Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Edward Tessier

"Deletion nominations rarely improve articles, and deletion should not be used as a way to improve an article." If you can't find articles about Tessier it's because you haven't looked in order to improve the page first. Try Lexis/Nexis. The LA Times, Claremont Courier and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin all have numerous articles and quotes from him regarding the city of Pomona, the largest in LA county. He is the single most quoted and respected authority in the area. If all the LA County newspapers treat him as a regular source and authority for comment on the area, he's clearly notable. LA TIMES San Gabriel edition COVERY STORY: "Downtown Visionary". He has higher recognition and accolades than any other public figure in the area. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1995-01-26-ga-24587-story  www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1995-02-05-me-28374-story  https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-10-29-we-73-story.html    www.claremont-courier.com › articles › news › t28977-cap  https://www.dailybulletin.com/2017/09/23/settlement-agreement-will-lead-to-public-improvements-benefiting-pomonas-disabled-residents/   https://www.dailybulletin.com/2018/08/05/downtown-pomona-business-owners-denounce-initiative-that-could-allow-marijuana-shops-in-the-historic-core/  www.claremont-courier.com › articles › news › t25139-house   https://www.dailybulletin.com/2020/02/16/vacant-since-1990s-pomona-building-shows-stubborn-problem/  https://www.dailybulletin.com/2019/04/30/heres-how-claremont-might-re-develop-the-area-south-of-the-village/ https://www.dailybulletin.com/2019/08/09/25-years-ago-pomona-turned-to-the-arts-to-save-downtown/   http://www.insidesocal.com/davidallen/2019/08/16/column-ghost-town-pomonas-arts-colony/  https://www.dailybulletin.com/2018/07/19/a-vote-of-confidence-in-downtown-pomona-as-business-district-is-renewed/  https://www.dailybulletin.com/2019/10/10/street-vending-will-soon-be-legal-in-pomona-a-year-after-the-city-banned-such-sales/   Tessier is a public success in his locality over decades and is duly noted in local press because of it. Tessier has served or now serves as a Board Trustee for Western University of Health Sciences (the largest employer in Pomona), president of Pomona’s Central Business District Association, Chair of the City of Pomona Planning Commission, and is a member of the Pomona Leadership Forum, the LA County Fair Directors Association, the Pomona Community Foundation, and is the founding and current president of the School of Arts and Enterprise in Pomona. Better to update the page rather than delete it.