Alabama Number Plates Update

Hi everybody! Well, it's Monday again and I'm sure that means the start of yet another week of interesting, and often intriguing number plates gossip from me. Oh blimey, I do have this habit of getting your hopes up, don't I? But then, I'm sure I won't disappoint you all - there's always a fascinating piece of number plates news for me to rabbit on about and I'm sure you'll be nothing less than captivated. (Well, the probability's probably "likely", leaning closely to "very likely".) Right, here goes...

Today, I have a bit of an update for you. The Friday before last, I mentioned a new license plate for Alabama. You know, "Sweet Home Alabama"...Ring any bells? No? If not, I imagine you all have temporary amnesia as I'm sure you would have read my blog. Anyway, for those of you suffering from memory loss, the plate depicts a beach scene with the slogan mentioned above and will be available in January '09... Or will it?

Apparently, although the beach scene was chosen as it indicates to tourists that Alabama has a great stretch of sandy beach (50 miles of the stuff actually!), there has been concern from some Alabama tourism officials who believe that the new number plate tag should also feature the state's mountains. According to some, the beach and the mountains are equally important. Oh dear. Looks like conflict lies ahead.

According to the state's Governor, Bob Riley, a lot of people outside Alabama don't even know that the state has a beach! He said, once 3 million registration plates get into circulation, this will change. Well, surely that all depends on how many Alabama citizens venture outside the state border, Bobby!