A Cure for Michigan's Woes?

May 17, 2006 5:14 PM

An Open Letter to the Michigan Secretary of State People Worse Than Us suggests an interesting solution to Michigan's suffering economy. Could license plates be the solution?
posted by ringie78 (17 comments total)

It worked for Kentucky while we had that damned smiley face.
posted by dilettante at 5:31 PM on May 17, 2006

The actual URL.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 5:34 PM on May 17, 2006

Thanks, Steven... my bad, I thought I'd gone to the actual post URL but obviously screwed up. Is there any way I can edit it?
posted by ringie78 at 5:38 PM on May 17, 2006

Sounds like a good idea to me...
posted by blaneyphoto at 5:41 PM on May 17, 2006

This sounds like a perfectly reasonable suggestion.
posted by Faint of Butt at 5:44 PM on May 17, 2006

Does that plate's color look more like a hot lavender than pink for anyone besides me?
posted by pax digita at 5:53 PM on May 17, 2006

I'm going to miss the blue ones.

But this is a great idea.
posted by JekPorkins at 5:58 PM on May 17, 2006

Oooh, and they could spread the rumor that pink license plates can give you teh gay ...
/kidding, no offense, I'd put a pink plate on my car but I'm cheap/
posted by Quietgal at 6:54 PM on May 17, 2006

Yes but since Michigan voted against gay marriage in '04, this may be an apt argument. Given the huge anti-gay response by Michigan voters, a pink license plate may just work.
posted by ringie78 at 6:58 PM on May 17, 2006

I would say Vote out Granholm. But i dont think i want the Amway scumbag either. The states fucked either way....

On Subject.

I'm sick of all the little extra charges this state thrusts upon us.

the color would also be a distraction to drivers and lead to more accidents. Which would lead to more tickets...

Nevermind.
posted by Dreamghost at 7:13 PM on May 17, 2006

posted by quonsar at 7:14 PM on May 17, 2006

DeVos = Amway. Very bad for Michigan.
Please, no vote for Amway.
Amway suck big. Much evil.
posted by cows of industry at 9:26 PM on May 17, 2006

DeVos was president of Amway when Amway got hit with the largest penalty in the history of Canadian lawsuits.

But they're getting rid of the solid blue? Goddamnit, can't the legislature be trusted to not fuck up something?
posted by klangklangston at 10:12 PM on May 17, 2006

oh, hell, after one of our winters, it'll be more like a dull red, anyway ...
posted by pyramid termite at 1:03 AM on May 18, 2006

Michigan's special plates will still be uglier than the pink one suggested.
posted by klarck at 4:09 AM on May 18, 2006

Oh, gods, no! Please! I'm too cheap to pay for the (absolutely ugly) special plates they have, but I just can't bear the thought of having neon pink on my POS Saturn.

Worse yet...big green Hummers with neon pink plates...

The thought makes me nearly as nauseous as DeVos does.
posted by QIbHom at 3:16 PM on May 18, 2006

Oy!! Seems there has been a little bit of fall-out due to the original entry...
posted by ringie78 at 10:32 AM on May 19, 2006