The vehicular hits just keep coming for D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown, don't they? more ›

The topic of Virginia's license plates is hardly new to us -- whether they're expressing opinions on sexual preferences, voting rights or a radical political philosophy, we're always marveling at the Commonwealth's bevy of personalization options, which often foster an impressive, if character-limited, verbosity. But based on one man's story, Virginia is only cool with collecting revenue via thousands of personalized plates if they can also be the arbiter of what is and isn't offensive. more ›

Today, the District adds one more license plate to its short list of vehicle tags promoting certain organizations or causes. (My personal favorite? The National Association of Black Scuba Divers.) more ›

Some of you came down a little hard on me for calling the driver who covered part of their D.C. license plate with a "D.C.'s Not A State, Get Over It" frame a "jerkwad." (I stand by my characterization that the kind of driver who feels the need to project his or her political sentiments on a freakin' license frame is indeed a jerkwad, regardless of the side those sentiments fall on.) But I've been slightly vindicated by the reportage of the City Paper's Michael Grass, who confirmed with the city that the license frame in question is indeed illegal. City spokeswoman Kate Stanton told Grass that "in the case of the picture, not only is “Taxation Without Representation” covered, but the state/jurisdiction “Washington, DC” is also covered. Since this is a specific plate identifier, along with the plate number, this frame would still be an illegal covering[.]" While the driver's status as a "jerkwad" can be put up for debate, the fact that the frame could earn the driver a ticket can't. more ›

Here's one little item from Tuesday's legislative session of the D.C. Council that we missed: Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) and Kwame Brown (D-At Large) introduced a measure that would create new vanity license plates for the District that could be themed to any of the city's professional sports teams, as D.C. Wire already reported. more ›

President Obama might not want to put a "Taxation Without Representation" license plate on the presidential limo, but if one committed voting rights advocate gets his way, it might not matter. more ›

If you love guns, Whitetail deer, or even just want everyone to know you're a horse enthusiast, Virginia's the place for you. With 180 designs for personalized and commemorative license plates, the commonwealth caters to drivers of all sorts (well, except advocates of traditional marriage, it seems). But while Virginians who love hunting things have long been able to get a license plate celebrating that fact, vegetarians have largely been left without a way to tell drivers on I-66, "Hey, I love broccoli!" Until now. more ›

Via WTOP, the CBS News Political Hotsheet blog reported a quote from an Obama spokesperson that we missed last week: President Obama still hasn't decided whether he will put the District's "Taxation Without Representation" license plates on his presidential limousine, and is in fact still using the plates that President Bush used. more ›