PAGEDALE, Mo. (CN) - Missouri resident Valarie Whitner lives in fear, but not of violence - fear of another ticket for chipped paint on a downspout, or for not having a screen on her back door. Such is life in Pagedale, a tiny municipality barely more than a mile long in north St. Louis County. But if the federal lawsuit filed last week by Whitner and fellow Pagedale residents is successful, that could change not only in Pagedale, but for tens of thousands of people living in cash-strapped municipalities throughout north St. Louis County. Whitner and co-plaintiff Vincent Blount say they have been fined a total of $2,800 for ordinance violations in their Pagedale home. They were ticketed for...
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