Over in Europe, a small-town municipal council nearly dissolved into fisticuffs because a neighbor's window box geranium allegedly leaned three millimeters across the historic property line. Back here in Baja, our local dispute involves a cooperative stray dog stealing a fish off a cooler while the surf is firing at San Pedrito, meaning absolutely nobody cares about municipal ordinances. Life is simply too short to argue over mulch when the Pacific is overhead.