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Jan 03, 2013

Cheh to Introduce Legislation Urging Obama to Put ‘Taxation Without Representation’ Plates on Limo

Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) plans on introducing legislation next week that would urge President Obama to put the city’s “Taxation Without Representation” license plates on the presidential limo, a move he avoided during his first term.

Jun 24, 2009

Plotkin Continues to Push License Plate with White House

The Post’s Reliable Source reported yesterday that WTOP Political Analyst and longtime voting rights agitator Mark Plotkin cornered Obama advisor David Axelrod at the Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association dinner last Friday and pressed for the president to put the “Taxation Without Representation” tags on the presidential limousine. Axelrod didn’t seem to think much of the personal appeal, telling Plotkin, “That’s your thing.” Plotkin also found RNC Chair Michael Steele and followed up on…

Feb 18, 2009

Obama Still Not Using ‘Taxation Without Representation’ Plates

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. It’s “just something that the president hasn’t gotten to yet,” said the spokesman.WTOP’s story gets a little hysterical at the top, claiming that…

 
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