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* Texts from Rep. Marcus Evans (D-Chicago)…
My license plates were stolen off my car at O’Hare Airport main garage!!!
Crazy time to be a State Rep.
Rep. Evans said his car was parked in the main terminal garage “by a busy entrance.”
posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Jun 18, 25 @ 2:16 pm
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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)”.
Comment by Perrid Wednesday, Jun 18, 25 @ 2:24 pm
Perrid, the real danger is if someone uses those plates to lull a victim into complacency.
Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jun 18, 25 @ 2:26 pm
There are license plate collectors.
I once had an offer to buy one of my old ones.
Comment by cal skinner Wednesday, Jun 18, 25 @ 2:32 pm
Whatever happened to the proposal to allow people to buy old style license plates? I thought that was a cool idea
Comment by DuPage Saint Wednesday, Jun 18, 25 @ 3:15 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).
Comment by Linus Wednesday, Jun 18, 25 @ 3:21 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.
Comment by Alton Sinkhole Wednesday, Jun 18, 25 @ 3:55 pm
Linus those Old Style plates are given out for DUI s. /s
Comment by DuPage Saint Wednesday, Jun 18, 25 @ 3:58 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.
Comment by Montrose Wednesday, Jun 18, 25 @ 3:59 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.
Comment by Remember the Alamo II Wednesday, Jun 18, 25 @ 4:11 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.
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Wednesday, Jun 18, 25 @ 4:31 pm