<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">We assume that individual station owners can set their own prices. There is a striking uniformity of prices within a community. Is that because they're all paying the same wholesale price? Tom, thanks for listing the Busch-owned stations. Where do the other stations get their fuel? In the past there has been accusations of price-fixing which were investigated by the Attorney General without conclusions.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA</font></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 6:28 PM, Don Coombs <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wildmushroomer@gmail.com" target="_blank">wildmushroomer@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Great question from Shawn, because the state tax across the line in Pullman is definitely higher than here in Moscow.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Don Coombs<br></font></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 5:50 PM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><a href="http://www.buschdist.com/cfn/local-sites/" target="_blank">http://www.buschdist.com/cfn/local-sites/</a><span><br><br><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- John Lennon</span></div></span></div><div><div><div><br>On Nov 30, 2015, at 5:34 PM, Ron Force <<a href="mailto:ronforce@gmail.com" target="_blank">ronforce@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Is there someone here who can explain how the gas business works? There's one wholesale fuel distributor in Pullman/Moscow (Busch) and one in Lewiston/Clarkston (Coleman). Do all stations buy from them? Do branded stations have their fuel trucked in? Inquiring minds want to know.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA</font></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Shawn Clabough <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shawnc@outtrack.com" target="_blank">shawnc@outtrack.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">How does that explain that it is now cheaper to fill up in Pullman than Moscow?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Shawn<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Don Coombs<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 30, 2015 9:19 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] American capitalism<u></u><u></u></span></p><span><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Ron Force's contribution of which gas stations don't pay the 32 cent per gallon tax is precisely the type of fact-based observation he brings to Vision 2020 every now and then. I still resent paying 10 cents more per gallon than is reasonable every time I fill up, but at least now I'm a better informed unhappy customer.<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">Don Coombs<u></u><u></u></p></div></span></div></div><br>=======================================================<br>
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