08-21-2014, 12:40 PM
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#501
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by lazypucker
So what is the point of having a vote on the designs if the government can impose/enforce/dictate whatever new license plates that we must switch to?
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Make people think that they had something to do with the decision.
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08-21-2014, 01:23 PM
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#502
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In the Sin Bin
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Originally Posted by jaydorn
Worth noting the outcome of the Wild Rose Party's "design competition"
Credit is due to the WRP here for acknowledging and hearing the concerns from the design community.
It was still a cheap publicity stunt in the first place, but it appears they learned something from it. |
The joys of being an opposition party, they usually have to rely on cheap publicity stunts because only government can spend our tax dollars on expensive publicity stunts.
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08-21-2014, 08:44 PM
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#503
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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I can't recall if they had designs ready to go before Stelmach pulled the idea off the table a few years back, but at the time, it was made clear that there were specialty plates as part of the plan. Also, I thought the plan there was to have Alberta's "Strong and Free" slogan on the plate, which would still be great as opposed to a website address. It's no "Live Free or Die" like New Hampshire, but a website address is weak.
I can only imagine that's the same plan now for custom plates; Stamps, Flames, the loser teams from Edmonton, as well as select other organizations. I am sure those plans are in place, but likely not elaborated on until sometime now after the vote is done so as not to distract people from the main plate vote.
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08-22-2014, 06:23 AM
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#504
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Resolute 14
The joys of being an opposition party, they usually have to rely on cheap publicity stunts because only government can spend our tax dollars on expensive publicity stunts.
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Oh yes, poor Wildrose. It was a stupid idea but let's defend it and explain why they had no choice but to do it because it's politics. Strange how the other opposition parties were able to make comments against it and leave it at that.
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08-22-2014, 08:09 AM
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#505
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Not Taylor
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Calgary SW
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It turns out that 3M hired Rod Love to lobby the govt for these license plate changes in the first place.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...ates-1.2743573
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08-22-2014, 08:25 AM
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#506
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Franchise Player
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More news that isn't news. You could tie basically every major gov't contract to a lobbyist. Making 3M out to be BIG LOBBY CO AMERICA is pretty pointless.
Pick the good design, adopt it and lets be done with it already. And for god's sake, redesign the teenage hearthrob collage that is the support our troops plate.
Last edited by Ducay; 08-22-2014 at 08:37 AM.
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09-18-2014, 02:06 PM
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#508
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Franchise Player
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No new plates - same old one.
No further work on new plates.
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09-18-2014, 02:07 PM
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#509
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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License plate will stay the same.
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09-18-2014, 02:08 PM
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#510
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Calgary
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Awesome.
I know it's a petty issue. But I'm freaking thrilled with this announcement. Maybe Prentice is playing me like a fiddle, but this is exactly what I wanted to see.
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09-18-2014, 02:09 PM
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#511
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Franchise Player
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They will work with Police and apply any coatings etc to existing plates to increase reflectivity.
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09-18-2014, 02:10 PM
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#512
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In the Sin Bin
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Bad decision, but hard to blame Prentice for taking the easy way out.
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09-18-2014, 02:12 PM
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#513
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Deep South
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But number 2 won the poll so it must happen!
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09-18-2014, 02:13 PM
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#514
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Franchise Player
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New thread title needed.
Alberta PCs ditch other Alberta PCs ditching of 'Wild Rose Country' slogan on new licence plates.
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09-18-2014, 02:14 PM
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#515
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: City by the Bay
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Bad decision, but hard to blame Prentice for taking the easy way out.
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Why?
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09-18-2014, 02:20 PM
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#516
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Franchise Player
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That was a clever press conference "I'd like to announce the design of our new license plate...here it is, our new license plate...not a priority, moving on"
Great deadpan delivery, smart political move:
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09-18-2014, 02:25 PM
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#517
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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Smartest decision ever from a politician.
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09-18-2014, 02:25 PM
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#518
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Franchise Player
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Veteran plates are still an option but additional specialty plates for sports teams and such are not going to happen anytime soon.
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09-18-2014, 02:28 PM
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#519
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Madman
New thread title needed.
Alberta PCs ditch other Alberta PCs ditching of 'Wild Rose Country' slogan on new licence plates.
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Too long. The software has a character limit of 85 on thread titles. That one is 96.
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09-18-2014, 02:34 PM
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#520
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Franchise Player
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Good, about time they had some common sense.
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