Never heard of this mesh in front of cooler bullshit, my 32 passed without it and neither of my cars have mesh in front of the cooler and have never done so. Pod filter does need to be secured properly, I cut two brackets out of some 1.2mm ally sheet and bolt it to 2 of the holes that the stock airbox bolted to.
Just sounds like you got a cock, address what you can on the list and anything that you think is bullshit, bring up with the pit inspector.