Tourism slogan hits rocky road


Alice UnderhillRep. Alice Graham Underhill encountered some rocky going today when urging the House Transportation Committee today to approve putting the designation visitnc.com on state license plates.

Some of her sample license plates — meant to show the addition of the state's tourism Web site — displayed the ill-fated combination WTF, Thomas Goldsmith reports.

The state previously had to offer replacements to nearly 10,000 license plate holders after learning that the letter were a common abbreviation for a vulgar phrase starting, "What the ...?"

When committee members questioned whether the addition was in large enough type for other drivers to make out at interstate speeds.

"Is there a way to make the Web site more prominent?" asked Rep. Ty Harrell, a Wake County Democrat.

Not without redesigning the plate, Underhill said, adding: "My goal is to get the Web site on the plate. This is the only way to get the Web site on the plate."

The bill didn't move forward, but committee vice-chairman Nelson Cole appointed a subcommittee to study the issue further.

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Re: Tourism slogan hits rocky road

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VisitNC, just visit.

We can't keep up with all the schools & roads & sewers & water plants & everything else you need if you actually like it enough to stay here. We haven't changed our revenue system to keep up with the growing population and changing economy so be a dear and leave your wallet but keep your ID and mosey on back home when you're done.

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Like it.

"Too much pork for just one fork."

(caveat: this plate requires a personified pig serving himself.)

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Too close to "Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad."

— RTB 

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North Carolina: More pigs than people

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May I now submit:

North Carolina, Effing Precious.

No, seriously, I don't know where it comes from. Just inspiration I guess. The muse loves me.

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Hey Jackhole!

Republican Representative William A. Current, Sr. did a bang up job honoring Roger Bone, an influential lobbyist.

You were saying? Oh yes, while North Carolina crumbles.

Effing precious.

Subcommittee to study...

...whilst North Carolina crumbles.

While that subcommittee is sorting through the idiocy of adding the upteenth billion license tag to North Carolina's arsenal and...

...The Democrats in the State Senate are busy passing a spending bill at the same time they have no earthly idea how much revenue they have to spend and...

...Half the Democrats in the legislature and their progeny are wheeling around NC in vehicles "loaned" to them by car dealers and...

...The Moped Menace is being attacked head on and...

...Restaurant and Bar owners are having best business practices dictated to them by a group of people who managed to spend 2 billion more dollars than they had last year and...

...Steve Goss, a Democratic State Senator from Boone, is feverishly attempting to muzzle bloggers and...

...Another State Senator from Eastern North Carolina, Democrat Charlie Albertson, is frantically attempting to let illegal aliens into our overcrowded community colleges so that they'll be better equipped to compete for jobs with NC citizens. At the same time the State's unemployment rate is almost 11%...

What the legislature needs is a hardy slap on the back so they know what a tremendous job they're doing...while their Neroic fiddling continues.

Re: Tourism slogan hits rocky road

North Carolina: The new New Jersey.

— RTB 

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Come on Dome, we can fix the budget with some winning slogans for car tags.

I'll start.

North Carolina: 9,061,032 people can't be wrong.