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Stafford boosts special Washington license tag Date published: 7/24/2008 By Rob Hedelt LIVE IN or care For just $10, you can do that with a special Virginia license tag that's bright red, says Stafford County, and Since the recent discovery of remains of the Washington family home at Ferry Farm in Stafford, county officials say now's the perfect time to push the availability of the new signature state license plate. An option available to all state residents for an extra $10--or $20 if you have a plate personalized in up to six letters--the tag's design includes the same likeness of the first president that's used to direct visitors to the Washington Boyhood Home site off State Route 3 east. "This is something that we want to yell at the top of our lungs--that George Washington's Boyhood Home David Gayle, heading up the tag project for Stafford, said county leaders decided to pursue the creation of a special license tag--selected in the same way drivers pick a Chesapeake Bay or butterfly tag--with a soft rollout of the idea back in 2006. The Ferry Farm discoveries made now the right time to redouble that effort that so far has only landed just over 100 takers. To get a tag created, a locality must have 350 prepaid applications in hand for Virginia's DMV to create, manufacture and then take over the management of a the sort of tag a few other localities in the state now have. "As we work toward that first 350, it's up to the county to collect the applications," said Gayle, noting that county officials in many offices have been helping to push the idea of the Stafford tag. To submit an application for the Stafford tag, those interested can go to a special Web site--staffordplate .com--and print out a copy.
Date published: 7/24/2008
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