{"id":869,"date":"2011-07-18T15:19:38","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T19:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/?p=869"},"modified":"2011-07-18T15:21:32","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T19:21:32","slug":"deja-vu-all-over-again-online-voting-now-open-for-new-georgia-license-plate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2011\/07\/18\/deja-vu-all-over-again-online-voting-now-open-for-new-georgia-license-plate\/","title":{"rendered":"Deja vu all over again: online voting now open for new Georgia license plate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5595881567027133\";\r\n\/* Medium Rectangle *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8584504377\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"269\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2011\/03\/06\/savannah-stopover-preview-7-sanders-bohlke\/window-17\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/window6-e1299440530555.jpg?fit=67%2C77\" data-orig-size=\"67,77\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D40&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1244646881&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;38&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"window\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/window6-e1299440530555.jpg?fit=67%2C77\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/window6-e1299440530555.jpg?fit=67%2C77\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/window6-e1299440530555.jpg?resize=67%2C77\" alt=\"\" title=\"window\" width=\"67\" height=\"77\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-269\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;m writing &#8212; again &#8212; about the Georgia license plate design contest. But in for a penny, in for a pound. Or whatever that phrase is.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re voting on this again because of controversy spawned by &#8220;In God We Trust.&#8221; In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2011\/06\/27\/voting-now-open-for-the-new-georgia-license-plate\/\" target=\"_blank\">the original round of eight plates<\/a>, three of them were depicted with &#8220;In God We Trust&#8221; at the bottom where the county name would normally be. The Ga. Department of Revenue did not clearly point out that that phrase would be available on a special sticker for a dollar, and thus could be put on any of the plates.<\/p>\n<p>Grassroots Christian groups voted (and apparently voted again and again) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2011\/07\/13\/new-georgia-license-plate-down-to-the-final-three\/\" target=\"_blank\">the three finalists<\/a> were the ones that were originally pictured with the &#8220;In God We Trust&#8221; sticker. Governor Deal was supposed to choose the winner from that group, but he wisely &#8212; or not &#8212; threw the process back to the Department of Revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Your choices are below. <a href=\"https:\/\/etax.dor.ga.gov\/TagContest.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Go here to vote.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"870\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2011\/07\/18\/deja-vu-all-over-again-online-voting-now-open-for-new-georgia-license-plate\/plates1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Plates1.png?fit=661%2C368\" data-orig-size=\"661,368\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Plates1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Plates1.png?fit=300%2C167\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Plates1.png?fit=594%2C331\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Plates1.png?resize=594%2C331\" alt=\"\" title=\"Plates1\" width=\"594\" height=\"331\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Plates1.png?w=661 661w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Plates1.png?resize=300%2C167 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"871\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2011\/07\/18\/deja-vu-all-over-again-online-voting-now-open-for-new-georgia-license-plate\/plates2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Plates2.png?fit=661%2C373\" data-orig-size=\"661,373\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Plates2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Plates2.png?fit=300%2C169\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Plates2.png?fit=594%2C335\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Plates2.png?resize=594%2C335\" alt=\"\" title=\"Plates2\" width=\"594\" height=\"335\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Plates2.png?w=661 661w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Plates2.png?resize=300%2C169 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;m writing &#8212; again &#8212; about the Georgia license plate design contest. But in for a penny, in for a pound. Or whatever that phrase is. We&#8217;re voting on this again because of controversy spawned by &#8220;In&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2011\/07\/18\/deja-vu-all-over-again-online-voting-now-open-for-new-georgia-license-plate\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Plates1.png?fit=661%2C368","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1gN9R-e1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}