Your stories and subsequent leader (Local councils and laws, TMID, 29 January), brought to the fore one major flaw in the way local councils are being administered – and this is that mayors think that they own the place....

Let us picture this scenario: a scene which is being, let us say, performed in Malta over and over again. ...

From Dr A. GrechWhat on earth is wrong with the Hon. Joseph Muscat and the Hon. Louis Grech and indeed with the rest of the politicians, if not all the Maltese people? ...

From Mr R. CassarSimon Busuttil has every right indeed to be proud of his voting record in the European Parliament (“A record to be proud of”, TMIS, 25 January). I am sure that he voted according to his conscience. ...

From Dr M. Asciak MDVirtue ethics involve judging what a person does rather than who he is – his acts rather than his being. ...

The confusion that the government has created about the way energy tariffs are being calculated is symptomatic of a government that cares little about the way people think and how they are being affected....

Nothing riles the public more than asking it to pay more. It does not matter what – bread, fuel, transportation, you name it. Naturally W&E rates are up as of October, 2008 and fuelled by some 11 unions, ...

The education reform that is currently being planned and discussed aims to remove examinations between primary and secondary schooling. ...

In your editorial Bullying on TV (TMID, 24 January), you spoke at length about the need to protect children from bullying, especially when this takes place in front of the cameras....

The decision of Prime Minister Gonzi to nominate Dr George Abela as President of the Republic on the retirement of President Fenech Adami next April has stirred a hornet’s nest within the two major political parties....