Due to the recent spike in gas prices, many citizens are now choosing to pump with-out paying and driving off instead. This criminal activ-ity is a disgrace to law-abiding citizens that do the right thing.  People won’t rob a bank if money depreciates but they will steal gas if prices rise. This unacceptable behavior must not continue. Gasoline retailers trust their faith in your good integrity to be honest about paying for your gas. Just because certain social defects can’t deal with it until prices come down, we all have to suffer the incon-venience of drive-off practices such as having to prepay.

Fuel prices will decrease. We just need to wait patiently and be responsible citizens. You don’t steal food if it goes up in price and you shouldn’t steal gas if its price goes up. I sincerely hope that this issue can be resolved quickly.

Brian Chumbley
Lovington