Every week, 漏 2024 外网天堂's Chris McDaniel, Jo Mannies and Jason Rosenbaum talk about the week鈥檚 politics. On this show, our guest is St. Louis County Councilman Steve Stenger, a Democrat from Affton who is challenging County Executive Charlie Dooley in this summer鈥檚 primary.
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During his appearance, Stenger:
- Promised to do more to attract business, if elected county executive. 鈥淚 will sell St. Louis County,鈥� he said.
- Recalled that Dooley had proposed in 2011 to close half of the county鈥檚 parks in a failed attempt to force the County Council to approve a property tax hike;
- Declined to take a position on proposals to merge St. Louis (where he was born) with St. Louis County without more information; he emphasized the decision should be up to voters;
- Disputed Dooley鈥檚 assertion that his administration wasn鈥檛 the target of federal investigations;
- , in response to Dooley鈥檚 earlier release of tax returns. But Stenger said that the focus on tax returns was 鈥渁 red herring鈥欌�� to distract the public from the real issues facing the county.
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