Willie Wilson’s gas giveaway causes traffic trouble, entrants ‘burning gas trying to get gas’

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Willie Wilson’s gas giveaway causes traffic trouble, entrants ‘burning gas trying to get gas’
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Social media reports about traffic around the stations selected for Willie Wilson's gas giveaway seemed to be flowing faster than free fuel Thursday.

A gas giveaway by entrepreneur and former mayoral candidate Willie Wilson caused a headache for some Chicagoans Thursday morning, and not from fuel fumes: Cars reportedly lined up overnight in anticipation of the 7 a.m. start time, causing backups near theWilson pledged to give away $200,000 of gasoline via $50 gifts to motorists filling up Thursday, on a first-come, first-serve basis — and hit that limit before the morning was over.

“It really upset me … I was already on an empty tank of gas,” Adams said. “I was literally driving the last of my gas to get there. It’s already hard with everything going on here in Chicago, the economy, the gas prices, rent still have to be paid.” One person responded to Wilson’s initial Facebook post saying there were too “many people at the gas station on 28th and Kedzie ,” adding that “the line is all the way down to 26th and Kedzie wrapped around all the way Homan and 26th.” They said they left the house at 3:45 a.m. but still “missed out on this one.” Another user wrote: “I’m burning gas trying to get gas.”

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