FREE GAS: Chicago businessman and mayoral candidate Willie Wilson is giving away another $1 million in gas around the Chicago area this weekend. See the full list of participating gas stations, here:
Wilson announced Tuesday that around 50 gas stations across Chicagoland will be participating in the third such event this Saturday.
"People are really hurting out here in terms of trying to survive, trying to be able to pay rent, trying to buy groceries and we're just trying to play our part as well," Wilson said.Businessman and mayoral candidate Willie Wilson pledged to give away another $1 million in gas around the Chicago area this weekend.
Wilson called on local officials to remove taxes for Saturday's giveaway, which he estimates equates to roughly $100,000.and sometimes clogging crowded intersections. Wilson insisted his latest gas giveaway had nothing to do with his campaign for mayor, citing decades of previous philanthropy during disasters such as Hurricane Ida and the COVID-19 pandemic.Flocks of people are heading to select stations across Chicagoland Thursday, as businessman Dr. Willie Wilson is back at it again, donating a total of $1 million in free gas for those struggling to afford the high prices in both Chicago and suburban Cook County.
"This is not a political thing," Wilson said. "If it was a political thing then you can go back to 1996. If it was a political thing, we weren't running for mayor of New Orleans. We weren't running for mayor of California. We're not running for mayor in all these different cities where we are giving away money to citizens."
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