MaltaToday 15 June 2008 Is Mepa taking the p ss?
Sure, there are far worse bodily fluids after which one could conceivably be named. It could admit been "George il-Bili".. George Il-Vomtu".. George Il-Mahta".. George Il-Li.. Lim.. In any case, I"m talking approximately George Micallef here: chairman of a interpretation consortium called GAP, and fondly published to friends, associates, employees and toilet attendants in agreement by that wonderfully sophisticated nickname, "Il-Bewla". Indubitable appropriate, I must say.
For I am told that, apart from a building contractor, George Micallef is besides one seriously pissed-off bunny at the moment. And who can maybe blame him? There he was, conform in hand, about to urinate all over the Qui Si Sana neighborhood by erecting a garret block 23 storeys above the Sliema skyline.. Hey! You! Enshrine that outline advancement assent we once gave you for a 341-apartment project on the location of the former Crowne Plaza in Tign?
So sorry, on the contrary we were matchless captivating the piss. Yes, it"s licence that we were the ones to advise you didn"t charge an Environmental Brunt Assessment (EIA) to enter upon with.. However what can we say? Those were the days before the state started listening to all those darn environmentalists.
And distant before the Prime Minister trustworthy to muscle his form into our offices, and turn the Malta Sphere and Planning Administration into an margin of the his own party"s electoral office.. Or at any rate, text to that effect. But, oh! The choice decrepit days: when men were men, and building contractors simply got whatever they wanted, when they wanted it, where they wanted it, how they wanted it.. All they had to was to threaten to situate off all their employees, and hey presto!
They would carry their unlawful operation retroactively sanctioned, every unmarried time. Well, it seems that times chalk up straightaway changed.. Mepa.
