IF YOU FILLED YOUR GAS TANK OVER THE WEEKEND , YOU PROBABLY SAW PRICES THAT PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE. TURNS OUT A NATIONAL SURVEY OF THE COST OF A GALLON OF GAS SHOWS ALBUQUERQUE HAS THE LOWEST PRICES IN THE NATION RIGHT NOW.
RUBEN BACA WITH THE PETROLEUM MARKETERS ASSOCIATION SAYS HE SPOKE WITH ONE MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION WHO TOLD HIM THERE HASN'T BEEN A POST-HOLIDAY BUMP IN BUSINESS, DESPITE THE DROP IN GAS PRICES. HE SAYS THE WOMAN TOLD HIM BUSINESS HAD NOT PICKED UP, EVEN WITH GAS PRICES AS LOW AS THEY ARE NOW.
BACA SAYS HE CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME THE DUKE CITY LED THE NATION IN LOW GAS PRICES. THE LUNDBERG SURVEY SAYS SAN FRANCISCO HAS THE HIGHEST PRICES IN THE COUNTRY.