Confederate License Plates

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A Panhandle lawmaker wants a
"Confederate Heritage" license plate to join the 109 specialty
tags already available in Florida.
The extra $25 motorists would pay for the tag would go to
educational programs run by Sons of Confederate Veterans, graveyard
maintenance and museum exhibits.
Rep. Donald Brown, R-DeFuniak Springs, filed the bill (HB 1007)
last week. The plate would feature a shield displaying the rebel
battle flag symbol surrounded by several flags from the Civil War
era. He says it would give motorists a way to show pride in their
heritage.
Brown says his bill has nothing to do with race. He pointed out
that he filed another bill that would rename part of a highway in
Walton County after black civil rights leader the Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr.

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