The reason for falling oil prices explained (maye)

wa8yxm wrote:

noe-place wrote:
Here in our town the local stations are all controlled by a mysterious cabal that keeps every station in town at the same price.

When I started reading this reply I was thinking of Radio/Television/Newspaper which seems to have the same thing, They all have their "Topic of the week" it seems, All the above (And in the case of TV both National and local) cover the same "Scandal of the week" IE: Fast Food.. Every one of them, Talk shows (What is the formar Regis show called) GMA, Today, Local news, Local talk shows, Radio and newspaper.

However: when it comes to gas stations... Unless it is like a two station town that suggests illegal monolopy-ism you should perhaps send a letter or two to the Attorney General (State and US) and see if perhaps they can find the puppet masters.

People around here have sent letters to everyone from the AG to their rep in congress, met with the local fiscal court and city government many times to no avail; that is until recently. This past summer the city government built a gasoline facility on property it owns and started underselling the gouging stations. The response has been big and popular with many compliments going to the mayor and city council for spearheading the plan. Gas prices have come way down in the interim and the mayor got re-elected last week. The gougers even went to the state capital and tried to get an injunction passed against the new pumps saying the city was attempting to compete with "private" business. It went nowhere and prices continue to be much lower than before.