Gas price hike adds to citizen burdens
Monday, September 22, 20081 comment(s) | Default | Large
When we talk about price gouging, I’m sorry to say the Santee gasoline service stations take the lead.
Days prior to Hurricane Ike’s threat to the western Gulf of Mexico and the oil platforms therein, the Santee service stations, en masse, immediately raised the price of a gallon of gasoline from an approximate $3.57 per gallon to $4.59. This was supposedly due to speculation that deliveries of gasoline would be slower and costs would rise.
As a citizen of Santee, I see this rapid action as intolerable and totally disgusting. What gave them the right to place additional burdens on its citizens?
Are the oil companies now so powerful that they are setting a trend where all businesses will have the same right every time an anticipated summer storm, etc. evolves to increase prices to absorb any costs?
What is the alternative? One positive venture on my part is buying fuel from non-gouging suppliers and doing shopping elsewhere. Hope others feel the same.
-- John R. Malloy, Santee
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marik wrote on Sep 22, 2008 9:33 AM: