Skips or no skips?

At last the mayor of St Julians has decided to address his subjects (December 29). I wish he was as pointed as Helen Walker. I believe eloquence is reserved to speeches. Mr Mayor, please note there were three letters published in this paper favouring the retention of the skips. None of the objectors had the desire to comment. Other St Julians residents wrote to or phoned your office opposing the removal of the skips.

I am totally confused by the "eloquence" in your comments. First you state that the whole council is bound by the decision. Then the removal of the skips becomes a policy. Then the three-month period was established to give residents a say in the removal or retention of the skips. A sentence later and the arrival of the waste separation bins will see the demise of the skips. I suppose all bases are covered.

I agree with the mayor that there are some abuses by undisciplined people but, at least in our neighbourhood, it is not a frequent occurrence. The other day we did have a large mattress left by the skip by some weak person. I say weak because he or she must not have had the strength to throw it over the wall like others of the same ilk. Mr Mayor, what makes you think that the removal of skips would change the mentality of these louts? I honestly wish I had an answer to that question.

Mr Mayor, you completely ignored the positive points I had in my letter. That is what irks me. Please read it again instead of apologising and beating about the bush. Yes, we will return to the dark ages without the skips. More garbage will be left on the street for collection. Stray cats and dogs and the weather will take care of that.