With a snow storm expected to batter the Plains, Midwest and East Coast this weekend, a spring-deprived Ohio prosecutor is taking out his frustration with the long winter on a famous prognosticating groundhog.

“I decided it was about time we indicted Punxsutawney Phil for fraud,” said Mike Gmoser, prosecutor in Ohio’s Butler County, in an interview Friday.

That’s a quote from a Reuters article by Kim Palmer. Click on the quote to read the full article. Some folks will think this action is drastic, but just step outside. Where is spring? Something had to be done.

A big thanks goes out to my brother the trout, Salvelinas Fontinalis, for pointing me to this breaking news.