Steve M, it’s off the subject, but then maybe not, but i agree with you about south st.louis. never did i ever think it would come to what it is. the urban thugs control the city through fear and intimadation. our spineless city leaders won’t do a thing about it either. They have let a bunch of nincompoops totally screw up our public schools in the name of political correctness. half of, make that three fourths of the school board probably can’t even spell school. time for a city county merger and some solid leadership. trouble is, all the smart business leaders are gone.

The only way St. Louis can keep the RAMS is if they buy the team. Here’s your chance StL - spend $900 million to buy the team or spend $1 billion to keep the team. Money talks! If you’re not willing to come to the table with that kind of money, the team leaves. Maybe Kroenke will be willing to keep his 40% share of the team, so the city only needs to come up with 60% of $900 million - $540 million to buy controlling interest in the team. Sounds like a good deal to me.

One way St. Louis can keep the RAMS is if they buy the team. Here’s your chance StL - spend $900 million to buy the team or spend $1 billion to keep the team. Money talks! If you’re not willing to come to the table with that kind of money, the team leaves. Maybe Kroenke will be willing to keep his 40% share of the team, so the city only needs to come up with 60% of $900 million - $540 million to buy controlling interest in the team. Sounds like a good deal to me.

If the Rams depart St Louis, the people of this great region need to take a close look at the leaders they elect. So, lets take a look at St. Louis. I ask, is it a desirable city when compared to other cities, especially in terms of crime, infrastructure, schools, municipal government, etc.? I would say that other competing cities far outclass St. Louis in these areas. I would then take a look at how the city is run, and how decisions were made in the past that are favorable to civic pride/development. Again, I think St. Louis is far outclassed by other cities. Examples are the fallout of the Centene deal, the mosquito crater next to Busch Stadium, the earnings tax, the red light cameras vs. investing in functioning traffic light first, etc. etc. etc. If I were a businessman and wanted to look for a world class city to locate my firm, be it a sports team, corporate headquarters, etc., St. Louis does not make even the top 10. Until competent, civic-minded leadership is established, the continual decline of the region will continue.

It’s really sad to lose such an iconic and historical American company to a foreign investor. I think it’s time we really starting focusing on keeping American jobs and American companies here in the United States.

I’m a small business owner here in Saint Louis, and the economy nationally is hurting everyone - not this is definitely going to hurt at home. They have a website going I signed up at:

http://www.boycottAB.com

It’s a forum to share your ideas and opinions on the InBev buyout and to encourage people to buy from locally owned & operated businesses’.

If Saint Louis loses two football teams………….What does it say about us fans here in the StL? When I think about the Rams leaving I feel sick to my stomach!

There is some possible good news for STL, the latest rankings of most dangerous cities should be released in a month or so, there is a very good chance that STL could capture the number one spot again. Takes a lot of hard work and effort collectively from everyone to attain such a distinctive honor. What is dwontown? Pigeons, homless folks, boarded buildings, Cockroach Gardens behind the dome, numerous African Americans roaming around asking for change…the similarities between STL and Detroit are quite striking, although Detroit has a better sports fan base and all four major sports. RIP STL, it was good knowing ya, the Worlds Fair was over a century ago, move on from the ice tea and toasted (crap) ravioli, it’s the 21st century.

STL should give Carlos Brito a warm STL welcome. Ask him what high school he went to? Very important, you must make sure he is “worth’ and affluent enough to speak with. Second, tantalize his taste buds with all the STL has to offer. Start with a walk downtown around the Arch grounds and see how long it takes him to succumb to the heat and humidity. Take him to the hill for a real culinary treat, toasted ravioli with a italian salad loaded with “provel” cheese since St. Louisans cannot pronounce provelone. Then while at dinner, bitch his ears off about highway 40, and then we he says I don’t see it on the map, I only see I-64, tell him your crazy it’s forty and the traffic sucks, the world is ending casue it takes us 10 minutes longer to get home from a Cardinal game. Also talk civic pride with him and mention how no one came to see Pope John Paul the second when he came to town but that more people came out for the demolition of the old STL arena. This is sure to want to make him keep the N.A. HQ in STL. Dig down deep and you to can come up with many positive things that can show Mr Brito what STL is REALLY all about. Perhpas Al Sharpton can come to town and block 40 when the grand opening happens.

Man,I look like a civic pride booster compared to that Carlos Burito guy that keep blogging.Maybe we can share a couple of bottles of his In-Vest Brew.GO RAMS!!!!

OK, here’s a clue. Highway 40 (64?) has been closed for repairs. Gas is over $4 and probably will hit $5 or $6 or higher by the time the highway is finished. When would be the BEST time to add the metrolink track down the middle of the highway? Yep…right now!! Are we doing it? Sorry, but the bla, bla, bla couldn’t get bla, bla, bla… It would be great to have Metrolink from West County to the stadium, but the same forces that allow TWA, AB, McDonald Douglas, Pet MilK, Ralston, Southwestern Bell, The Post-Dispatch, etc to move out - and NOT replace them - are the same small thinkers who can’t see further than their own agenda and Quarterly profits. They’ll allow the resources of St Louis to evaporate and not build infrastructure for future growth, like schools, public transportation, etc. What will it take to change?? Do we really want to be a third tier city? How can we spend billions to build a highway that fewer people will use because of the high cost of gas?