Freedom Fuel Network, a new chain of service stations which recently opened a location at 1400 Dreshertown Road in Dresher (Upper Dublin Township), is connected to three New Jersey businessmen, including an NFL assistant coach, POLITICO reported today.
According to a document obtained by the news outlet, Randy Brown, the Baltimore Ravens’ senior special teams coach and the former mayor of Evesham Township, New Jersey, along with Yoni Gontownik, a former commodities trader, signed a certificate of formation to incorporate the Freedom Fuels Network LLC on June 23.
New Jersey businessman Shamikh Kazmi, the operator of 17 New Jersey gas stations (five of which are in the Freedom Fuel Network) also “appears to be linked to the Freedom Fuel Network”, POLITICO said. He has allegedly been involved in “several federal lawsuits in recent years over his business practices in the fuel industry.”
Freedom Fuel Network published the following statement on its website:
We have received an overwhelming wave of media interest in Freedom Fuel Network following President Trump’s strong endorsement of the Freedom Fuel gas stations.
Freedom Fuel Network is a privately owned and proudly patriotic company—along with its convenience store operators, haulers, sign companies, and operational partners—that answered President Trump’s call to action to lower prices at the pump. We didn’t hesitate; we took decisive action and lowered our prices to make filling up more affordable for hardworking families across the greater Philadelphia area.
Freedom Fuel is truly grateful for the tremendous outpouring of support and enthusiastic feedback we have heard from families, students, and businesses throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. As a result of lowering prices, 25 gas stations have experienced explosive growth—an average volume increase of more than 50 percent, with several locations surging over 100 percent. To every customer who shopped and filled up at a Freedom Fuel station: THANK YOU!
Despite the misinformation and baseless speculation circulating, let us set the record straight: Freedom Fuel Network is proudly lowering its prices to benefit our community and strengthen our local economy. Just like the President, we remain committed to putting America First! God bless the U.S.A.
For more details on the service stations, you can read Glenside Local’s previous coverage here.
The certificate of formation is below:
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