The Detroit News. According to Griffin, stations in those states have an additional source of competition from Costco and Wal-Mart, which also sell gasoline.
Less competition means higher prices.
At the end of your Jan. 9 column you mention someone tossing out a trash bag from a car. Jim, I've seen the same thing done dozens of times by ordinary drivers. If you're referring to three parallel slots about two feet long that were dug into the concrete, it was for the insertion of steel dowels which give added flexibility to the concrete, especially at expansion joints.