Charles Valier

Updated 3:14 p.m., Oct. 29 with the board's final approval - It took 18 months of tension, but the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District has…

A year-long debate over transparency and ethics rages on among board members of the Zoo-Museum District.Although a committee had previously prepared a new…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 30, 2013: Commissioners of the Zoo-Museum District voted Monday for the maximum tax rates for…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 27, 2013 - Critics of the Missouri History Museum plan to try again on Monday to cut the amount…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: After three persistent critics of the Missouri History Museum walked out of a meeting of the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Rejecting characterizations they are simply a rubber stamp, a majority of the Zoo-Museum District…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 4, 2013 - Rejecting characterizations they are simply a rubber stamp, a majority of the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 3, 2013 - As the Board of Aldermen prepares to resume its hearing into problems and policies at…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: As the Board of Aldermen prepares to resume its hearing into problems and policies at the Missouri…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 28, 2013 - Under sometimes sharp questioning by commissioners of the Zoo-Museum District, the…