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he is notable, mayors of major city's are always notable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]])
I think his name may be misspelled in this article - all reliable sources I see are spelling his first name as Nathaniel. Nwlaw63 (talk) 17:05, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
Are you saying it's not "Nat" Bates? Because that is what he goes by and thats what the ballot says. If not what is misspelled and where?Ndołkah☆ (talk) 08:24, 30 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]