tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58557675082852327232024-02-18T19:48:20.094-08:00The Public SquareEngaged citizens. Civil discourse. Positive action.+gmjamesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13934324102504078802noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855767508285232723.post-48734760097534902672011-03-31T12:55:00.000-07:002011-03-31T12:55:57.808-07:00Weekly Wrap-up: Missouri public policy issues and commentaryGovernor Holden shares his views on current issues facing Missourians in this week's edition of Weekly Wrap-up. With the Missouri legislature considering a <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/12/03/us-missouri-puppy-idUSTRE6B201Y20101203">repeal of the puppy mill legislation</a>, which passed in the general election this past November, and critical decisions being made about <a href="http://www.news.stlpublicradio.org/post/first-mo-congressional-redistricting-maps-released">congressional redistricting</a> (the first proposed map was released to the public on March 30, 2011), the public policy concerns facing the state are significant.<br />
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Listen to the Governor's thoughts, and pose your questions for his next Weekly Wrap-up on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/holdenforum">Facebook</a>, or send them to us on Twitter (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/holdenforum">@HoldenForum</a>, #weeklywrap).<br />
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Most importantly, what are your thoughts on this week's highlighted issues?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Governor Holden speaks<br />
to the economic forum<br />
in Chicago on January 21, 2011</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Following a very exciting opportunity to speak to the 400 members of the Chinese delegation as part of <a href="http://www.thechicagocouncil.org/">The Chicago Council on Global Affairs'</a> day-long economic and trade forum, I was asked to pen a guest post for The Midwesterner, a blog by prominent author and scholar, <a href="http://richardclongworth.com/">Richard C. Longworth</a>.<br />
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Richard is a fellow with the Chicago Council, and a former correspondent with The Chicago Tribune. His book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Caught-Middle-Americas-Heartland-Globalism/dp/1596914130"><i>Caught in the Middle: America's Heartland in the Age of Globalism</i></a> is a must-read for anyone who is serious about helping the Midwest forge a successful strategy in the global marketplace.<br />
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<b>My post begins:</b><br />
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Chinese President Hu Jintao’s official visit to the U.S. last week was a tremendous step forward for the Obama Administration, U.S. business and commercial interests, and most importantly a major triumph for the Midwest as a region. In President Hu’s first-ever trip to Chicago, the Windy City demonstrated that Chicago is truly an international city and that the Midwest is open for business. <br />
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<a href="http://globalmidwest.typepad.com/global-midwest/2011/01/guest-post-hu-visit-puts-midwest-in-chinese-spotlight.html">Read more at The Midwesterner</a>.+gmjamesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13934324102504078802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855767508285232723.post-81615925573672582122010-11-18T05:34:00.000-08:002010-11-18T05:34:15.345-08:00Belt-tightening, New Priorities, and America’s Fiscal Future<div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #232323; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i>The Significance of the <span class="il" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Deficit</span></span> Reduction Commission recommendations on the Nation's Future</i></div><div class="im" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-RydzqgJASAgUifSQrF6RSGQEc2v9YkxtBNcHsvF28yKdZ_bUa_2rD6Exm1RuLHEZvSo7YeNQM4nPkmowRIN4zjL1zSkjYYY2qVyYe7ZsHgmjLW7zi7YmRFtDYvgPHV-CcjErQGNu09Y/s1600/iStock_000013097859XSmall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-RydzqgJASAgUifSQrF6RSGQEc2v9YkxtBNcHsvF28yKdZ_bUa_2rD6Exm1RuLHEZvSo7YeNQM4nPkmowRIN4zjL1zSkjYYY2qVyYe7ZsHgmjLW7zi7YmRFtDYvgPHV-CcjErQGNu09Y/s200/iStock_000013097859XSmall.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">It is time to be candid with the American people about the financial solvency of our nation. </span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #232323; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">If our nation hopes to establish and genuinely pursue a bright vision, we must bring government spending under control and establish priorities that will protect our future.</span></div><div class="im" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">To remain a leading global economic power, we must all take stock and determine that the time truly has come (and then some) for a massive dose of “<b><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/14/deficit-commission-members-call-for-action/">fiscal belt-tightening</a></b>.” And that’s going to get uncomfortable (and ugly) on Capitol Hill.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I believe that such belt-tightening is the purpose of the Obama Administration’s bipartisan <span class="il" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_700379272">Deficit</a></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><a href="http://www.fiscalcommission.gov/"> Reduction Commission</a></b></span>. The Commission was created in February 2010 and is co-chaired by former White House Chief of Staff, <b><a href="http://www.northcarolina.edu/president/index.htm">Erskine Bowles</a></b> and former Republican Senate Whip, <b><a href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000429">Alan Simpson</a></b>. The clear <b><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-establishes-bipartisan-national-commission-fiscal-responsibility-an">mandate from the President</a></b> is that the committee move forward to build a “bipartisan consensus to put American on the path toward fiscal reform and responsibility.” I appreciate the effort of the committee, and more than that, their candor. </span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #232323; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">On November 10, the <b><a href="http://www.fiscalcommission.gov/news">Commission recommended</a></b> a multi-trillion <span class="il" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">deficit</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"> </span>reduction plan that includes solving the nation’s <span class="il" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">deficit</span></span> woes both through a spending reduction and through tax revenue. Proposed cuts include significant cuts to the <b><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/obamas-deficit-commission-defense-spending-2010-11">defense budget</a> </b>and to a wide swath of social programs. The plan also includes <b><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/11/17/deficit-commission-debates-overhaul-medicare/">capping Federal health spending</a></b>. Already the commission’s work has drawn criticism (and what in our current political climate doesn’t), but it has also been praised by the <b><a href="http://www.concordcoalition.org/press-releases/2010/1111/concord-coalition-applauds-bowles-simpson-deficit-reduction-framework">Concord Coalition</a></b>, a non-partisan advocate of fiscal responsibility. </span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #232323; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #232323; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">As details continue to emerge, we can expect to hear <b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/us/politics/12fiscal.html">critics from all corners and parties</a></b> bemoan the “catastrophic” impact lean-policy will have on their programs. But with an overall goal to reduce the debt by $4 trillion by 2020 (which still doesn’t get us to a balanced budget), a lot of cutting is in order and it seems that the Commission is <a href="http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/16/where-will-federal-government-make-deepest-spending-cuts/">putting everything on the table</a>.</span></div><div class="im" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I would hope this will start a thoughtful discussion among all of us about our nations future, our future in a global community, and how we are going to help our children lead America's efforts. </span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #232323; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">This is not the time to declare any idea off the table. It is beyond time to have the serious, and I will go so far as to suggest painful, fiscal discussion and reach some consensus on our nation's future. These decisions will impact every governmental institution at every level and every citizen’s livelihood. We can stymie in a political quagmire, or we can urge our elected officials to get about the serious business of governing in these very serious times and to truly set our nation’s priorities.</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #232323; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #232323; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I know all too well the difficulties inherent in facing fiscal issues head-on, and the fallout that such unpopular choices can have in terms of political cache. As Governor of Missouri, I was one of the first state leaders that tried to raise these issues at the state and national level in the early 2000s. It was not popular then, and it may not be popular today, but we owe it to the future generations to try—and I’d say do more than try; we owe it to them to act boldly and with a greater sense of unity than current political leaders seem willing to promote. </span></div><div class="im" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">This can't be a discussion where we talk only about reducing taxes, or safeguarding specific programs, or protecting one segment of our society versus another, or about the necessity for cuts in one area that we won’t consider in others. The dialogue and decision making that surrounds our fiscal rebirth must be about the totality of our citizens commitment to each other and our shared commitment to strengthening our democratic institutions into the future. </span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #232323; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">We need leadership, not rhetoric. We need thoughtful courageous leaders who respect the will of the people enough to help us face these challenges head on and without concern for their own political future. Find them in your community and give them your support and your time. They come from every party, from every race and gender, and they are the hope for the future.</span></div>+gmjamesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13934324102504078802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855767508285232723.post-63916797584180754712010-11-10T09:28:00.000-08:002010-11-10T09:31:26.244-08:00Party Politics in the Months AheadWe've all heard the speculation from pundits and politico's - how will the political parties behave in the coming months? Are we in for gridlock or compromise? Will the lame duck session accomplish much?<br />
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This week, Governor Holden weighs in with a consideration of how the political party landscape is shifting, and what that may mean for successful democracy in action.<br />
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Watch, listen, and respond with your commentary about the events of this past Tuesday.<br />
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<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mvQO05IxO1g?hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mvQO05IxO1g?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>+gmjamesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13934324102504078802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855767508285232723.post-67233437511039682892010-07-05T11:30:00.000-07:002010-07-05T11:35:24.097-07:00Infrastructure as Key to Our Future: Let's Get Serious about Infrastructure InitiativesOn June 22, 2010 Governor Bob Holden moderated a panel discussion focusing on transportation infrastructure in Missouri. The event, <i><b>Transportation: Investing in the Future of the St. Louis Region</b></i>, was a joint presentation by AGC of St. Louis, <a href="http://www.stlrcga.org/">St. Louis RCGA</a> and <a href="http://stlouis.uli.org/">ULI St. Louis</a>.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqBCHJ2lhQfIh_k2rzF1O9LJO5Y3KZ5KYwlgz_nqjMmRJAlKVLx3pCVQ-23GFf5guMgnfOlSJRwetxxTcOvkQzJ8lE6IURwdmgnMBCpQV5fiNcBuTcgnG0Q_hHCcCLbgv48udOEfe-a10z/s1600/I55-70Arch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqBCHJ2lhQfIh_k2rzF1O9LJO5Y3KZ5KYwlgz_nqjMmRJAlKVLx3pCVQ-23GFf5guMgnfOlSJRwetxxTcOvkQzJ8lE6IURwdmgnMBCpQV5fiNcBuTcgnG0Q_hHCcCLbgv48udOEfe-a10z/s320/I55-70Arch.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>A quote from ULI about this issue sets the stage for its serious consideration, which is deeply connected to concerns about jobs, energy, the economy, and more.<br />
<blockquote>“Investing in infrastructure—done well and strategically—can help ensure increasing prosperity and the rising standards of living that Americans have come to expect. Many countries around the world—China, India, and those in Europe—understand the infrastructure imperative and are working to build the transportation, water, and energy systems that will grow their economies for future generations. The United States must find the leadership, will, and resources to do the same.”</blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><i>-Infrastructure 2010, Investment Imperative, The Urban Land Institute</i></div><br />
Governor Holden opened the panel with a few salient remarks, which are included below.<br />
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As you consider this topic, we invite you to share with us your understanding of, questions about, or concerns over the infrastructure issue in Missouri and the Midwest: Do you agree with the experts who argue that we are "falling behind global competitors" and that the United States "struggles to gain traction in planning and building the critical infrastructure investments that are necessary to ensure future economic growth and support a rapidly expanding population"?<br />
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And if so, what should we be doing about it?<br />
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“Long term, which is becoming shorter all the time, how our community, region, and nation fund education and infrastructure development will determine our nation’s fate in this global economy.<br />
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As we gather today, headlines report:<br />
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“<a href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/columns/steve-giegerich/article_00fce4d0-2431-5d66-b511-fe412201d302.html">National jobs study indicates St. Louis may be in trouble</a>.”<br />
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“Taxed Enough Already? Maybe Not!”<br />
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In the second article, which ran in <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/taxes/2010-05-10-taxes_N.htm">USA Today</a> data indicated that the total American tax burden in 2009 fell to its lowest level since 1950.<br />
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Here in Missouri, we have the 6th <a href="http://www.modot.mo.gov/plansandprojects/">largest highway system</a> in the nation, but one of the <a href="http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/topic/39.html">lowest gas taxes</a> (44th). It took us 15 years to add a runway to Lambert, while other nations are building multiple airports in less time.<br />
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Transportation, and how we fund and prioritize those projects related to our infrastructure development, is a key topic in today’s global economy.<br />
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Today, when we talk about infrastructure it is not for the purpose of trying to figure out how the West side can best the East side of the River, or how St. Louis can stay ahead Kansas City. The conversation that serves us best is about how we compete in a global economy, and about how we can best maintain, and in some cases, regain the dominance of the world’s economy.<br />
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We don’t do it by “standing pat.”<br />
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We must explain and in many cases convince the citizens of our region that to become a viable economic region, we must embark on a major infrastructure renewal. If we do not do this, there is little question of what lies ahead.<br />
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We are now - today - in a global economy. Our competition comes from all countries of the world.<br />
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China spent 8 billion on high speed rail in 2008, and will have 42 high speed lines in operation by 2012. They are on course to build 100 new airports in the next 10 years. News stories abound about how China is taking the lead in new energy technology, green cities, and energy development.<br />
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Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Brazil, and the European Union are all making massive new investments in infrastructure and energy technologies.<br />
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What we do with our roads, rails, waterways, and airways, and in energy development will determine the legacy we leave our children. Will that legacy be similar to the one left to us by the hard working, forward thinking effort of our parents and our grandparents? Or will it be something else altogether?<br />
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For more resources about this important topic, please visit:<br />
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<a href="http://www.uli.org/ResearchAndPublications/PolicyPracticePriorityAreas/Infrastructure/Infrastructure%202010.aspx">The Urban Land Institute, Infrastructure 2010 </a> <br />
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<a href="http://www.stlrcga.org/">St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association</a><br />
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<a href="http://stlouis.uli.org/">ULI St. Louis</a>+gmjamesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13934324102504078802noreply@blogger.com0