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Let's Play Tag
16 years 9 months ago #13070
by Buc
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Guess that I am in the same boat as DawgDoc. That time of the year when we have to catch up on our \"ignored projects\". Found the following article to be interesting and somewhat serious:laugh: . Judge for yourself, all in fun on this end. Go Dawgs!
Republican lawmakers to Florida: Give us a Bulldog plate, or we’ll ditch the Gator tag
Monday, February 11, 2008, 11:51 AM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
There’s only one topic in the state Capitol that can unite Republican lawmakers.
And it’s not Hillary Clinton.
It’s the University of Florida.
On Monday, GOP lawmakers announced a united House-Senate effort to — let’s say it — blackmail the state of Florida into permitting vanity car tags that honor University of Georgia alumni.
Otherwise, lawmakers said, they’ll yank the Gator tags just won by an Atlanta group of University of Florida grads from the state Department of Revenue.
House Minority Whip Barry Fleming (R-Harlem), who just happens to be running for Congress and requires support from Athens, is pitching the bill.
Senate President pro tem Eric Johnson (R-Savannah) said he is eager to get hold of the legislation and ram it through his chamber.
“I don’t know that we could yank an existing tag, but we don’t have to renew it. I think that would be what would happen,” Johnson said. “If this bill passes and you can’t get a University of Georgia alumni tag in Georgia, then they would not be able to renew [their] tag.”
Johnson said the bill would also apply to other states — including Alabama. For a small extra fee, Auburn University alums can buy a prestige plate in Georgia — but Bulldogs can’t buy a Georgia alumni plate in Alabama.
Johnson put up token opposition when the idea of a University of Florida vanity tag first surfaced — saying that cars on blocks didn’t need license plates.
“We’ve had some fun with them — a prestige tag and Florida tag are oxymorons,” Johnson said. But this time the Senate leader says he’s dead serious.
A war with Florida and Alabama would be timely, too. Georgia lawmakers have already picked a border fight with Tennessee. Napoleon might not advise it, but a three-front offensive would be exciting.
Republican lawmakers to Florida: Give us a Bulldog plate, or we’ll ditch the Gator tag
Monday, February 11, 2008, 11:51 AM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
There’s only one topic in the state Capitol that can unite Republican lawmakers.
And it’s not Hillary Clinton.
It’s the University of Florida.
On Monday, GOP lawmakers announced a united House-Senate effort to — let’s say it — blackmail the state of Florida into permitting vanity car tags that honor University of Georgia alumni.
Otherwise, lawmakers said, they’ll yank the Gator tags just won by an Atlanta group of University of Florida grads from the state Department of Revenue.
House Minority Whip Barry Fleming (R-Harlem), who just happens to be running for Congress and requires support from Athens, is pitching the bill.
Senate President pro tem Eric Johnson (R-Savannah) said he is eager to get hold of the legislation and ram it through his chamber.
“I don’t know that we could yank an existing tag, but we don’t have to renew it. I think that would be what would happen,” Johnson said. “If this bill passes and you can’t get a University of Georgia alumni tag in Georgia, then they would not be able to renew [their] tag.”
Johnson said the bill would also apply to other states — including Alabama. For a small extra fee, Auburn University alums can buy a prestige plate in Georgia — but Bulldogs can’t buy a Georgia alumni plate in Alabama.
Johnson put up token opposition when the idea of a University of Florida vanity tag first surfaced — saying that cars on blocks didn’t need license plates.
“We’ve had some fun with them — a prestige tag and Florida tag are oxymorons,” Johnson said. But this time the Senate leader says he’s dead serious.
A war with Florida and Alabama would be timely, too. Georgia lawmakers have already picked a border fight with Tennessee. Napoleon might not advise it, but a three-front offensive would be exciting.
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