Now, The Oregon State Department of Justice's Turn

A little research on the internet revealed that the department charged with administering and enforcing gasoline price gouging laws is the State Department of Justice. Perusing their web site, I found the e-mail address of Jan Margosian, a person responsible with reacting to requests from the media. Being a blogger, I consider myself media so therefore I penned Jan an e-mail. Here is that e-mail:

Allow me to introduce myself, I am a blogger and citizen of the state of Oregon who is concerned about inequitable predatory gasoline pricing policies.

Your department's web site contains a form (http://www.doj.state.or.us/hot_topics/gas.shtml) where citizens can report individual gas stations that they believe are engaging in unlawful gasoline price fixing. It is geared toward reporting a single gas station and therefore inadequate. I'd like to report price fixing and predatory pricing practices at every gas station across the state (and nation for that matter). The proof of this price fixing is simple and incontrovertible. The price of oil yesterday (10/15/2008) was about $73.00 per barrel and the average price of gasoline was well over $3.00 per gallon. The last time that oil was about $73.00 a barrel was back on September 7th of 2007. The average national price of gas at that time was $2.75.

As I've already said, I am a blogger and I am engaged in writing a series articles that cover this inequitable pricing practice and our state and federal government's reaction to it. With the fact that we a being gouged at the pumps so simply and incontrovertibly proven, could you tell me and my readers what your department is doing to prosecute those inflicting this predatory practice on the people of this state and therefore end it? Clearly with the economy in such wide-spread distress, the last thing the citizens of this state need is the inflationary effect that these inequitable gasoline prices cause. If your department is not engaged in moving against the perpetrators of this crime can you explain why not?

Thank you in advance for your time responding to my inquiry. I look forward to it.

So let's see what (if any) response I get.