Well, we still don’t have voting rights, but this is about as good as the news will get. According to D.C. Vote, as of March 10, some 1,033,119 D.C. license plates bearing the message “Taxation Without Representation” have been distributed to District motorists. The license plates were first introduced on November 4, 2000 at a ceremony in which D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and various council-members replaced their old plates with the new ones. I am happy to count myself as one of those million plus users of the protest plates.

And while we’re pleased to hear the news, we’re still concerned that there are motorists out there driving around with the traditional “Celebrate & Discover” plates. Beyond failing to protest the District’s second-class status, these plates are about as creative as “Oklahoma is OK.” They sure don’t help the District’s image any; that much is for sure. We also can’t help but be a little peeved that President George W. Bush had the “Taxation Without Representation” plates on his official limo replaced with the traditional ones. Alas, we suppose he’s done worse things since then.

As usual, congratulations to D.C. Vote for fighting the good fight for us.