To the editor: Why are the people of Marquette County and surrounding areas paying a higher cost for fuel than our U.P. neighbors to the south? I can’t believe that it costs that much more to deliver fuel to this area to justify us paying more than 25 cents per gallon than people in Cedar River or the 30 cents per gallon difference people are paying in Menominee. In fact, when the price of a barrel oil went down in recent weeks we saw very little decline in our gas prices. In an area that has one of the highest unemployment rates in Michigan fuel suppliers and gas retailers continue to try and pillage the people of this area. It’s high time the people of this area contact their state representative, Gov. Granholm and U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak and have them investigate why this area does not see the same decline as in other areas of the U.P. People of the central U.P., do not let the oil companies get away with taking money out your pocketbook and putting it in theirs.