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It didn't take Doyle long to backtrack on minimum markup
By Kevin Fischer
Thursday, Jul 24 2008, 10:41 PM
As I wrote earlier this week, Governor Doyle often doesn't mean what he says. An example is the issue of the minimum markup law in Wisconsin.
In an interview last week with the Appleton Post-Crescent, Doyle was given this direct question:
“Is there anything the state can do to ease the (price of gas) burden?”
Here was part of Doyle’s answer:
“I wanted to change our minimum markup law that still requires gas to be marked up at various levels. I've always thought that gas should be treated like other products and not pay the required markup.”
That was last week. In Appleton, Doyle was gung ho against the minimum markup law. This week? Well? The Wisconsin State Journal reports:
"On Tuesday, state GOP Reps. Leah Vukmir, of Wauwatosa, and Bill Kramer, of Waukesha, urged Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle to call a special session to repeal the markup law. Doyle, who also supports repealing the law, said Wednesday he wouldn't call lawmakers back into session if 'the votes aren't there.'
Doyle said eliminating what he sees as an antiquated law would help drivers but won't eliminate the unwelcome reality of $4-a-gallon gas.
'It would help on the margins but not in a major way,' he said."
Translation: Doyle doesn't really hate the minimum markup law all that much. Always take what he says with a grain of salt.
