May I ask the powers that be why the residents of Valletta, Sliema and others have residents’ parking bays while we residents of St Paul’s Bay are not afforded that luxury?

If I go to Valletta and use a resident’s parking space I’m fined but if a resident of Valletta parks outside my door I have to put up with it and park on the other side of the village.

To make matters worse, a substantial number of parking slots in Tower Street have been taken out because of the new embellishment. Pensioners who use their car for church cannot do that anymore, they could perhaps use the new buses but again, according to the leaflet, St Paul’s Bay is only mentioned in one route and that bus goes to Wardija and Buġibba.

For some unknown reason St Paul’s Bay is being struck off the map. All services have been transferred to Buġibba i.e. the social security office, the day centre, the post office and of course the police station which although open is not much use to us residents – even to collect the vote we had to go to Qawra. Qawra and Buġibba are offshoots of St Paul’s Bay. Services should be in the village core where the elderly can access them easily. After all it is St Paul’s Bay local council and not Buġibba or Qawra.

However, even the council is moving away from the village core!

I am a septuagenarian and ever since I was young the real residents of St Paul’s Bay have always complained that nothing is ever done for them. Everything is done for the villeġġaturi and the tourists. If my ancestors had to come back they will be certainly pleased to be proven right even more now.