Lately, in your community, residents have been adopting ostriches and emus. With so many of the giant birds habitating backyards, escapes are common, and it has become normal to see a neighborhood emu strolling down the street. At first, it was just uncommonly large poop and the occasional peck to a passerby, but last week, one ostrich kicked an elderly woman as she went to get her mail. Currently, there is a civil case calling for the ostrich to be put down. Should the town create an ostrich and emu ownership policy? What rules should large bird owners adhere to?  , During the COVID crisis, your neighborhood as recently begun a "light up the hood" campaign. Every night, beginning at 8, residents are encouraged to flick their lights in something of a "wave" effect down neighborhood streets. This has ended up looking really cool, engaging kids, and offering a way to connect people in this time. However, a number of houses have not participated. Their reasons? They are not home, they forget, or it's "annoying." These houses have been dubbed "dark zones" and have been harassed within the community. From hate mail, teepeeing, and general "making fun of" when out and about, this is getting out of control. Do you shut down "light up the hood" or try and regulate it differently? Can you enact a policy that would punish those who make fun of others? Should you? , A local restaurant has begun selling live chickens to residents as part of a new rollout called "Farm Fresh." People have really enjoyed purchasing their chicken, playing with it for a few days, fattening it up, and then killing it for dinner. Not everyone is super excited about this new rollout, though. For one, there are a lot more chickens around. For another, there are bloody feathers floating around everywhere. Also, nobody knows where the farm is that these "Farm Fresh" chickens come from. Animal-rights groups have been pushing the restaurant to reveal its sources. The restaurant is a local favorite, but it is now run by the original owners' grandson, whom nobody knows real well. What do you do about these chickens?, Lately, people have been tagging the outdoor walls of downtown buildings with "street art." No one knows who these taggers are, and no permit was ever requested for said art. The art does not appear overtly offensive (no curse words or inappropriate images), and it's largely tagged on sections of walls that no business can really lay claim to. Most of the art features the solar system, stars, and depictions of ET, Extra-Terrestrial. On one wall, however, a very small "aliens are real, and I am one" is written in the same font / tag style as the rest. A woman in the community recently filed a complaint with the city, stating: "I have a very real fear of being abducted by aliens, and this wall says there is an alien among us. I demand to know who this is. I am daily traumatized when I walk past this graffiti on my way to buy cigarettes." Should the town take this complaint seriously and enact a policy / remove the graffiti?  , A group of local middle-schoolers has been playing masked-chess in neighborhood parks. They are abiding by COVID restrictions - masked up and 6 feet apart as they play. When neighborhood kids come to watch, one middle-schooler actually reminds them to keep a safe distance or mask-up. The players, though, are not just wearing standard PPE but full masks - only their eyes show, and sometimes not even that. There have been Batmans, one PennyWise, circus / masquerade-style, animal faces, and some regular old ski masks. Though no trouble has brewed from these meetings, some kids in the neighborhood have complained to their parents that they recognize some gang-affiliates sometimes mingling. Parents have started reporting these individuals as well as raising questions about who these kids are. As a local government official, is there a policy that allows you to regulate this situation? What should you do?  .

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