Is your neighborhood association more focused on hiding problems than fixing them? I once pointed out a broken sidewalk so many times they probably deleted my number too (which, fair, I can be annoying about safety stuff). It's wild how they'll treat a pothole post like it's a state secret instead of, you know, a hole that could wreck someone's car. Guess peaceful streets only look good in the newsletter, not when you actually have to drive on them.
Ugh idk maybe it's just me but people get so worked up over this stuff. Like yeah a broken sidewalk is bad but sometimes they actually are working on it and the email updates just go to spam. I mean they're probably volunteers with regular jobs, not a full time repair crew. Maybe the newsletter photos are cringe but that doesn't mean they're hiding things on purpose.