Talk:H. Tomàs Padilla

Pontiac School Bus Bombings

An article could be written on the Pontiac School Bus Bombings *1*. He has separate notabilities: 1. First Latino Comish and 2. involvement in this incident. If this incident is known by another name so I can search for an article about it then it should be wikilinked in for continuity. If not, it would probably be a good article addition. There has to be sources for it out there. As a first time reader, I'm left really wondering about his part in the bus crisis and it cries out for more detail here. I'm surprised because I'd never heard of this bombing.

Find-A-Grave and his obituary are also sources to consider for this article. The obit could help bolster the article with details...like birthdate/deathdate...where in Puerto Rico was he born, etc.

I can't think of a single infobox that fits here except maybe {{Infobox_Politician}}...⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 21:09, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the input. I can tell you that for him to be known as a politician would be heaven in his eyes. That is what he was best known for and that is what he was most proud of. As for the obit and further details, I think I can find the obit but the two articles we had were very similar in their details. I can post them if they will help. I also have his birth certificate and many other documents, most of which are housed in the Pontiac Hispanic History Project. I never realized (and I don't think mom did either) that the bombings made it to Time Magazine. Padillah (talk) 13:08, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

As far as the bus bombings are concerned there are plenty of archives in Google. Padillah (talk) 13:30, 29 June 2009 (UTC)