Neal

Controversy is already brewing about President Barack Obama’s scheduled beer summit today with Harvard professor Louis Henry Gates and the police officer that arrested him earlier this month.

The issue?

Obama’s choice of beverage, the longtime St. Louis export, Bud Light.

Budweiser, of course, is…

Dooley

St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley late this afternoon reacted to the announcement of that Anheuser-Busch Inbev would eliminate about 1,000 jobs in St. Louis. In a statement, he promised to work with regional leaders to “reposition our local economy” to…

Nixon

Gov. elect Jay Nixon has weighed on in the layoffs at Anheuser-Busch InBev, that will see 1,400 layoffs company wide, with three-fourths of them in St. Louis.

Nixon said “our thoughts and prayers” are with the workers and their families.

“As these workers…

Mayor Francis Slay is pointing to today’s massive job cuts at Anheuser-Busch InBev — 1,400 company wide, about three-fourths of which are in St. Louis — to call on president-elect Barack Obama to jump start the economy soon.

“This is a very painful day…

Brito, left, and Slay

Yesterday, after the city’s iconic brewery was swallowed up by a Belgian rival, Mayor Francis Slay had only kind words for the new boss, InBev chief Carlos Brito.

“I think that St. Louis is going to like him — and…

Mayor Francis Slay received a phone call this afternoon from Carlos Brito — the man who will head the new company known as Anhesuer-Busch InBev — after the buyout became official today.

And — surprise? — the mayor says Brito’s not such…

Forth

The Board of Aldermen today offered effusive praise along with an official resolution honoring the retirement of Rodney Forth, a veteran government affairs executive for Anheuser-Busch.

Forth, a regional vice president for the Brewery, has been a ubiquitous presence in the…

Good morning from Washington University, where the denizens of media nation and campaign staff are chipper thanks to some java and breakfast treats courtesy of the King of Beers.

Anheuser-Busch — traditionally a big corporate supporter of the presidential debates…

Not long ago, we wondered if peripatetic Republican lawyer Ed Martin — erstwhile chief of staff to the governor, former head of the city Elections Board, anti-InBev crusader and abortion foe — had a future as a…

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…