PAGING THE GUV
Missing from St. Louis county exec Charlie Dooley‘s meeting with Prez Obama’s “car czar” Ed Montgomery in Fenton on Thursday
to announce a new joint effort to find new uses for empty auto plants (and new jobs for former auto workers) was Gov. Jay Nixon, who opted to arrive in our town a day earlier to announce a tax credit award in St.Louis City. The state of Missouri matched funds with the feds, the county and the City of Fenton to make the auto effort possible.


At one level, it must irk Steve Jobs, who was widely ridiculed for launching a one-button touchscreen phone, as each of those same critics launch their own devices. I do have to agree though, that the market will quickly sift through the pale imitators and Apple could end up with the same dominance it has in music players. Either way, it’s good theater, and highlights that Google no revenue-generating business model other than the ad business.