Alex Cortes, the Executive Director of Let Freedom Ring, joins the show to explain OneDollarLess.org, a website that allows direct contact with Capitol Hill to urge spending cuts.

Alderwoman Phyllis Young has sponsored a bill for $760 million in tax increases for the region’s parks, trails, and the Gateway Arch grounds. She joins Mark to defend the proposal.

With the NFL’s DUI policy under scrutiny following the death of Jerry Brown, Mark talks to USA Today columnist Jarrett Bell about what they should change.