Living near Washington DC means you get to hear a lot of radio ads lobbying members of Congress and their staffs for various pet interests. Recently Northrop Grumman has been running ads boasting about an air tanker they have available, and criticizing their competitor for the contract. The ads often get very specific and are not of much interest to people who do not work on Capitol Hill.
Last week I heard a long ad assuring listeners that Citgo stations are owned by people in the community and help people in their community. Giving and Community was mentioned a lot. Of course, this is to counter complaints that Citgo gas is supplied by Venezuela.
Citgo gas stations are on many military installations, but we noticed during our last trip to the Little Creek base in Norfolk that the Citgo sign is gone and has been replaced by a NEX (Navy Exchange) logo. Does this mean that Citgo has been thrown off base? Not exactly.
It turns out that the contracts do not expire until about 2009 or 2010. Only the signs are being replaced, presumably wherever customers have complained the most.
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