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Knoxville Alderman Debate Where to Get Gas
For lack of a better term, just where the city of Knoxville gets gasoline for some of its vehicles has left council members fuming.

The Knoxville City Council Wednesday night debated purchasing diesel fuel for the city's snow plows and other vehicles at the Junction gas station on Knox County Highway 10 and U-S 150 instead of the Mobil Station inside town.

At issue, Second Ward Alderman Kirk Heller says, is allegedly slow diesel pumps, which could cause problems when fuel is needed in the winter.

Knoxville City Treasurer Jim Whitney, who doesn't have a vote on the council, says he agrees.

"Owning a diesel truck, I can tell you that his pumps are glacial slow," Whitney said. "I do not buy gas there unless I have to, because it just takes so long to fill the truck. And that's the consideration that brought this up, I'm sure."

Knoxville Mobil station owner Allen Vaughn told aldermen that assertion was news to him. "In the six years that I've owned this store, I have had nobody come up to me to complain," Vaughn said. "With this recent issue, nobody has contacted me or asked me anything."

Vaughn says his pumps are as fast as any in Knox County, and state certification means that has to be so, though they can be slow if the station is running out of fuel.

The Junction gas station hasn't even re-opened yet following a fire earlier this year.

Aldermen are expected to discuss the matter again in two weeks.
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