Texas – Ex – Taxes = The Beast

“License plates are designed to promote tourism and commerce, to create positive identity and awareness, and to showcase those riches that make our state unique.”

Add it up! Come get your special number. The Governor of Taxes wants you to purchase the Mark, the X of The Beast, and put it on your car that you need to go to work, and to the store in. The Traitors are rising up from hell. It’s time for the angel, Michael, to drive them back – put them in their place!

Jon the Nazarite

Texas Democrats have been lining upto oppose the Sons of Confederate Veterans license plate proposal, awaiting a vote from the the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Board.
This week, after fresh attention fueled by allegations of racism leveled at Gov. Rick Perry, Republican state Sen. John Carona joined the opposition to the plates, which would include logo bearing the Confederate flag.

State Sen. John Carona (R-Dallas)
The Dallas Morning News reported Carona sent the letter after his senate colleague, Dallas Democrat Royce West, said the plates were a more vital race issue than the racially charged name of Perry’s old hunting ranch.

Carona, one of the Senate’s more moderate Republicans, urged Perry to make it clear he rejects the proposal. Though the decision doesn’t rest with Perry, the governor does appoint the DMV board.

The specialty plates, which come with an extra fee that goes to the organizations they benefit, are for tourism and the things that make Texas great — not a reminder of the state’s divisive history. “Those wishing to study the historical significance of this flag and our Confederate past should instead turn to a book,” he wrote.

Carona’s letter reads:

As a friend of Governor Perry, fellow conservative, and former Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, I offer our Governor the following advice: Soundly reject the proposal before the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to approve a new license plate depicting the Confederate flag. Those who are advancing such a plan do not reflect the sentiments of most Texans.

No one wishes to deny our history as a state. But we as leaders should take every opportunity to support that which unites our citizenry. Reminding those among us of their painful past has no place in celebrating our great state.

License plates are designed to promote tourism and commerce, to create positive identity and awareness, and to showcase those riches that make our state unique. The Confederate flag, long recognized in our generation as a symbol of slavery, racism, and defeat, accomplishes none of those purposes. Those wishing to study the historical significance of this flag and our Confederate past should instead turn to a book.