I do hope the court tosses the case out if the other party decides to bring a suit. A lawsuit is one of the stupidest methods to solve a simple difference between neighbours like that, especially if it's just because one side has too much ego and thinks people should care about what they think. Nonetheless, a suit can drag on for a while, draining time, money and attention.
I know those―more commonly referred to as HOA (home owners association), if we're thinking of the same thing. It's a terrible realisation of a really stupid idea, taking rights away from property owners and handing them over to worthless, lazy god-complex lawyers who are good for nothing and take pleasure in bossing around individual home owners... while the effect may not be as terrible as bank mortgage scandals, the idea is much, much more stupid. How anyone can come up with that kind of idea to begin with is beyond me. It sucks that you have to live in one such community... can't move to another apartment or something?
That's true, and I guess a sweet touch on your birthday would help relieve you from, well, reality. Thanks for caring; I do have my own ways to feel happy :>
And yes, I wouldn't believe Cisco is clean. They may not be a "front" for US intelligence, but there's no way they've never been approached for compliance at all, especially for a corporation dominating such a sizeable market. And yes, pushes for strengthening status quo are everywhere... more so if you look at the US, where just about everything that comes out of the government nowadays looks bad...