We love seeing a good personalized license plate, and we love it even more when we get a chance to chuckle at the personalized license plate requests that were ultimately rejected for stupid reasons like potty humor. However, there is rare good news for lovers of rather crude, yet funny personalized signs. Yesterday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul personally called a 69-year-old grandfather from Long Island to pardon his pee-themed plate that the DMV had revoked after five years of service on his Hyundai Tucson. What a relief!
The New York Post first reported this mess when Seth Bykofsky made a plea to Hochul to reinstate his innocuous potty humor sign that read “PB4WEGO”. When Hochul saw the story, she just couldn’t let it go. She showered Bykofsky with praise, saying she thought it was hilarious and, “I think everyone needs to be reminded to pee before you go.” It’s a sentiment we can all relate to, but it’s still a relief to see a politician with a golden sense of humor.
Apparently governors like PB4WEGO
Bykofsky is actually the number two person to deal with this pedicament – the real number one is New Hampshire resident Wendy Auger. She faced the same challenge in 2019, when she was pardoned by former NH Governor Chris Sununu for her own PB4WEGO license plate, opening the floodgates. It was a watertight argument for Bykofsky, who said he should get the same treatment as Auger since they share the importance of peeing before you go. Hochul agreed, saying, “I think that’s an important lesson.”
The DMV sent Bykofsky a letter saying a recent review found the message was too inappropriate for street use and ordered him to destroy the tags. Under pressure he gave in, but fortunately it was only a temporary blockage. Bykofsky told the NY Post, “It was very heartwarming and good to know that the government is standing up for our rights, not only under the First Amendment, but to laugh, to laugh at ourselves and to laugh at others.”
H/T John Voelcker
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