Well, I finally got around to looking at the situation closely. First off I am very impressed with the signal light mounting engineering

out and back in right quick and easy

That is an original bosch P25-1 and has a crack so I am looking for a replacement.
Second, I discovered that for both sides the lil bit of flex vac hose attaching to the vertical adjusters were rotted and replaced them. Now I can run those up and down for bird watchin' or turtle squashin'.
All the wiring seems just fine from the lil city bulb to the plug, and everything seems fine on the other side of the plug. That stuff disappears into a harness and erupts in the bottom of the fuse box and I didn't take that all apart to investigate.
Three wires come out of the signal plug and cross over into the bundle from the headlight plug. Every thing is stock euro version. I have no idea what might be amiss.
The fuse (everything good – did a total copper upgrade not too long ago) box menu shows various light stuff, but nothing screams 'city light' for me to check continuity from. Does anyone know which number I should try?