On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:32:09 -0500, the infamous Swingman
scrawled the following:

On 3/18/2010 9:16 AM, Leon wrote:

Told me what I gotta do, cher?

I do not to this every time because I wait till the lase minute. I don't
always want to depend on the mail to deliver when it is getting down to the
wire.
But IIRC when on line you provde your agent's name, policy number, phone
number. They apparently are able to quickly verify and mail you the
sticker.

Just did it ... all you do is provide the license plate number and the
last four of the VIN, and Texas insurance is automatically verified.

I'd heard that there was a new online insurance database that the police
could access by keying in a license plate number. This certainly
verifies that.

Won't be long and there will be a database to make sure your homeowner's
policy is paid ... after all, gotta protect the County's property tax base.

Good news is despite the $2 online fee, the total cost was, to the
penny, exactly what it was last year when I renewed in person at Randalls.

The Oregon Construction Contractor's Board just sent out statements to
the fact that if your taxes aren't paid, you don't get your
contractor's license renewed, and they said it in a very sweet way.

I just love the state of gov't finances right now, don't you? Despite
that, Oregon gov't has grown by 37% in the past 4 years (2 budgets)
With the Public Employee's Retirement System (PERS), you can retire
and make more money then than you made on the payroll, as a working
person. It's bankrupting us.

--
No matter how cynical you are, it is impossible to keep up.
--Lily Tomlin