It is Easter Weekend and the price of gas skyrocketed in pockets around Orlando, Florida. What do we need to do to get people angry? We don't need the media to tell us what the price of gas we are currently paying. We are already at the threshold that we were in 2008. The media and Washington, D.C., don't care because no one is complaining. Obama throws a piece of carrot to do some investigation on the recent spike in gas, but the president's motive is to buy time. We are giving a huge tax revenue to the government in a form of a gas tax. It is affecting everybody. It doesn't matter what social economic class one belongs. It affects everybody who owns a car.
(CNN Money) NEW YORK -- Gas prices are on the rise nationwide, but one filling station in Florida has earned the dubious distinction of having the highest prices in the country.
Suncoast Energys, located near the Orlando International Airport, was charging $5.69 a gallon for regular gasoline on Friday. That's the highest of any gas retailer in the nation, according to price tracker gasbuddy.com.
By contrast, the average price in the city of Orlando is $3.78 a gallon, a few pennies below the state and national averages.
But authorities in Orlando -- where tourism helps drive the local economy -- have taken notice of the high prices at Suncoast and another gas station near the airport.
The city does not have the authority to regulate gas prices, so Orlando recently passed an ordinance requiring gas stations to post prices on signs that are clearly visible from the street.
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