Florida closes, goes online only

Well, OK, not. Exactly. It turns out this Florida plate design (Sam Ple's pictured here) debuted in 2003, according to the Florida web site (which is not MyFlorida.com). But who knew? I just saw this plate for the first time on the highway today.

Anyway, why not? All the big newspapers seem to be doing it; the music store on Main Street just did it (although it's not quite there yet). So why not Florida too? I wonder. Do they pay their taxes with PayPal?