08.29.2008 9:04 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Anybody who knows peripatetic Republican lawyer Ed Martin knows that he enjoys doing lots of things — serving as chief of staff to Gov. Matt Blunt, heading the St. Louis
Elections Board, organizing opposition to the Anheuser-Busch takeover — but staying on…

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07.31.2008 12:14 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Ever wonder how the city’s Board of Aldermen can be so boisterous — yet, at the same time, so convivial?
Perhaps it’s because so many of the aldermen — three actually — are in the saloon business, a tradition deeply rooted…

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07.18.2008 1:31 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Already on his way overseas when the Anheuser-Busch deal was announced this week, Gov. Matt Blunt has made a detour to visit the new brewmasters.
Blunt, taking part in a previously planned trade trip to Europe, stopped at InBev headquarters…

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07.17.2008 9:34 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The New York Times dropped into town recently to take the pulse of St. Louis as we say goodbye to our iconic brewery. 
Times scribe Dirk Johnson does a nice job of capturing the pathos of St. Louis — “In a city…

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07.16.2008 9:21 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Earlier this week, Mayor Francis Slay lauded the outgoing superintendent in Clayton as one of the region’s education “heroes.” 
On Tuesday, Slay submitted a thick campaign finance report that showed a contribution from another figure in local public education history –…

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07.15.2008 10:46 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
State Auditor Susan Montee will be downtown this morning, offering a Democratic response to today’s visit by GOP presidential nominee John McCain. 
McCain will stop by the St. Louis County estate of Stephen Brauer, former ambassador to Belgium, for a pricey fundraiser…

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07.14.2008 6:26 pm
Blogworld is filled with speculation over how much money Cindy McCain, wife of presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain, stands to gain from the sale of Anheuser-Busch to InBev.
A couple weeks ago here on Political Fix, our own Jake Wagman…

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07.14.2008 5:57 pm
Word is that Mayor Francis Slay will be live on Bloomberg TV tonight to discuss the InBev buyout of Anheuser-Busch. Not sure of the time just yet, in case anyone can or wants to tune in.
Slay has been a…

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07.14.2008 4:23 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The peripatetic Ed Martin — former Chief of Staff to Gov. Matt Blunt, head of the St. Louis Elections Board and aide to the Archbishop — was on the Fox News Channel moments ago, discussing his opposition to the takeover of…

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