Good morning, Northern Michigan,
and happy New Year. Today is fake Monday.
That's what we call it at work. It's
also
the, first
workday of the month, the first workday
of the
year,
and it's also Friday.
So, anyway, let's get on with the news
or not news. Get on with the weather.
Hey. There we go. Isolated snow showers before
1PM today. Mostly
cloudy with a high near 20. West wind,
five to 10 miles per hour.
20% chance of precipitation.
Tonight, mostly cloudy, low around 15. West winds
around five.
Tomorrow, snow showers likely mainly after 1PM.
Cloudy with a high near 25.
West wind, five to 10 miles an hour.
Chance precipitation,
70%. New snow accumulation, less than one inch
possible.
And, just looking through the weekend here, it
does appear that we're gonna get some more
snow. So a little bit on
Friday night, a little bit on Saturday,
a little bit on Sunday.
Actually, a lot on Sunday, apparently. So,
anyway, beware of that. And,
today being the
first, you know, business day of the year,
I guess,
Michigan implemented
a new,
or a a raised
fuel tax, but
the way they did it is not going
to affect fuel prices
that much. It might a little bit,
but so far, you know, yesterday didn't look
like there was too many of them that
had raised their prices. But what they're doing
is they're getting away or getting away from
the 6%
sales tax on gasoline. So they've they've canceled
that. So no 6%
on, you know, your total bill.
But what they did is they raised the
state gas tax from 31¢
a gallon to 52.4¢
a gallon.
And
the thing is, it's not really raising the
price of gas
so much because
it's on a strict per gallon basis rather
than the 6%
on top of what they were charging per
gallon before.
So it should only
up the gas price maybe a penny or
2,
which is what I've been seeing. So that's
a good thing. I don't know. You know,
I guess they need more money than, you
know, everybody does or at least, maybe not
more money, but,
different money, I guess.
Because the the reason they're doing it is
the
the new gas tax, all of it is
going
to roads and bridges instead of the general
fund. So,
hopefully that will
fix our damn roads as the governor said
famously in her campaign.
So
let's,
let's hope that's what it does. Other than
other than I hate construction,
it is necessary.
But, so don't expect a huge bump in
your gas bill or your gasoline bill,
but,
maybe a little,
but
no more sales tax on gasoline.
So
like I said, it should work out. You
know, figure
6% of your, you know, say you get
$50 worth of gas and then they add
6%
sales tax,
you know, that bumps it up quite a
bit.
But since they they're they took that away
and then it's a per gallon thing,
It it does work out. The math does
work out, and I did notice that,
you know, yesterday driving around, I didn't see
any gas stations with raised prices.
So I'm sure they'll figure another reason to
raise it. You know, they always do, but
it
doesn't seem so bad.
And, yeah. Sorry. I'm a little late this
morning.
I don't know what happened, but, it
just ended up I didn't have time until
now. So a little bit late this morning.
Hope, your day is going well. Happy Friday.
Happy New Year. All that good stuff, and
we will catch you on Monday.