Doesn’t seem like there was damage to the car, otherwise?
So was this some opportunist thinking “Hey it’d be really cool to have state legislator license plates” or was this more a targeted “I want to mess with a random politician (assuming they don’t recognize the specific car)”.
Saint —— At first glance, I thought you meant Old Style rather than old style, and I was wondering where I’d been during this debate (banned exclamation point).
I’ve always found the Rep license plates so unbelievably pretentious and cringeworthy. I know they provide some actual merit but man is it pretty dang self-important to me.
To Rich’s point about the plates being used to impersonate an elected official - maybe having special legislator plates isn’t such a great idea. Hang a tag from the rear view mirror if there are times an elected needs their car identified.
- Remember the Alamo II - Wednesday, Jun 18, 25 @ 4:11 pm:
This can be particularly problematic in light of this past weekend’s violence in Minnesota. Someone can lure an unsuspecting legislator into a dangerous situation utilizing Leader Evans’s plates.
As a side note, I received a new set of license plates from the SOS’s office last week, and they were wrapped in clear plastic. A label obscured the middle of the number, but I thought for security purposes, an opaque wrapper would have been better.
As to the post, a person could do all kinds of mischief with those plates.
- Perrid - Wednesday, Jun 18, 25 @ 2:24 pm:
Doesn’t seem like there was damage to the car, otherwise?
So was this some opportunist thinking “Hey it’d be really cool to have state legislator license plates” or was this more a targeted “I want to mess with a random politician (assuming they don’t recognize the specific car)”.
- Rich Miller - Wednesday, Jun 18, 25 @ 2:26 pm:
Perrid, the real danger is if someone uses those plates to lull a victim into complacency.
- cal skinner - Wednesday, Jun 18, 25 @ 2:32 pm:
There are license plate collectors.
I once had an offer to buy one of my old ones.
- DuPage Saint - Wednesday, Jun 18, 25 @ 3:15 pm:
Whatever happened to the proposal to allow people to buy old style license plates? I thought that was a cool idea
- Linus - Wednesday, Jun 18, 25 @ 3:21 pm:
Saint —— At first glance, I thought you meant Old Style rather than old style, and I was wondering where I’d been during this debate (banned exclamation point).
- Alton Sinkhole - Wednesday, Jun 18, 25 @ 3:55 pm:
I’ve always found the Rep license plates so unbelievably pretentious and cringeworthy. I know they provide some actual merit but man is it pretty dang self-important to me.
- DuPage Saint - Wednesday, Jun 18, 25 @ 3:58 pm:
Linus those Old Style plates are given out for DUI s. /s
- Montrose - Wednesday, Jun 18, 25 @ 3:59 pm:
To Rich’s point about the plates being used to impersonate an elected official - maybe having special legislator plates isn’t such a great idea. Hang a tag from the rear view mirror if there are times an elected needs their car identified.
- Remember the Alamo II - Wednesday, Jun 18, 25 @ 4:11 pm:
This can be particularly problematic in light of this past weekend’s violence in Minnesota. Someone can lure an unsuspecting legislator into a dangerous situation utilizing Leader Evans’s plates.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jun 18, 25 @ 4:31 pm:
As a side note, I received a new set of license plates from the SOS’s office last week, and they were wrapped in clear plastic. A label obscured the middle of the number, but I thought for security purposes, an opaque wrapper would have been better.
As to the post, a person could do all kinds of mischief with those plates.