I see 100s of 499 employee subsidiaries that just exist to bypass this law ~ similar to PACs

I would demand that they monitor and arrest every person using the water fountain as well, after all water is also metered and billed , so any non student drinking should be arrested as well right?

For what it's worth i'm enjoying the game, it's alot of fun and I've only had 1 disconnect in over 8 hours of playing. I agree that they certainly could have made a single player mode with no achievements or other players in the region - I'm running all the cities in my region except for one guy who wandered in, but I do think the mutli region interaction is way better than what it was in Sim City 4. I got it at a discount for about $40 from a amazon promo and I think it's well worth it at that price ; maybe not the full $60.