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Posts Tagged ‘license plates’

POOFTER WINS!!!

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

pfoo.jpgDavid Phillips, license plate rights activist and onetime Larry Craig boy toy, won his battle against the Virginia DMV and can proudly continue cruising the streets of Arlington with his POOFTER plates. “VA DMV called this morning to back down,” Phillips told our Condi correspondent Peter Huestis. “I had sent their generic plates back last week directly to the head of the DMV with a very strong letter regarding First Amendment rights. The new manager for Special Plates called to acknowledge receipt of the substitute plates and to orally declare the issue closed. As I told my office mate, don’t fuck with a queen over 40 — you will not win.” MORE »


Bear Hunting in Virginia!

Monday, November 5th, 2007

poofter.jpgThe Bear is back! And now he’s in the cross hairs of the mean old Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles for having a really gay license plate. I guess this is the sort of low-level, left-handed payback you get when you cross the very powerful Sen. Larry Craig. MORE »


Metro Section: Pleasant Surprises

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Vanity Plates of the Rich and Famous (For D.C., That Is)

Wednesday, February 1st, 2006

After we shared with you a recent sighting of Sandra Day O’Connor at the gas pump, several of you wrote in to tell us more about the wheels of Justice O’Connor — and her vanity license plate! Here are some representative messages: MORE »