WHOEVER SAID GAS PRICES WOULD GO BACK UP AFTER THE ELECTION WERE WRONG...THEY GUESSED TOO LATE!

I've noticed that gas prices here in Lakeland have begun creeping upward over the past couple of weeks. Only a few cents, mind you, but it does seem that prices aren't waiting for Election Day to head back upward as many have speculated.

At one Racetrac convenience store on U.S. 98 which I visit regularly, the per gallon price of regular hit a low of $2.05.9 nearly two weeks ago. Now it is back to $2.18.9.

The upward spiral has already begun...