As we said in an editorial (a lot more intelligently), the legislature should cease and desist with its plan to lease out our highways to private companies in order to save money. Nothing good can come of this.

Don't worry--I agree that the talking animal shtick is a conceit that ought to be employed only rarely. It works, for example, when you use it to highlight the folly of humankind. It should not be abused or you start dipping into comic strip territory, and that leads to rotting of the brain.