On license plate, Steelman succumbs to vanity
Sarah Steelman may want to move into the governor’s mansion, but here’s one perk she doesn’t approve of: custom license plates for state legislators.
As anyone who’s ever tried to get a parking space in Jefferson City knows, members of Missouri’s General Assembly are issued special license plates, indicating whether they are a senator (”S”) or representative (”R”).
Steelman, a former state senator herself, sounder her disapproval of the practice in a Riverfront Times story last week. Reporter Kathleen McLaughlin apparently tagged along with Steelman on her trip to the opening of trout season at Montauk State Park, where they pulled up behind State Sen. Frank Barnitz - a Democrat who took over Steelman’s senate seat - and his “S-16″ license plate.
“I never used that plate,” Steelman said “almost under her breath,” according to the story.
Steelman adds that “I just don’t think elected officials should be treated any differently than regular citizens … It just doesn’t seem right to me to have a special plate because you’re elected by the people.”
Though that may be true, Steelman does not appear to be necessarily against all special plates. The story points out that Steelman’s car, a 2004 Chevy Suburban, has its own vanity plate, one that plays up to her image as the terror-fighting treasurer: “L1VFRE.”
Plate appearance: Steelman has thoughts on it
Maybe the “Livfree” means Sarah is a Harley Rider. Or maybe she is proud that she lives in a country that provides more freedoms than most.
Is it just me or have the 13 year old Junior High School Newspaper writers taken over? Yesterday the coverage was on how many yard signs were at a Lincoln Day event, now we get a report on personalized license plates, this is cutting edge stuff.
The only thing informative about this entry is that Jake is clearly smitten, I wonder if he has that picture framed on his desk?
gee, sarah, this is an important issue; glad you’re not grandstanding about it or anything;
Gee Bill, you have your own campaign to work on. Don’t you have something more imortant to do than worrying about Sarah and her race?
Gee Bill waz up?
Do I sense a bit of hostility or jealousness towards Sarah?
Oh Bill get out of your underwear and put some clothes on and go door-to-door. And get a woman and stop downing others.
Nice campaign piece!! Nice large photo of the candidate, soft sell story about a minor item such as a plate on a car! touchy feely BS
Now when will Kenny get equal time??
So, anyway, as a former member of the General Assembly, Ms. Steelman knows that under the Missouri Constitution, legislators are immune from arrest for minor offenses while the legislature is in session. The idea I guess was to keep the ins from arresting the outs, or make sure legislators got to Jeff on time. Anyway, she KNOWS that legislators get special treatment and it’s at best disingenuous to make her remarks.