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Friday, September 26, 2008

Gas crunch = cancel UGA game?

As drivers in many parts of north Georgia continue their search for gasoline, there has been one call for a measure that many may consider drastic--cancel tomorrow night’s Georgia-Alabama football game. That is the suggestion of an Atlanta petroleum executive, who questions whether it’s smart for tens of thousands of drivers to strain spotty gas supplies on the way to Athens. Governor Sonny Perdue’s spokesman responded, calling the idea "ridiculous".

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