I like to vote for whoever makes the most sense at the time of the election so I voted for Labour this time. Consequently when I started reading RR's Jacinderella column I was immediately on the defensive. But that man is clever and funny! Keep up the good work!

Then to read that the council is actually planning to save us all money on rubbish collection, what a pure delight!

But my mood changed when I read Todd Talks. Maintaining prison numbers is lunacy. We need to work harder on rehabilitation and avoiding the ambulance at the bottom of the hill approach. Social and mental services need to be streamlined and run by caring, empowered individuals who get their empathy checked on a regular basis.

And, Mr Muller, if we reduce the number of offenders we automatically reduce the number of victims.

P Knights, Mount Maunganui.