February 5, 2018
If aesthetics are what you’re looking for in your town,
Pagedale, MO would have been the place for you. But maybe for not much longer.
As part of a consent decree, Pagedale has agreed to repeal
certain ordinances relating to the quality of life there. The city has about
3,300 residents, and, according to one lawyer, has ticketed about 18,000
individuals since 2010. To those who were ticketed for violating the
ordinances, and then fined for not paying the tickets, the rate seemed a bit
excessive.
Some of the ordinances involved bans on: Sagging pants;
walking on the left side of the crosswalk; having a beer within 150 feet of a
barbecue grill; barbecuing in the front yard (unless it’s a national holiday);
having a wading pool in the front yard.
There are others, but you get the point.
Residents claimed that the city was issuing the tickets to
make money, not out of any real desire to improve living conditions in the
city.
For the record, the city denies that it issued the tickets
solely as a way to make money.
I guess they’re just picky.
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