The Oregon State Department of Motor Vehilces Administration Bureaucracy sucks.
CMH1: A hero’s license plate — if bureaucracy is defeated
At 86 years, Robert Maxwell is Oregon’s only living Medal of Honor recipient — one of the country’s few surviving World War II honorees — and he’d like a special license plate marking his service before he dies.
But the Oregon Department of Transportation says he can’t get one.
More than three years ago, the agency told him that he’d have to pony up $18,000 for the privilege, fill out an application, and guarantee 500 new customers a year. Flabbergasted supporters got Irwin-Hodson, the Southeast Portland company that makes Oregon’s plates, to hammer out a special set for Maxwell. Still, the state won’t allow him to use the plates on his car.
The agancy says that their “hands are tied” because of a 2003 law.
While that would be understandable if the guy hadn’t already had his own plate pressed, it is no longer reasonable.
It sounds as though Mr. Maxwell is much more a gentleman than myself, as I would just strap the fuckers on the car and see who pulls me over.
During World War II, Maxwell was protecting an observation post in southern France when a grenade landed near his feet. He covered it with his body, shielding three other soldiers nearby. Doctors restored his right heel, although much of his foot is scarred.
Maxwell has lived in Bend since 1996, and before that, in Eugene for 20 years, where he taught automotive mechanics.
Thank you Mr. Maxwell.
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Hard to imagine almost any trooper/sheriff/Police officer pulling him over and doing anything but send him on his way. Though some bureaucrat might notice that the plate was called in and try to work backwards and hit him with a fine or civil action.
Which would be utter BS, but well within the realm of possibility.