Saturday, April 7, 2012

Progressive California leads the way! Gas Prices On Catalina Island Pass $7 Mark

Gas prices on Santa Catalina Island, off the Southern California coast, are among the highest in the nation. This photo was taken in March 2012.
They overwhelmingly voted for Obama and his policies which are now coming to fruition.

Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and the rest of the Progressive Caucus could not be reached for comment.
(NBC) Though the cost per gallon has dropped and stabilized in recent weeks, gas prices are still causing some serious financial pain for Southern Californians.

Try living on Catalina Island, though. Gas there has topped $7 per gallon, and that’s for the cheap stuff.

The prices at the Pebbly Beach gas station, owned by the Santa Catalina Island Co., are about the highest you’ll pay pretty much anywhere in the United States. [...]

The company owns a gas station in Avalon and another in Two Harbors, an unincorporated community on the other side of the island. They're the only two sources of fuel for cars on Catalina.

“We barely make anything off of it,” Brisacher said.

The cheapest gas on Catalina is now $7.05 per gallon, she said. Clearly, Catalina residents are paying quite a bit more than the rest of us.

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