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2 responses to “Do It for Richard Gere”

1. 

   Anonymous

   June 20, 2005

   First we need to Free Tribbett!

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2. 

   Scott

   June 23, 2005

   from a friend:

   This article fails to direct people properly. AP is getting sloppy, now
   that Helen Thomas has retired. How long before a Green wire service can be
   organized?

   At 03:29 PM 6/20/05 -0400, Scott wrote:
   >Deadline looms for ‘Friends of Tibet’ license plate
   >
   >Associated Press Jun 20, 2005
   >
   >
   >ANNANDALE, Va. – A Tibetan group is pushing for a special Virginia license
   plate that would feature the sun rising over Himalayan mountains and the
   words “Friends of Tibet.”

   >”The purpose is to build up the friendship between Tibetans and
   Virginians,” said Kalden Lodoe, spokesman for the association. “Most
   Tibetans live in Fairfax, and we are indebted to Virginia as a state. It’s
   a way of saying that we are here.”

   I thought most Tibetans lived in Tibet or Nepal.

   >But because there are few Tibetans in Virginia _ local leaders estimate
   there are only a few hundred in the state _ the group has struggled to get
   enough people to sign up for the plates. So far, about 270 drivers have
   paid the required $25 fee and signed up for one, less than the 350 required
   by state law.

   The $25 appears to be an annual fee.

   >The design of the plate was sponsored by state Sen. Patricia S. Ticer of
   Alexandria, passed by the General Assembly in 2004 and signed by Gov. Mark
   R. Warner. It also has been approved by the Virginia Department of Motor
   Vehicles and state police.

   You wouldn’t know it. After driving across Roanoke to DMV and waiting for
   an hour, I found that the state does not accept the applications.

   To order, DMV says to contact
   Bill Schuyler
   Friends of Tibet
   Conservancy for Tibetan and Culture [sic]
   P.O. Box 6598
   McLean, VA 22106
   703-461-3116
   info@tibetanculture.org.

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