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Yup, that’s right. Yesterday and today have been snow days for the Georgia public school system. My girl’s private school is still in session though. Can you believe that? They’re making us drive through all this snow to drop them off and pick them up every morning. That’s worth getting upset over, or at least it would be - if it were actually snowing.

I’m not sure what Sonny Purdue is thinking. For those of you who are non-Georgians and read this blog, let me fill you in on what’s happening. After that hurricane hit New Orleans last month, there was a gas scare. Gas was $3.20ish/gallon, up from $2.60ish the same day. There were lines at the pumps, some stations ran out of gas, and old Sonny was sweating trying to figure out how to bring the gas prices back under control.

Well, they came back down when people realized that we weren’t really running out of gas. And with this latest hurricane threatening more oil production along the Gulf Coast, our Governor was obviously concerned about another spike in gas prices. So what did he do? He had the public school system shut down for 2 days, so that they could save some obscenely high number of gallons of gasoline (from not running the school buses).

Hey, that sounds like a great idea, until you factor in (though in speculation) how much gas these kids burn on a 4-day weekend while driving with friends, going to the mall, or being taken to a sitter. Moms and dads weren’t granted days off to go along with the snow holidays, so Governor Purdue’s attempts at saving gas were mostly in vain.

But there’s more to this than just saving gas. There’s the chance that a major school cancellation like this one could cause another idiotic run on the gas stations, again driving up prices - exactly what Purdue didn’t want to happen. Fortunately, Georgians remembered how stupid the last run on gas was, and they didn’t fall for it this time (for the most part).

I like Governor Purdue. I really do. And I’ll vote for him when it’s time, but I really lost some respect for our dear Governor over this issue. Sometimes the best move is to make no move at all.