| Local Gas Station Charging Over $4 Per Gallon Near OIA
ORLANDO, Fla. -- There was a break for the holidays, but gas prices are ready to rise again. One local gas station, though, is already charging customers much more than others. RAW INTERVIEW: Manager Defends $4.49 Per Gallon Customers at the independent gas station near the Orlando International Airport are paying $4.49 a gallon. Some of the customers don't know the price they're paying until it's too late. There are no large signs showing the prices at the station. Most customers are tourists returning rental cars before catching flights at Orlando International Airport. Not all believe it's an honorable way to conduct business. "It's not fair. It's definitely price gouging during the holiday season," said tourist Les Lazarus. Even at $4.49 a gallon for regular, most of the pumps were busy at Suncoast Energys on Friday morning.
OIA receives go-ahead to charge new rental-car tax
It's about to get more expensive to rent a car at Orlando International Airport.
Board members of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, the agency that runs OIA, voted Wednesday to adopt a $2.50-a-day tax on car rentals. The "customer facility charge," which would be capped at five days, could add as much as $12.50 to a customer's bill.
Backers said the tax will raise money for $102.6 million worth of rental-car upgrades planned at the airport during the next few years, including additional parking spaces, fueling stations and car-wash bays.
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Wild Card -- Tuesday PM
PERRspectives (via politicalhumor.com) provides a "separated at birth" featuring George Bush and Darth Vader here. 3. My Way Fix: This Day in History here, Today's Birthdays (Clint Eastwood) here, and Word of the Day (niggling) here. 4. World Mag Top of the News Fix: Bush calls human rights report absurd here, Consumer confidence unexpectedly rebounds here, Court overturns Arthur Andersen conviction here, Saddam to face trial within 2 months here, and Mom killed in fight over cleaning room here. 5. Poll Fix: Most Americans support President Bush's plan to allow younger workers to invest part of their Social Security payroll taxes through personal accounts, according to a Zogby poll, here. 6. Opinion Fix: Ralph Nader & Kevin Zeese/Boston Globe (Impeach Bush, Cheney), Brendan Miniter/Wall Street Journal (The McCain myth), Dennis Byrne/Chicago Tribune (Amnesty's irresponsible claims), G.
The Demise of Hyphy
You sound like you've come in contact with too many "scorned" women and you're making a lot of assumptions. And, as they say, assuming only makes an ass out of you...and, well, you. Take care. Comment by Steph — November 18, 2007 @ 02:22PM I'm a stud in my forties and I know for a fact that it's not the men who need to get their "stuff" together it's the women! They cry for help anytime they can't measure up and a man has to run to their rescue. Who built and defended this country for eons? Not women that's for sure. So quit the victim hood ladies and own up to your own poor decisions and inability to get the job done. All us men are turned off by you drama queens and are looking for foreign women who know how to treat a man right without all the nagging and impossible expectations.
Howard can join elite with repeat win; 'There is . . . a bit of a ...
Ontario's Glenn Howard has a chance to join an elite group of skips if he repeats as champion at the Tim Hortons Brier. Howard and his crew from the Coldwater and District Curling Club are looking to become just the eighth rink in the Brier's 79-year history to win back-to-back titles. The 45-year-old from Penetanguishene says being the defending Brier and world champion is a mixed blessing. "There is going to be a bit of a target on our back," Howard said. "I know from personal experience that if I ever have a chance to play the reigning Canadian or world champion I tend to get up for that game. I would assume the guys will be doing the same against us. "On the other side of the coin, it's a great thing. I'm just so pleased we've played well enough to get back again.
Genocide Deniers
The Combodan civil war resulted in the death of over three million people. The current US-led invasion of Iraq has resulted in the death of nearly two million people, and it still goes on. How does a historian choose to name some as holocaust, some as genocide,and some as collateral damage? Is it possible for historians to detach scholarly work from the emotions that are attached to these events? Bob, at 9:30 am EDT on October 16, 2007 .
Domestic Surveillance-Wiretapping
This could be one of the most important articles you will ever read: Check it out and please pass this on! Tuesday, January 22: Kathryn Smith: Does Post-911 Legislation Protect or Actually Endanger Us? (2 comments) Americans desparately want to feel protected from terrorist attacks, yet it is often those "protections" in dictatorships which end up clamping down on the people. Is this what is happening in post-911 America? And is this deliberate or not? Read this article and decide for yourself. This is my true story of Iron Curtain experiences in which I draw parallels to post-911 USA. Monday, January 14: Patriots Speak Out: Does Dennis Or Paul Have A Chance? (4 comments) Friday, January 11: Jim Freeman: Not Saved by the Bell, but Saved by the Bill at the FBI Monday, December 31: Eric Blankenburg: Will Big Brother finally arrive in 2008? (2 comments) The government is using information technology to threaten our civil liberties like never before.
South African blacks say video painful
The campus was quiet Thursday a day after police used a stun grenade to disperse stone-throwing students protesting the video. White and black students walked to and from classes — but seldom together. A few police patrolled the campus. In the video, which was made last year but surfaced this week, the Afrikaans-speaking students refer sarcastically to the university's policy of integrating the campus dorms. University rector Frederick Fourie said he was reduced to tears by the student's duplicity. "Their actions were despicable," he said. Fourie acknowledged integration at the school was "not perfect." .
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Announces Estimated 2007 Results
TULSA, Okla., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: DTG) today announced that it expects full year 2007 non-GAAP earnings per diluted share to be in the range of $0.90 to $0.95. Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share excludes the change in fair value of derivatives. These results are below the Company's prior guidance issued in early November of $1.75 to $1.85 of non-GAAP earnings per diluted share. GAAP earnings per diluted share for full year 2007 is estimated to be $(0.05) to $0.00, including a decline in the fair value of derivatives resulting from reductions in interest rates. The Company noted that its current estimate for non-GAAP earnings for fiscal 2007 includes a total of $0.32 per share for severance costs, outsourcing transition costs, and asset write-downs.
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