No good deed goes unpunished for Wisconsin gas station owner

I heard about this story on Roe Conn's WLS-AM show a few minutes ago. Now if the gas station owner in Merrill, Wisconsin charged too much for gasoline, would he have cheesehead bureaucrats hounding him?

From the Wausau Daily Herald:

With gasoline prices rising, a Merrill service station made an attractive offer: Save 3 cents on each gallon and support local youth sports at the same time.

Senior citizens also paid less for gas, saving 2 cents a gallon.

That was until the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection heard about the offers and informed Center City BP owner Raj Bhandari his discounts were too good to be legal.

Bhandari said he was unaware the offers -- a card supporting the Merrill Youth Hockey Association and a senior discount -- violated Wisconsin's Unfair Sales Act, which requires retailers to sell gasoline for about 9.2 percent above the wholesale price.

In the Midwest, the price of gasoline is over $3.00 per gallon. Mr. Bhandari was still making money on the discounted gas.

Technorati tags: Wisconsin gasoline gas government business BP