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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07.14.2008 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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07.14.2008 2:42 pm
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…

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06.27.2008 12:14 pm
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…

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06.23.2008 1:26 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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…

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06.20.2008 6:22 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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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