Choose Life - Florida

This page was last updated April 11, 2012

The newsletter contains information about the Florida Choose Life license plate. The National Choose Life license plate effort can be found at www.choose-life.org.

PLEASE EMAIL THIS TO EVERYONE YOU THINK MAY BE INTERESTED! (CLICK HERE)

Florida: 408,747 sold/renewed from 8-11-2000 thru 12-31-2011, raising $8,300,476. (State Cost $25/year of which $20 goes to the cause)

Go to your local County tag office with your registration and proof of insurance and ask them to switch you to the Choose Life license plate. If you have any questions call or email Susan 352 625-8781.

Starting October 1, 2011, if you switch, you can email Russ Amerling your name, address, day time phone number along with your new Choose Life plate number and Choose Life America, Inc. will mail you a free Choose Life license plate frame, white with red letters, which can be seen at http://www.chooselifestore.org.

DMV official figures for 2010 show the Choose Life plate in the #9 spot out of 114 plates on the road.

Florida County By County Tag Sales Through 2-29-2012

The first column is the county in alphabetical order; the second is the total amount raised since the plate went on sale August 2000. The third column are the funds raised this fiscal year beginning 7-1-2012. The forth is the amount raised in the last fiscal year and the fifth is the approximate number of Choose Life license plates on the road in each county to date. Please help spread the word about the Choose Life license plate in your churches, communities and organizations.

	Total sales	Sales	Projected	Approx
	since the	During	Funds for	Number
	plate was released	Fiscal Year	Fiscal Yr Ending	of Tags As Of
County	On	Ending
Name	8/11/00	6/30/12	6/30/12	3/31/12
Alachua	124,222	6,647	$8,863	448
Baker	12,027	620	$810	37
Bay	116,451	6,700	$8,880	439
Bradford	10,652	640	$870	41
Brevard	309,871	18,152	$24,090	1,182
Broward	451,831	24,567	$32,760	1,649
Calhoun	6,339	460	$540	30
Charlotte	80,643	4,106	$5,280	282
Citrus	86,851	4,381	$5,790	313
Clay	140,731	8,264	$10,860	521
Collier	225,262	14,932	$19,740	969
Columbia	20,924	1,322	$1,680	82
Desoto	13,407	460	$690	31
DHSMV	3,360	60	$90	3
Dixie	5,964	400	$600	23
Duval	506,028	30,247	$41,820	1,943
Escambia	227,971	12,842	$17,490	818
Flagler	46,167	2,640	$3,240	191
Franklin	3,476	200	$270	15
Gadsden	14,507	580	$780	38
Gilchrist	10,551	540	$690	35
Glades	1,374	60	$90	3
Gulf	4,894	320	$390	20
Hamilton	4,668	240	$270	21
Hardee	8,811	460	$630	28
Hendry	13,271	720	$960	47
Hernando	78,543	4,505	$5,850	287
Highlands	41,929	2,500	$3,360	175
Hillsborough	522,262	30,351	$41,100	1,959
Holmes	10,617	540	$690	40
Indian River	89,777	6,143	$8,370	396
Jackson	22,549	1,160	$1,650	75
Jefferson	11,112	600	$840	39
Lafayette	1,094	100	$150	6
Lake	141,048	8,466	$11,370	527
Lee	282,574	16,260	$20,880	1,092
Leon	227,926	14,225	$18,990	926
Levy	25,590	1,580	$2,130	102
Liberty	3,112	160	$150	13
Madison	12,818	740	$960	52
Manatee	193,734	10,773	$14,070	717
Marion	320,479	18,407	$24,750	1,175
Martin	104,969	5,921	$8,010	396
Miami/Dade	479,008	26,982	$36,150	1,758
Monroe	26,112	1,360	$1,890	84
Nassau	45,903	3,083	$4,140	205
Non-FL ZIP	0	0	$0
Okaloosa	245,490	13,047	$17,850	818
Okeechobee	13,094	820	$1,200	58
Orange	385,106	20,434	$26,970	1,314
Osceola	75,815	3,901	$5,190	257
Palm Beach	520,472	28,179	$37,710	1,857
Pasco	220,250	12,182	$16,110	846
Pinellas	429,701	23,931	$32,220	1,556
Polk	205,199	11,722	$16,140	768
Putnam	35,114	1,480	$2,070	97
Santa Rosa	120,333	6,640	$8,880	423
Sarasota	191,722	10,623	$14,190	711
Seminole	232,977	14,301	$19,410	965
St Johns	158,642	11,150	$14,820	721
St Lucie	135,093	7,341	$9,630	520
Sumter	41,814	3,600	$5,100	229
Suwannee	24,739	1,620	$2,160	95
Taylor	12,148	760	$990	44
Union	2,305	180	$210	11
Volusia	249,995	13,906	$18,300	900
Wakulla	10,181	640	$750	41
Walton	38,247	2,240	$3,060	144
Washington	13,864	700	$960	47
Total	8,453,709	483,813	$647,520	31,657

Florida Choose Life made first funds distrubution October 2011 (10-11)

Florida Choose Life license plate passes the $8 million mark (7-11)

The total sales for the Florida Choose Life license plate passed $8 million. That means over 400,000 plates have been bought and/or renewed since they first went on sale August 11, 2000.

Florida Choose Life Announces its NEW Choose Life Product Store (7-11)

Choose Life America, Inc. launched its totally new Product Store. You can get there through this web site by clicking Product Store on the homepage or go directly there at www.chooselifestore.org. All profits from this store go to support the efforts of Choose Life America, Inc. to see a hoose Life license plate available in all 50 states.

Florida Businessman Place Choose Life Plates On 55 Company Vehicles

Read the encouraging story of a businessman who placed the Choose Life story on all 55 of his company vehicles. Would you do the same? (Click Here)

DMV Publishes their 2010 Specialty Plate Sales Report

The Choose Life license plate is holding at the #9 spot our of 114 specialty plates in the state of Florida. Please keep spreading the word about our plate and help make us the best selling plate in Florida.

Here's A Great Idea

Offer to buy the official Choose Life license plate for a loved one who would like the tag, but can't afford the small extra fee. The state now offers a Specialty Plate Gift Certificate Program. Contact any office where Florida license plates are available and ask for details.

Federal Court Denies Efforts to Stop Florida’s Choose Life Plate

A Federal Appeals Court ruling on a suit filed in January 2002 refused to halt the Florida Choose Life license plate and gave a brief High School Civics lesson to the plaintiffs. Since the opponents to the Florida Choose Life plate had never applied for a plate of their own, and since all suits against the Choose Life license plate in Florida have been unsuccessful, it is interesting to see what the Appeals Court stated. The U.S. 11^th Circuit Appeals Court ruled, “The first amendment does not require states to authorize the speech of those who have expressed no interest in speaking; it only protects the rights of those who wish to speak.” The court further upbraided the plaintiff in its opinion saying, “Appellants were counseled in a previous incarnation of this case to apply for a specialty license plate before bringing a First Amendment challenge to Fla Stat 320.08058(30). Hildreth v. Dickenson No. 99-583-CIV-J-21-A, slip op. at 1 (M.D.Fla Dec 22, 1999). Rather than appealing the District Court’s admonition, Appellants chose to try again in this case.” This is a significant ruling as it establishes, at least in the U.S. 11^th Circuit that states with reasonable application processes are not discriminating when the opposition does not use that process to apply for a plate and they cannot claim standing in court unless the do.

Keep Spreading The Word

Please forward this newsletter page to anyone you think might be interested. Just click the "Send this Page to a Friend" This whole effort has been done by grass-roots folks like you. We are available for any type of interview, just let us know.

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Choose Life Display Can Be Brought to Your Area

If you want the Choose Life license plate display in your area, please contact us. The Choose Life license plate effort is a labor of love. Remember, we are always looking for opportunities to either speak and promote the Choose Life plate at any gatherings of pro-adoption/pro-life folks.

The first distribution of funds under HB 501 by Choose Life, Inc. was made to the qualified agencies who have applied in October 2011. If you missed this deadline, please apply now and be ready for the next distribution in February 2012.

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