Gas Prices on the Rise!

Filled up the van yesterday for 13 cents a gallon less than the same station is charging today. Really glad I don't have to drive across town to go to work every day!

@CCubs :
Democratic voters gave us Pritzker who slammed us with the second highest gas tax in the nation. Maybe if we had Republican state gas taxes like Iowa, gas prices would be lower like $3.38 in Davenport.

@AntiRanchDrssng : Missouri is raising their speed limits on divided rural highways to 75. That's really going to speed up the trip to the in-laws!

In light of the gas prices we decided to keep the minivan parked in the driveway and take my hybrid on our vacation instead.Westward Ho! (in a month)

Costco up another 10 cents tonight according to Gas Buddy. That makes 23 cents higher than when I filled up yesterday.

@AntiRanchDrssng :
And then folks would complain about state roads and highways getting bad, not repaired, or bridges replaced.
So think about this:
How was the new EB McCluggage Bridge span paid for?
How was I-74 reconstruction from Morton to I-55 paid for? (Finished couple years ago)
How is the I-474 bridge near I-74 replacement is being paid for?
How was IL Rt. 116 repaving thru Peoria in the South End paid for?
And that's just in our area.

Gas prices are extremely high because of our FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, not because of our state government.

@AntiRanchDrssng: There are many other factors that go into the price of a gallon of gas. It's not just state tax. The state tax is only 36 cents higher per gallon in Illinois than Iowa. We're having the same issue in Texas, but maybe not to the same extent. Oklahoma is quite a bit cheaper than Texas.Also, the oil industry is Republican controlled. If they want to make Illinois have more expensive gas and make it less expensive in red states, that's what they're going to do. Over the past 8 years I've lived in Texas, it's usually about 50 cents more per gallon in Peoria than DFW. Election years it's more like $1.00 more per gallon and that's what we're seeing now. Midterms are coming up and the oil industry wants you to vote Republican. Don't fall for their games!

Multiple issues, of which gas is one of them, will come crashing down all at once around end of June and give a major headache to the republicans.

New personal best. Or is it worst?

Help,.... I've fallen and I can't get up!!!

It's almost cheaper to have a barrel delivered. Brought right to your doorstep.

@billybob : Curious, in what way or ways?

@DennisinPeoria :
You mean all the stuff they should be doing in the first place?
I guess I had mean parents. You didn't buy a car unless you had the funds to take care of it. It seems our government needs my parents to oversee them and carry a big stick. We keep building new stuff but should ensure we maintain the old stuff first. We spend and spend and spend but then have to raise taxes more to pay more for the stuff we are supposedly already being taxed for.

@AntiRanchDrssng : When's that PRM tax supposed to retire? About the same time as the Civic Center entertainment tax, you say? Word on the street is they're planning a major expansion that's going to require major funding.