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07.28.2008 9:02 pm

Ballpark Village: Try, try again

hole2_opt.jpgThe Cardinals and Cordish Co. last week unveiled the fourth iteration of a plan for Ballpark Village. If things go well — a very big “if” — the complex could start to materialize early next year on the hole formerly known…

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07.06.2008 9:00 pm

Monday editorial: The Potemkin Ballpark Village

gene_opt.jpgIn a shameless bid for next year’s Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, we hereby present a possible solution to the civic angst about “Lake DeWitt,” the giant hole adjacent to Busch Stadium:

A Potemkin Ballpark Village.

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05.18.2008 9:01 pm

Monday editorial: Clayton caves

centene_opt.jpgFor decades, Clayton held firm against the grand fleecing of taxpayers that is the business-incentives game. Now even Clayton has thrown in the towel. Clayton officials say they had no choice, that Centene Corp. is too big to lose.

The game goes…

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04.24.2008 5:25 pm

Centene and the center city

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Ballpark Village set back was reported while I was still in Dayton, Ohio.

But even from a vantage 360 miles away (or, perhaps, especially so) one could wonder: Shouldn’t the public have some voice in where firms such as Centene…

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04.08.2008 12:12 pm

Filling in Lake DeWitt

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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As of noon, balloting closed for this week’s “Punchline” caption contest. Given the widespread skepticism about Ballpark Village, I figured R.J. Matson’s “Lake DeWitt” cartoon would draw a record number of entries. But R.J. reported late this morning:

The Lake DeWitt…

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