Illinois Residents - PLEASE CALL GOV. BLAGOJEVICH NOW

[JFN1]

And tell him to declare a STATE OF EMERGENCY to stop price gouging in Southern Illinois!! Prices have gone close to $6 a gallon in some places, and is around $5 a gallon in others!!

You can check out this thread for background, where a commenter suggested this course of action: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3981869

And here is the Governor's phone number:

Office of the Governor
207 State House
Springfield, IL 62706
Phone: [phone] or 312-814-2121
TTY: 888-261-3336

Please help your fellow citizens who are getting GOUGED!!!!

[NNN0LHI]

1. Why not call Bush and have him release some of the strategic reserve?

Wouldn't that be better?

Don

[JFN1]

2. Yes

But what are the odds? Bush filled the Reserve for FIVE YEARS, unchecked by Congress. And it's all his, and he ain't giving us any of it.He needs it for his oil wars...

[JoDog]

7. Isn't the Strategic Reserve

just oil, not the refined gasoline?

[TornadoTN]

3. Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen is in the same situation - he's pissed

According to his staff, he is hammering the Feds on their poor planning for this and activating the TN Attorney General's office to respond to the crisis.

This is bad folks, we've all been abandoned this time.

[BadgerKid]

4. Gasbuddy.com doesn't look as bad.

I wonder if it's the very rural stations that are doing this?

[RollWithIt]

5. It's odd, here in South Florida... $3.59 all day

We'll see tomorrow.

[AngryAmish]

6. Just go to his house.

He doesn't go downstate. He lives on Richmond and Sunnyside.

[JFN1]

8. But I'm downstate

And I sure as hell can't afford the gas now!! Certainly limits the participation in participatory government!!

[madrchsod]

9. we get most of our oil from canada in the midwest

and we have refiners in chicago....i guess the gasoline down there comes from texas...