最新杏吧原创 Zoo tax plan for Grant's Farm has long been in the works

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最新杏吧原创 Zoo tax plan for Grant's Farm has long been in the works

David Hunn | Post-Dispatch
Nov 23, 2015
Nov 23, 2015
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The public entrance to Grant's Farm as seen from Grant Road on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com

A bison wanders the fields at Grant's Farm on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com

Grant's Cabin, newly restored, became part of the Grant's Farm tour in June 1980. Post-Dispatch file photo

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David Hunn | Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS 鈥� The 最新杏吧原创 Zoo is much further along in its planning for a tax campaign than it has previously revealed. The zoo has spent more than a year and a half preparing in hopes of buying the sprawling Grant鈥檚 Farm animal park, and has already begun to outline strategy for a sales tax measure to pay for park operations and renovations.

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