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06.06.2008 4:12 pm

Hop to it: Aldermen ask for help to keep AB in St. Louis

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Aldermen today urged St. Louis residents to do their part to keep Anheuser-Busch from becoming the latest victim of global consolidation.

Reports have the international beer giant InBev attempting a hostile acquisition of the St. Louis brewing institution.AB Eagle

At City Hall…

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06.05.2008 6:14 am

Alderman takes another shot at wiping out graffiti

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Louis Alderman Donna Baringer is trying once again to draw-up tougher laws against graffiti.

Baringer has authored a bill that would prohibit anyone under 18 from purchasing a permanent marker, spray paint container or paint stick unless they are accompanied by an…

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05.13.2008 12:51 pm

Extra protection for City Hall officials? Signs point to no

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Aldermen appear poised to bring the budget ax down on a request to add extra security for a pair of elected city officials.

As the Post-Dispatch reported earlier this month, Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed had sought to add two…

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05.12.2008 2:54 pm

Slay rolls out new slogan: “Standing up for St. Louis”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Supporters of Francis Slay converged on St. Louis University’s new basketball arena Friday, helping the mayor’s full-court fundraising press for 2009.

Slay has quietly amassed a robust re-election war chest, making the prospect of challenging him next year increasingly formidable. The…

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05.07.2008 6:22 am

Slay supports extra protection for City Hall colleagues

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mayor Francis Slay has reiterated his support for a plan to assign bodyguards to Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed and Comptroller Darlene Green.

As we reported on Monday, Slay was initially surprised at a budget insert that calls for the hiring of…

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03.28.2008 6:12 am

Royale treatment? Political watering hole goes smoke free

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Looking for party powerbrokers holding court in the corner of a smoky tavern?

Forget about the Royale: the South Kingshigway bar, a favorite with the city’s political set, has announced it will go smoke-free on April 1. (No foolin’.)

Proprietor…

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03.20.2008 6:35 am

Spotted at City Hall: The Champ

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

City Hall had a knockout visitor on Wednesday: Leon Spinks, patriarch of St. Louis’ first family of boxing.

The man who defeated Muhammad Ali in 1978 kept a low-profile, wearing a letterman-style jacket and Marine Corps. cap while hanging out…

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03.19.2008 3:18 pm

Smooth move? Reed, facing debt, hosts jazz fundraiser

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Board of Aldermen prez Lewis Reed is inviting supporters to help celebrate his first-year in office - and maybe help pay the bills from a successful election.

Twelve months ago, Reed shocked much of City Hall with an upset victory over…

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03.12.2008 10:49 am

Aldermen head to Jeff City for elusive police hearing

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A State House hearing on a bill that would establish local control of the St. Louis Police Department seems ready to go for 2 p.m. today.

Seriously.

The hearing has already been postponed twice - once because of an apparent committee…

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02.18.2008 3:59 pm

Alderman: Wrong man convicted for murder

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Alderman Sam Moore is standing by his testimony: The cops got the wrong man, he says.

Moore, whose ward includes the hardscrabble Ville neighborhood, testified last week at the murder trial of one his constituents, Ramell Dunn, 23, accused of gunning…

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