Monday, August 08, 2005

The Beers of Our Lives

This is sort of a stupid story with a beer twist but there is something in it that caught my attention...
GREENVILLE, South Carolina (AP) -- South Carolina Republicans say the Democrats owe them beer money.

In April, Anheuser-Busch Co. -- based in St. Louis, Missouri -- wrote a $5,000 check intended for the state Republican Party.

Instead, the envelope was addressed to the state Democratic Party, which promptly deposited the money.

Now, state GOP leaders say the South Carolina Democratic Party needs to return the beer money they are owed.

Democrats say the check is in the mail.

Katja Zastrow, Anheuser-Busch's regional director of governmental affairs in Washington, said in an e-mail statement that the check went astray "through a series of administrative oversights."
How sad is it when a beer maker has a regional director of governmental affairs? A regional director. Meaning there are more.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wishing you could do just about any job in the beer industry yourself?

Dave said...

Actually, I do know a born and bred Sprinfieldian who is a marketing person for AB. She commands losts of marketing money and they give her beer. In addition to, I'm sure, being paid well, it sounds like a good gig.

Anonymous said...

I know you do. You've never introduced her, but I've met her brother!

How about you get a job with a big beer company somewhere warm and we move? Ready?