Since the availability and use of email became the norm for correspondence and other types of communication, I have resisted From the cubbyhole that is my office, some 15 feet down a hallway from the reception area where Paula McNeely greets customers, I’ve overheard a few recent conversations that centered on one common subject over the past few months. Taxes. Local ad valorem taxes, to be exact. Paula has the patience of Job when it comes to listening to readers and subscribers put forth their comments and opinions about matters in the local news. Even when her time is scarce and the hands of the clock are racing towards our press deadline, she maintains a genuine expression of interest in whatever subject is being discussed.