Jim Smith
Jim Smith
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We want them to be ready for whatever they might have to deal with on that first flight; to understand what to do if some of the systems don't do what they're supposed to.
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Thank goodness it's one of those things that kind of runs and you forget it's there.
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The administration needs to run the city like a business. We're a $35 million corporation ... and we need to have a mayor who's actually engaged in the business of the city, and we need a mayor who is working with the council, not in spite of them.
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Most independent owners have to pay on delivery for their fuel and can't raise their price till after that delivery comes in. A tanker load of gas is running $30,000 right now and that's tough for anyone to swallow.
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You're looking at removing... hours of deliveries. So people are going to see locations with no unleaded gas and without anything.
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I think the drive-to travel market is still up in the air, and we won't know until Thanksgiving, ... That's the next big travel holiday in the petroleum industry. But, generally, I think the rapid escalation in the price of gasoline has slowed down demand.
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I think it's wonderful to still see people do that. It gives you a real good feeling about people, that they still care and they want to help their fellow man and that they appreciate good service.
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I think we were the fresher team at the end.
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I've watched the run-up in wholesale price ? 22 cents in two days ? and there's nothing to prevent it from continuing to go up. I think we're going to continue seeing an up-tick in pump prices.
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He considered himself an anarchist, and his core beliefs were developing and supporting people's right to freedom.
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It's a predatory action. They (refiner-owned stations) would eliminate us and sell (gasoline) at whatever price they want.
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Reece is one of those players that when he's on the floor, something's going to happen. It may be good, it may be bad. But it's going to happen.
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He was not a lone wolf. He worked together with others seeking to free themselves from imposing social, political and economic forces.
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The minute a politician tells people to conserve, it creates a panic. It is a self-fulfilling prophecy.