Last week, supporters of a plan to privatize St. Louis Lambert International Airport announced they would withdraw the initiative set for city ballots this November. A week later, two of the major entities behind the privatization push announced they had decided to part ways just one day before the announcement on the airport initiative.
Political consultant Travis Brown has worked for conservative billionaire Rex Sinquefield for more than a decade. But in a statement on Sept. 7, Sinquefield’s team announced that Brown and his firm Pelopidas no longer represent Sinquefield.
On Wednesday’s St. Louis on the Air, Jacob Kirn, economic development editor for the St. Louis Business Journal, talked about the end of the 14-year relationship between Sinquefield and Brown.
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