And now for something completely different

As we all know, state legislators have been called back to Lincoln for a special session this summer to tackle the state's high property taxes.

As has been written here before, good luck with that.

It's easy to gripe about property taxes being too high; much more difficult to lower them without shifting the tax load onto someone else.

But we need to talk about something that we also all gripe about – gasoline prices.

I'm one of those guys who scans the countryside for the cheapest gas possible. I'll risk running my tank to empty if I know I can save a couple of cents per gallon in the next tow...