I am totally convinced that this government, and Joe Mizzi in particular, is just as totally committed to resolve our traffic problem which only a few months ago was a mere perception.
With time, this perception became a nightmare and the nightmare, like so very few dreams, became a reality.
But the government and Joe Mizzi in particular have not only me to convince of their unwavering commitment to finding a resolution. I have to contend against the thousands that gainsay me, that clamour for Joe Mizzi's head.
Could Joe Mizzi's head be Joe Muscat?
I am a pushover, a patsy like no other. It's the other uncouth thousands that's the problem. They are even more of a problem than the traffic.
So a resolution to this problem, of convincing these thousands, may be found long before that to the traffic problem.
I am willing to stick my neck out (knowing full well that I will be able to retract it with my head still on) and wager that in the coming weeks this government, possessed of so steely a resolve and of a so well-defined and well-researched road map, will compensate monetarily all companies who had workers arriving late for work, deliveries not meeting deadlines and passengers missing flights, because of clogged roads and snarled traffic.
For every euro given as compensation, a euro will be docked from the Cabinet members' salary and in the event that a back-up is needed, Ms Sai Mizzi will be ready, willing and able to oblige.
All the outlay will be recouped in no time. For Joe Mizzi will then take command of Malta's oil exploration, will divine every gushing bottomless well with impeccable precision and sell it at $140 a barrel, and, in order to resolve the problem of high traffic density , fuel prices will be pumped up three or even fourfold.
Joseph Genovese
Birkirkara