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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Loading ...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…
(2 votes, average: 1 out of 5) Loading ...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…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...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…
(3 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...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…
(3 votes, average: 2.33 out of 5) Loading ...UPDATE 6, 4:20 p.m.
Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon, the likely Democratic nominee for governor, weighs in:
“Anheuser-Busch is more than the nation’s largest beer producer, and it’s more than a major employer. It’s a source of pride for our region…
(5 votes, average: 4.8 out of 5) Loading ...We learned the news yesterday that Anheuser-Busch would fight the proposed takeover from Belgian Brewing giant InBev. As the news broke, I was sent out to gather reaction from the people.
Among the folks responding were Ed Martin, Gov. Matt Blunt’s…
(2 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...The right-leaning Wall Street Journal editorial board took Gov. Matt Blunt to task this morning for what it calls a contradictory approach to foreign investment. 
The Journal — in an editorial titled “This Bud’s for Whom?” — criticized Blunt for courting the…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...While elected officials here clamor to block InBev’s acquisition of Anheuser-Busch, at least one political figure stands to gain from the deal: Cindy McCain. 
The wife of Republican presidential nominee John McCain inherited a Budweiser distributorship in Arizona, and owns a…
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