Comments on: More Privatization

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 04:59:17 +0000

My Mother has a Hospice plate on the Honda, as she is a long time volunteer after my Dad had them at the end, so I’m safe when I drive that.

I would assume as soon as people saw the $23.6 million price tag there was panic in the ranks of ‘fiscal conservatives’ after hearing a few ‘new over-priced government projects’ from the tea-partiers.

They can save money by eliminating the county name and use ‘Sunshine State’ for all of the regular plates, instead of having the three versions that are currently available, i.e. SS, county, and the ‘G*d’ plate. If you are going to have a new plate, introduce it when people normally replace their plates, after 5 years.

Someone needs to explain to the Fraudster and his minions that government is not a business, and you can’t just throw away all of the current stock of anything when you make a change. Governments don’t get tax write-offs to cover that kind of silliness.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:43:43 +0000

people with specialized plates can avoid tolls and red light cameras with impunity.

ha, guess which one of your headers showed up when i clicked on this post just now…

i’ve been considering getting one of the wildlife specialty plates the next time i’m supposed to buy a new one. $25/year to help manatees or panthers or sea turtles AND making things a smidgen more difficult for the ever-expanding police state, what’s not to like?

meanwhile, it looks like the opposition to the vampire squid plan has the upper hand, for now: http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/local/florida-slams-on-brakes-delays-action-on-license-plate-makeover/1257982

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 04:42:44 +0000

In reply to hipparchia.

Yep, that’s about it, Hipparchia. We know that the price of plates will go up again, not to mention the loss of revenue for the prison system.

They say they are going to change the specialized plates, so I guess people with specialized plates can avoid tolls and red light cameras with impunity. That doesn’t seem very logical to me if there really is a big problem.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 02:56:06 +0000

if i squint a little, that plate reads vampire squid

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:29:06 +0000

Every damn ‘orange’ they put on Florida license plates looks more like a peach. If they ever picked a ripe orange they would know that the stem detaches and no leaves come with them. They are also ORANGE, not yellow and orange, with the possibility of some green if they are picked early.

You shouldn’t have to read the state name to figure out if it is a Florida or Georgia plate.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:31:10 +0000

If you are going to redesign the plate, why not find someone who knows the difference between an orange and a peach to create it.

ZINNGG!!!

(For those who don’t know — peaches need a certain number of “chill hours” during the winter to fruit, and thus don’t do well in most of Florida, which is why the Florida state fruit is not the peach, duh!).