Orlady (talk) 00:39, 18 October 2011 (UTC)