Via the Memory Hole…
Department of Motor Vehicles Director Ginny Lewis, backed by Gov. Kenny Guinn, decided to cancel the plate because its design prominently features a mushroom cloud, a familiar sight to longtime Nevadans who once watched the atmospheric atomic tests set off 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
The move immediately was criticized as a bow to politics, and Troy Wade, chairman of the Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation, called on Guinn Thursday to reverse Lewis’ decision….
Damnit, I seriously would have moved to Nevada just to get one of these awesome license plates for my new car (which I’ll get to in a bit). The California plates are just so damn ugly with a horrid script font that belongs more to a twenty-year-past-it’s-prime beach nightclub than a license plate. Years ago there was a proposal for a California “desert protection” plate with a wonderful mosaic design, but not enough people were interested enough for the DMV to move ahead on it. Time again to try a Joshua Tree or Mono Lake plate folks?
I couldn’t agree more!