Volume 7 , Issue 36

Wild Atlanta Gas Prices...

"I didn't have a chance to get pictures of ALL the wild and crazy Atlanta gas prices I saw this week, but here is today's (9/5/05), now that things have settled down a bit. Tuesday night, Atlanta, 11 PM news was predicting gas shortages by Wednesday Noon. That prompted me to make a midnight gas run to fill up all our cars at $2.799. By Wednesday at 3 PM, it seemed to have been a joke. Everything was normal. But by 6 PM, the prediction had come true. The few stations that had gas to sell were ranging from $3.299 to $5.699 (can you say gouging?) and the lines to fill up your car were wrapped 20-30 cars long and blocking traffic. By Wednesday night and into Thursday and Friday, nearly every station in our area was out of gas. The posted prices were all BLANK! Thursday, the State of Georgia lifted its tax on gasoline sales, so that prices would drop by 15 cents per gallon. Great plan, if anyone had gas to sell. By Friday afternoon, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue was trying to calm everyone down, assuring us that the stations would have gas to sell before Labor Day Weekend was over. Yeah - right - this is the same guy who got elected by promising all of Georgia's teachers their first pay raise in several years. And once he got elected - OOPS! Just kidding! But this time he kept his word. 75% of the gas stations in our area did have gas to sell by this afternoon (Labor Day), and the going rate was just over $3.25. I got lucky by finding this QT at $2.999." -- Scott   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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