1:30 p.m. - Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005

I sincerely hope that our State Attorney General is going to look into the extremely sharp price increases of fuel by local retailers. There is no way that the fuel in the tanks at local retail sites has increased by 80 cents in value in a matter of hours because of the hurricane.

The situation certainly has the feel of price gouging and is reminiscent of the extortion imposed from Florida lumber and hardware dealers during Hurricane Andrew.

If our state law does not consider such practices to be price gouging, our State Legislature has a new item on their agenda for the upcoming General Assembly.

Taking advantage of people in the midst of a crisis is inexcusable and it should be illegal.

Steve Brown
Mayor, Peachtree City

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