Calling for Gas Price Probe 1


From an April 2 news release:

Boise – Ada County Commissioner and Republican Idaho Gubernatorial Candidate Sharon Ullman today called upon Attorney General Lawrence Wasden to investigate the possibility of gas price fixing in Idaho.

In her letter to Mr. Wasden, Ullman points to a March 31 news release from AAA Idaho that states, “Easter holiday travelers will find Idaho gas prices some 16 cents higher than the national average price and sixth highest in the U.S.”

Ullman continues in her letter to Wasden, “Although I recognize that your office has previously delved into the gas price issue, it would be helpful to have a current review and explanation as to why Idaho drivers are being hit even harder than most other Americans with rapidly rising gas prices. I am writing to ask you to again investigate whether we in Idaho are victims of a price fixing scheme and if so, request that you promptly take the appropriate corrective action.”

Idaho’s high gas prices will serve to remind May Primary voters that last year, incumbent Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter vetoed appropriations bills in an effort to keep Idaho’s Legislature in Boise at a cost of $30,000 a day in order to force legislators to pass an unpopular gas tax increase. In the end, a compromise was reached that protected consumers from the Governor’s proposed gas tax increase.


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  • Eric

    Good luck. I recent asked the AG for an opinion and was told that he only issues opinions for Legislators. Maybe you have more pull.