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July 22, 2014

Kentucky town opens a city-run gas station

  • Supporters hope it will lower gas costs in the area; critics call it a taxpayer-supported swipe at the free market.
  • By BRUCE SCHREINER
    Associated Press

    SOMERSET, Ky. — Somerset's city hall ventured into the retail gas business Saturday, opening a municipal-run filling station that supporters call a benefit for motorists and critics denounce as a taxpayer-supported swipe at the free market.

    The Somerset Fuel Center opened to the public selling regular unleaded gas for $3.36 a gallon, a bit lower than some nearby competitors. In the first three hours, about 75 customers fueled up at the no-frills stations, where there are no snacks, no repairs and only regular unleaded gas.


     
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