text: Doesn't the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce have their own marketing people? Do they really need Mary Ann McGivern to shill for them in NCR?
  
  As the resident of a city (Kansas City) that has time and again been treated like a red-headed step-child while the Missouri legislature throws one bone after another to St. Louis, I have a hard time mustering much sympathy for their situation. Yes, they have urban challenges and the need for a more robust business community. Name one major metropolitan area that doesn't.
  
  This piece is worse than filler. It's free advertising.