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On LI gas crisis, time for odd-even system

Mel Spielman of Woodbury fills up at the

Photo credit: Barry Sloan | Mel Spielman of Woodbury fills up at the Mobil gas station on Mannetto Hill Road in Plainview, as snow from a nor'easter begins to fall. (Nov. 7, 2012)

The gas line situation on Long Island, instead of getting better, is getting worse. This despite assurances from Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week -- long since tamped down -- that things would be lighten up beginning Wednesday.

Things aren't all right. Especially when gas lines increasingly are disrupting traffic, pulling county and state police resources and forcing Long Islanders -- who need...

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