DON'T RUN OUT OF GAS HERE. Overlawyered picks up the story of Mayor Shelton Richardson (Idiotarian, North Randall, Ohio), who would like to end the "racist" practice of pay-before-you-pump at gasoline stations in his community. The mayor dislikes the presumption that customers -- presumably his constitutents -- are prone to steal gas.

The law, in all its majesty, forbids gasoline stations from requiring prepayment of the honest or the dishonest alike. The law lacks sufficient majesty to compel people to operate gasoline stations in North Randall, Ohio.