Laws are there to be broken

It seems that in Lija laws can be broken without fear of retribution. For instance, large vehicles come through the village streets, even though they are prohibited from using them, at timesdamaging property; cars park on double yellow lines opposite the local council offices, and in full view of the warden who is supposed to be policing the street during school hours; people litter the streets, while dog owners fail to clean up after their pets.

Nobody seems to care, although these breaches of the law are reported to the council time and again. Promises of effective law enforcement are only made at election time and soon forgotten about.

Some residents grumble and complain privately about this utter disregard for the law yet they never take their complaints to the council. Lija is simply being run down before our very eyes and, sadly, most residents seem to accept it.