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36 matches for 'license plate'
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MPA tracking license plates now?
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So a few weeks ago, I went to a parking meter in the Grove and it would not take my money until I put my license plate number. So in the pouring rain I ran back to the car to read the plate, ran back to the meter and punched [...]
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Abandoned Baby Found in Pompano Parking Lot Bushes
Walking home from a long day's work, you're bound to find a few things lying in the street and/or bushes: old clothes, bus passes, cash, shoes, license plates, babies. A woman walking home from... [...]
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Abandoned Baby Found in Pompano Parking Lot Bushes
Walking home from a long day's work, you're bound to find a few things lying in the street and/or bushes: old clothes, bus passes, cash, shoes, license plates, babies. A woman walking home from... [...]
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Miami Beach Memorial Day Weekend 2013: Prepare For More Traffic Loops, DUI Stops, and License Plate Scans
Memorial Day is here again, Miami, leaving beach residents and visitors alike wondering what the city has planned. According to Miami Beach police chief Ray Martinez, the holiday weekend will lo...
Continue reading "Miami Beach Memorial Day Weekend 2013: Prepare For More Traffic Loops, DUI Stops, and License Plate Scans" [...]
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And the Winner Is Boring
Number of comments: 1The Buzz has the story on
the new Florida License plate. While it’s nice that they asked the public to vote on the four finalists, an online vote is too easily manipulated. In any case it would have been even better if they’d crowdsourced the design choices. Let’s [...]
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Here's What Florida's New License Plate Will Look Like
In a state of 19.1 million people, only about 50,000 bothered to vote in the online contest to pick the next design of Florida's default license plate. Probably because all of them were pretty bla...
Continue reading "Here's What Florida's New License Plate Will Look Like" > ' [...]
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Tax collector speaks out on license plate outsourcing
Tax collectors have been hopping mad at the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles over a plan to pay private businesses to make and distribute some license tags. Here's a note from Hillsborough County Tax Collector Doug Belden.
December 4, 2012As the Hillsborough County Tax Collector, I would like to [...]
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Coastal Cleanup Corporation awarded Sea Turtle Grant
Coastal Cleanup Corporation (CCC), a local non-profit organization dedicated to removing marine debris from the South Florida coastline, recently received a grant from the Florida Sea Turtle Grants Program, which is funded by the sales of the sea turtle specialty license plate. CCC received the grant to support its efforts [...]
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PR firm offers license tag alternative
Unhappy with the license plate redesigns offered by the state, public relations professional and former CFO spokesman Kevin Cate has offered his own.
Alongside squarefactor, a Florida design firm, Cate asked the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to consider his plate, which he says would improve the [...]
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Those New Florida Plates Suck, So We Made Our Own. Vote For Your Favorite!
Your Florida license plate is about to become a collector's item. The venerable image of the orange and the words Sunshine State will soon be replaced by a new model. Starting this week, Floridi...
Continue reading "Those New Florida Plates Suck, So We Made Our Own." [...]
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Highway safety agency hits another license tag roadblock
County tax collectors and two other license plate groups filed formal protests Monday accusing Florida's Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles of overstepping its authority with plans to outsource parts of its license plate operation.
The groups also accuse the department of excluding small businesses and discouraging competition as it [...]
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Yet Another Florida Voting Disaster
Voting started today for the design of Florida’s new default license plate. We’re supposed to have a choice of four not-very-lovely designs, all optimized to be red-light-camera and toll-camera friendly (oh, joy).
Floridians are invited to vote for the design of our choice at a special site set up by [...]
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You Can Vote on Florida's New License Plate Design
The State of Florida is giving you a chance to vote on something, and you won't even have to wait four hours in line to do it! That's right, the state's default license plate is getting a new loo...
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Florida puts new license plates up to a web vote
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles has designed four new license tags, with sleek, smooth surfaces, better readability, and seven characters instead of the traditional six.
As for the plates' additional details, state officials want you to decide.
Florida is setting up a website — [...]
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State delays decision on new license plate
TALLAHASSEE -- State officials slammed on the brakes Tuesday on a proposal to redesign Florida's well known license plate.
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Director Julie Jones was originally slated to present the issue to Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet Tuesday, but last minute, decided to [...]
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Tuesday Morning Reads: Fact checking the last debate, education proposals and license plates
TALLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Tuesday.
Here's what we're reading this morning.
* Factcheck.org's look at the final presidential debate.* The Sun-Sentinel's look at the chaos that descended on Boca Raton.
* AP reports that Gov. Rick Scott and the cabinet will' [...]
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Palm Beach to Get New $10 Million Phone System to Help Residents Communicate With Government Officials
Getting a hold of a government representative can leave you feeling a little butthurt. Be it wanting to talk about a water bill, or getting a new license plate, or to tell someone raccoons are eating [...]
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Palm Beach to Get New $10 Million Phone System to Help Residents Communicate With Government Officials
Getting a hold of a government representative can leave you feeling a little butthurt. Be it wanting to talk about a water bill, or getting a new license plate, or to tell someone raccoons are eating [...]
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Tax Collectors bash centralized license plate renewal idea
TALLAHASSEE -- With plans on the table to redesign Floridians' license plates, tax collectors from around the state Wednesday bashed a proposal by the state to turn over production and distribution of many plates to a private company.
Tax collectors say they have no problem with redesigning the state's [...]
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Tuesday Morning Reads: Insurance, Medicare and license plates
TALLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Tuesday.
Here are the top stories we're reading.
* The Orlando Sentinel chronicles the words of three Supreme Court Justices to the Sentinel's editorial board.
* Tampa Bay Times reports that the Cabinet is considering a new license plate for the state.
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Mercedes-Benz of Cutler Bay wonderful community partner
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Each time I drive around South Florida and see one of those license plate frames that say “Mercedes-Benz of Cutler Bay” I beam with pride. What fabulous publicity for our town. This prodded me to want to learn more about this wonderful business partner within our town. I sat down [...]
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Nabbing Peacocks
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Who is the guy in the white van nabbing peacocks in the North Grove?
We will try to get his license plate and report it, but if you see something, please email us the info.
Thanks. [...]
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#LOLMETS
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photo via the internet, somewhere
If you are the proud owner of this license plate or know who is, please get in contact with the Diehards. We'd like to give you a big internet high-five and buy you a round or two of drinks. I wonder if the "LOL'" [...]
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May 24: Don't Want Urban Beach Weekend, Miami Beach? Then Say So
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By Sylvia Gurinsky
Roadblocks. Photos of license plates. Proof of residency. Welcome to the police state of Miami Beach - at least for this weekend.
All this cost to taxpayers and inconvenience for everyone will be because of Urban Beach Weekend, which inexplicably takes place a a [...]
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The Cooler
Lots of interesting stuff out there this morning in the news. Here's some of it. A- Herald: Better be "clean" if you're heading to Miami Beach on Memorial Day. License plate readers that use multi-angle scanners to record vehicle tags will be placed along the Julia Tuttle and MacArthur causeways to' [...]
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Miami Marlins license plates on sale Monday at Marlins Park
New Miami Marlins tags for your car’s license plate will be sold Monday at Marlins Park Florida Sports staff will take orders of the tags during the Marlins-Yankees game. The Florida Sports booth will be set up in the Marlins Park West Plaza. A Miami Marlins license plate promotes youth [...]From Fish Tank blog: Miami Marlins | The Palm Beach Post at Fetched: April 01, 2012, 2:54pm in Miami Marlins, Sports
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Miami Marlins: Team license plates to be sold Monday at Marlins Park
Number of comments: 10Florida Sports will be conducting a pre-sale of Miami Marlins Florida license plates Monday at Marlins Park. They’ll have a booth in the West Plaza.
The newly designed Marlins plate is part of the Professional Sports License Plate program. Proceeds from the additional $25 tag fee support the Marlins Community [...]
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Florida lawmakers get one perk for the road
When Mike Fasano leaves the state Senate this year, he'll forfeit one of his perks of power: his specialty license plate.
The termed-out New Port Richey Republican will remove the tag from his white Lincoln and hang it on a nail in his garage next to the one he displayed as [...]
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