Questions on Georgia Government Final:

1) Approximately how many different kinds of license plates are available for Georgia vehicles?

a) 0-25
b) 26-100
c) 101-150
d) 151-170

2) Which one of the following is NOT a type of Georgia License Plate?

a) Wildflower
b) University of Georgia
c) Sons of Confederate Veterans
d) Moonshine Distillery


Answers: 1) d. 2) d.

As of a January 6, 2003 Open Records Request filed by the Political Vine of the Georgia Department of Motor Vehicles, there were approximately 7.5 million license plates issued for Georgia vehicles. The bulk of these, 5.4 million, are classified as “Passenger Vehicle/Light Truck,” and the plate is the standard issue, Georgia peach design.

For all of the various specialty tags available, there are extra yearly fees that are tacked-on to maintain the prestige tags. Anywhere between $25 extra and $40 extra are charged the user of the particular plate.

For general info purposes, UGA devotees have 13,352 of their specially designated plates. Georgia Tech fans only have 5,129 (…therefore making them more special and worth more, of course).

We have two plates of which there is only one user of said plate: 1) WWII Coast Guard Veteran and 2) Desert Storm Coast Guard Veteran. We have 5 Medal of Honor plates, and 5 Korean War plates. There are 632 Former Prisoners of War plates.

We also have 12 plates designated as “Habitual Violator.” We didn’t delve too deeply into why these clowns still drive cars if they are so “habitual” in violating the law.

One plate we were surprised about was the availability of a Sons of Confederate Veterans license plate. Never heard of it? Well, 2,665 other people have because they are registered users of the specially designed plates that have been available for several years. The plate features a St. Andrews Cross about 2”x2” square on the left side of the plate, and some designation like “C45V” for each individual plate.

Now, it would seem to us that with a license tag available, more SCV folks would be latched onto having one. Because, with such a plate, one can proudly display their individuality and their heritage all in one fell swoop rather that being more concerned with what flag flies atop the Gold Dome, right?

We have two questions that demand answers from the Georgia SCV: 1) If the SCV is so adamant about their heritage being preserved, why don’t more of them sport a license plate available to them? 2) Since they do have a license plate available to them to celebrate their heritage, WHY does the ENTIRE state of Georgia have to have the same heritage represented with the Georgia State Flag, vis-à-vis, the Confederate Battle Flag?

Preserving one’s heritage can and should occur in any way possible for the people celebrating such heritage. But, unless the heritage is shared by a significant number of inhabitants of the state or country (like, say, the United States), then the group demanding such heritage “rights” shouldn’t be allowed to force others to live their heritage, should they?

The SCV has options that it clearly does not wish to exercise right now (i.e., encouraging more users of the license plate specifically designated to celebrate their heritage), so we wonder what the real reason behind the infatuation with the post-1956 state flag is?

Granted, the current flag is not a flag. But, to demand that we go back to a flag that demonstrates some idea of long ago secession is utterly ridiculous. Georgia is a state that was on the losing side of a war...why should the entire state have to keep being reminded of that loss 137 years ago?