Guv's got our backs, again
Gov. Jon Huntsman says he's going to put a "laser-like" eye on Utah's sky-high gas prices.As even those among us with really thick glasses can tell the guv, Utahns — with their gasoline prices the highest in the continental United States — are getting screwed.
Lisa Roskelley, a spokeswoman for the guv, who, by the way, rides in a propane-powered Suburban, admits the state is supposed to be routinely monitoring pumps and investigating price gouging. But this is different, she says:
Right now, there's a laser-like focus on this topic. If there are any suspicious activities or nefarious intent, the information will be forwarded to the Attorney General's office.In other words the guv's "initative" is just a publicity stunt, a rerun of the gas price investigation a couple of years ago that went nowhere even though the Department of Commerce found some station owners were gouging.
John Hill, state director of the Utah Petroleum Marketers and Retailers Association, hints that the guv's laser-eye statement is hot air:
His own energy director was on the television the other day explaining that we're seeing prices follow the typical pattern for this time of year.This is the same Hill who acknowledged to the Tribune that station owners were padding prices and "making a little more than usual."
6 Comments:
The data show that when prices are increasing, Utah's prices are lower than the national average. When prices are decreasing, we are higher than the national average.
Are you saying that anyone above the national average is gouging? This is kind of a Reverse Lake Wobegon Effect. Statistically speaking, someone is going to be above average, but you expect everyone to be below average all of the time.
Gas prices are 3.89 a gallon on the reservation in Arizona compared to 4.50 a gallon here in San Juan County. This ain't no Lake Wobegon.
Giving the situation over to Shurtleff is just another way of saying nothing is going to be done about it.
I never heard the complaints when we had gas prices lower than surrounding states (back in July). Why the outrage now? Not happy with the price of gas? Then cut back usage. And tell Matheson to go back to work. Enough with the congressional vacation while the Democratic congress has crippled our economy.
The GOP - Gas and Oil Party had a chance to pass meaningful legislation before the recess, but once again they stonewalled, obstructed and whined. See Matheson's Fuel Act:
http://tinyurl.com/6aqfch
Bishop himself has voted 19 times this year to adjourn, including eight times in one day.
My only consolation is that Bush had to cut his vacation time to deal with his 'friend' Putin.
Anonymous at 8:23 is a Utah petroleum industry employee or at least a shil. What a joke! The Utah petroleum industry is gouging consumers. Period. And the governor's spokesperson and her laser eye need look no further than the poor Utah saps who have to buy the nation's highest price fuel.
Anonymous 8:23 just proved once again that Utah is still behind the times!
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