Florida Allows Citizens to Advertise Political Beliefs on License Plates

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Odd as it may seem, our New York City culture correspondent Bucky Turco found himself in Florida this week and marveled at the state’s license plate citizen advertising program whereby the state lets people select from a list of ahundred or so messages to emblazon their license plates. Without surprise, Turco found and photographed one of the more controversial messages people can choose to slap on their vehicles.

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