Dunn pushes gas regulation - O.C. lawmakers at work in Sacramento.

The Orange County Register ^ | September 4, 2005 | John Gittelsohn

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

would not have faced a gasoline price spike after the hurricane if the petroleum industry built more refineries.

Uh, they can't, because your buddies in the envirowacko movement won't let them.

[flashbunny]

As gasoline prices topped $3 a gallon, Sen. Joe Dunn, D-Santa Ana, proposed a state constitutional amendment to allow regulatory control of pump prices.create long gas lines and gasoline shortages throughout california.

There, fixed it.

[SAJ]

Same idiocy, different state. Yawn. Screw 'em. If the citiens are dumb enough to sit for this nonsense, so be it.

One can always hope that they're not, and will tar and feather this moron.

[peyton randolph]

If price-caps are imposed in California, will the last one out of the state please turn out the lights...assuming there are lights.

[bill1952]

LOL! LOL! LOL! Oh God, this is priceless.

Like energy regulation worked so well for the Socialist republic of California.

They do not have one single clue.

Price controls? LOL!

[Maceman]

"However, they are a damage- control measure until solutions are developed."

A POLITICAL damage control measure, he means. "Until solutions are developed . . ." which better be very soon since the inevitable shortages will come back in a hurry to bite idiot politicians like Dunn in the butt.

[DoughtyOne]

Was that a type-o? Shouldn't it have been Dumm?

[Maceman]

They do not have one single clue.

[FOG724]

bttt

[claudiustg]

When will the citizens of California get rid of these idiots.

[Truthsayer20]

An unmitigated disaster in works - I'm sure CA will then blame the dismal failure again on oil companies.

[Eva]

The politicians and leftist media who are trying to villify the oil companies in this disaster are IDIOTS. The oil companies have suffered huge losses in the hurricaine area. They have donated millions of dollars to the relief effort and are paying the full salaries of employees who donate their time and expertise.

In addition President Bush has suspended the Jones act to allow foreign ships to carry product from port to port (we don't have enough clean tankers because of some of the ridiculous environmental regulations) and Bush has also suspended environmental requirements on refineries to allow them to step up production.

If the states enact price controls, they will be counter productive to what Bush and the oil companies are trying to do, which is keep up with demand.

[Paleo Conservative]

As gasoline prices topped $3 a gallon, Sen. Joe Dunn, D-Santa Ana, proposed a state constitutional amendment to allow regulatory control of pump prices.

But I though DemocRATS always wanted gasoline to be at least $3 a gallon

[Dog Gone]

Instead, the industry created an artificial shortage to boost its profits, he said.

Yep, last week I got together with the President of ExxonMobil and we decided to create a storm that would destroy our facilities.

Brilliant business decision on our part.

[calcowgirl]

Was that a type-o? Shouldn't it have been Dumm?

I prefer to read it as Dunn.

You know: Done, Finished, KAPUT!

[oldbrowser]

An unmitigated disaster in works - I'm sure CA will then blame the dismal failure again on oil companies.

And if that doesn't work, we can nationalize the oil companies and we can all have free gas. /sarc.

[doc30]

And when the shortages occur, watch this be the first politician to want to fine the oil companies for the shortages they created because they would not play fair with gasoline.

[stboz]

Why are the idiots who elect these idiots allowed to vote? What freakin' waste of oxygen.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

How about price caps in our absurd housing market? There's not way a 1200 square foot, 50 year old fixer upper is worth a million bucks. I demand the price be rolled back to, hmm, say $50,000.

And while there at it, the price of my favorite micro-brews has soared to about $9 a six-pack. Let's cap those price hikes. Heck, let's roll them back to $3 a six-pack.

This is what happens when we elect uneducated buffoons who never made it through Econ 101.