Sign of the Times
Labels: gas prices
This is the city: Los Angeles, California. I work here. I'm an ex-mayor. Los Angeles is a magnet for people from all over the world. Some of them run for public office. Inevitably some of them stray from the golden rule and rule for those that have the gold. That's when I go to work. My name is Yorty. I'm a dead pol.
Gas prices have hit $4 a gallon and there's no end in site. The cost of oil has shot up, we're competing with developing nations and refinery capacity is down. The high cost of fuel is causing the prices of basic necessities to skyrocket. How should California's political leaders deal with the issue?Labels: gas prices, open threads