Gov. Ernie Fletcher (R-Kentucky) wants a special session to discuss handouts "for energy companies looking to build alternative fuels facilities." The Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions says, however, that the "coal-to-liquid procedure as a viable fuel process has yet to be practically realized."

Fletcher says "The proposed energy legislation would encourage the production and use of alternative fuels and renewable energy resources while promoting energy conservation and efficiency through economic development and educational incentives." He further says that state action is required for companies to build such facilities in the state.

But Bluegrass president Chris Derry counters that a special session "would commit taxpayers to an expensive wager on the alternative-fuel race."

It's been said that "no man's liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session." Neither, it would seem, is economic sense. The only sure bet of a special session is that it would mean added expenses to taxpayers.