Former Missouri State Senator Andrew Koenig joins Marc Cox and Kim St. Onge to discuss his campaign for St. Louis County Council District 3, running to succeed Dennis Hancock. Koenig outlines fiscal solutions to address the county’s projected $19 million budget deficit, advocating for department audits, potential outsourcing of animal shelter operations, and eliminating duplicative clinics within the county health department to avoid cutting core public services. The conversation covers repeated voter rejections of countywide tax measures like Proposition U, opposition to proposed city-county consolidation or municipal re-entry proposals, and regional political demographic shifts across west and south St. Louis County. Koenig also reflects on his legislative sponsorship of Missouri’s abortion ban following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, expressing confidence in pro-life grassroots mobilization on Missouri Amendment 3 ahead of Tuesday's election.
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