Gas+Prices

If gas prices were lowered, more people would be able to drive, making it easier to get from place to place. Gas prices constantly rise and slowly lower, making it really hard and even sometimes impossible for people to be able to drive. The annual combination of high gas prices and high insurance rates make it very hard for people of the younger age group, and even a lot of mid-older aged people to be able to afford such small things. We will organize a list of primarily American gas stations, and ask that people purchase gas from this list of gas stations in the hope of a possible beneficial change in the gas prices.

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__Letter to Elected Official: (May 27)__
 Josh Zalabowski Students for Low Gas Prices **401-667-0847 ** jzalabowski@yahoo.com 150 Fairway Drive North Kingstown, RI 02852  May 27, 2010 Patrick J. Kennedy State Representative State House 82 Smith Street Providence, RI 02903 Dear Representative Kennedy,

Gas prices in our state are unreasonably high. People are being forced to unregister their vehicles and either walk or ride their bikes to work because they can not afford the $60 a week it most commonly takes to drive to and from work everyday. $3 a gallon for gas is wrong because it is simply not reasonable. Although gasoline is important, it really serves no other purpose other than to power machinery. I personally spend roughly $50 a week to and from my school and work each week. Out of my pathetic $60 a week paycheck I make, that doesn’t leave me with much to spare. To change this issue, I feel it would be effective to have certain days where ONLY American gas stations such as Exxon, Hess, Mobil, Sonoco, Texaco, etc. are to be open for the sale of gasoline and diesel fuel. By doing this, it should lower the demand on foreign gasoline, dropping the price. Even if the price is not dramatically lowered, which likely it wouldn’t be, it would still justify our attempts, and it would definitely help to get people back on the road and to work. If there are any questions you may have, I would love to hear from you via email or telephone. Respectfully, Josh Zalabowski

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