{"id":671858,"date":"2010-02-22T09:42:44","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T14:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/knowledgeproblem.com\/?p=6478"},"modified":"2010-02-22T09:42:44","modified_gmt":"2010-02-22T14:42:44","slug":"local-politician-threatens-to-file-price-gouging-claims-against-gasoline-retailers-opposing-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/671858","title":{"rendered":"Local politician threatens to file price gouging claims against gasoline retailers opposing tax"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Giberson<\/em><\/p>\n

From the Fredericksburg, VA, Free Lance-Star<\/em>, “GAS-TAX PINCH OR GOUGING?<\/a>“:<\/p>\n

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Spotsylvania County Supervisor Hap Connors threatened yesterday to file price-gouging complaints because of a lobbying association’s campaign that blames a Virginia Railway Express tax for increased gas prices.<\/p>\n

The county became a member of the commuter rail service Monday and enacted a 2.1 percent tax on wholesale gasoline required for VRE membership. The tax is expected to generate more than $3 million annually.<\/p>\n

… The Virginia Petroleum, Convenience and Grocery Association represents 650 retail members operating more than 4,500 convenience and grocery stores with gas pumps across Virginia.<\/p>\n

Association spokesman Michael O’Connor said the group made laminated signs for Spotsylvania members that warn county residents they will pay 5 cents more a gallon because of the tax.<\/p>\n

“Either the gasoline retailer will have to eat that 5 cents or it is going to be passed on to the consumer,” O’Connor said.<\/p>\n

Supervisor Connors sent O’Connor an e-mail yesterday warning that he would file price-gouging complaints if O’Connor did not remove the signs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Michael Giberson From the Fredericksburg, VA, Free Lance-Star, “GAS-TAX PINCH OR GOUGING?“: Spotsylvania County Supervisor Hap Connors threatened yesterday to file price-gouging complaints because of a lobbying association’s campaign that blames a Virginia Railway Express tax for increased gas prices. The county became a member of the commuter rail service Monday and enacted a 2.1 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2604,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-671858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2OMq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2604"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}