Excerpt from my letter to E&A, asking members to vote NO on #BB161
"A study cited by the Post-Dispatch estimated that a 30 second ad in the Superbowl costs $7M. The value of the tax break in BB 161 equates to 5 seconds of advertising time at the Superbowl"
Net present value of tax abatement: $1.2M
Not-so-open government update: I’m still waiting for #SunshineSTL requests to be fulfilled for recent tax breaks.
Applications/data for financial analysis:
➡️ #BB161 Anheuser Busch (see images)
➡️ #BB166 Anders CPA.
I suspect the dates for response records will be pushed back yet again.
#OpaCITYstl
Here's the lobbyists who benefit from #BB161, corporate welfare bill for Anheuser-Busch, a third industrial revenue bonds + tax abatement deal by St. Louis City Alders
More info on the AB proposal up for a vote today greatstateofstlouis.com/2025/01/30/s...
For the third time in six years, I’m not digging back further, the Soulard based brewery since 1852, is asking for favors from the St. Louis City Board of Alders.
Note: @gconnolly314.bsky.social letter to E&A opposing #BB161 has been added
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Tell your St. Louis City Alder to vote NO on #BB161
Anheuser-Busch doesn’t like paying taxes. But taxes pay for public services and it’s not the responsibility of everyone else to pick up the tab for public services used by a $85.55 Billion company
How many St. Louis Alders attended Dec Anheuser-Busch lobbyists party?
How many Alders received campaign funds from AB, its lobbyists, its pac, and other connected legal $ laundering pacs?
11 am Today BOA HUDZ hearing on #BB161 for more corporate welfare for AB
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
