US man protests petrol prices with impromptu concert

[struggle4progress]

A man with a guitar and a megaphone climbed atop an Indiana convenience store roof to serenade commuters with his musical protest of high gasoline prices - until police halted the impromptu concert.

Once atop the roof of the Family Express store Monday, and above pumps dispensing fuel at US$3.78 per gallon (3.79 litres), Jay Weinberg, 29, performed his ditty called 'Price Gouge'n'.

Dozens of supporters chanted: "I can't afford it. I'm banging on my dashboard. I can't believe they think I'm a fool."

The performance lasted about 15 minutes before three police officers arrived and arrested Weinberg on charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct. Police said he was cooperative ...

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[malaise]

1. Love it

Very creative

[taterguy]

2. How much gas could you buy with the money he'll spend on a lawyer?

[Ian David]

3. Here's a better article with photos and video

Pump price protester plucked from roof
BY HEATHER AUGUSTYN
Times Correspondent | Tuesday, May 06, 2008 | 51 comment(s)

VALPARAISO | Jay Weinberg took protests of high gasoline costs to new heights Monday afternoon at the corner of Silhavy Road and Ind. 2. (Watch the video.)

The Valparaiso resident used a megaphone to decry soaring pump prices from the roof of the Family Express gas station. Weinberg, who was led away by police, had reached the roof with the help of a friend with a dump truck.

"Price gouging, so we're shouting, who's jacking up the cost of fuel. I can't afford it, I'm banging on my dashboard, I can't believe they think I'm a fool," sang Weinberg, a musician who led about 20 friends in song in the station's parking lot below. The protest also attracted dozens of onlookers at the busy intersection at rush hour.

Weinberg said he realizes that the stunt, which stopped traffic along Ind. 2 and created traffic jams along Silhavy, will not bring fuel costs down, but he said he has another motive.

"The voice of the people is unheard," shouted Weinberg from the top of the gas station's roof. "We have no outlets and you have to do something dramatic before people notice," he said.



More:
http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2008/05/06/news/porter_county/docefdc8595189cbabc86257441000252fc.txt

[struggle4progress]

4. Thanx!