N.H. governor steps in to help woman keep 'PB4WEGO' vanity plate

The Associated Press
August 29, 2019 at 4:28PM
This Aug. 26, 2019 photo shows Wendy Auger standing by her vehicle in Rochester, N.H. The state Division of Motor Vehicles asked Auger to surrender the plate, which reads "PB4WEGO." The division said phrases related to excretory acts aren't permitted. Gov. Chris Sununu said Wednesday, Aug. 28, he reached out to the division and "strongly urged them" to allow Auger to keep the plate. Auger, who was appealing the recall, said "I'm stoked."/Foster's Daily Democrat via AP)
This Aug. 26, 2019 photo shows Wendy Auger standing by her vehicle in Rochester, N.H. The state Division of Motor Vehicles asked Auger to surrender the plate, which reads "PB4WEGO." The division said phrases related to excretory acts aren't permitted. Gov. Chris Sununu said Wednesday, Aug. 28, he reached out to the division and "strongly urged them" to allow Auger to keep the plate. Auger, who was appealing the recall, said "I'm stoked."/Foster's Daily Democrat via AP) (Colleen Kelly — Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

ROCHESTER, N.H. — New Hampshire's governor has stepped in to help a woman keep a 15-year-old vanity license plate showing a common phrase parents say.

The state Division of Motor Vehicles asked Wendy Auger to surrender the plate, which reads "PB4WEGO." The division said phrases related to excretory acts aren't permitted.

Seacoastonline.com reports Gov. Chris Sununu said Wednesday he reached out to the division and "strongly urged them" to allow the Rochester woman to keep the plate.

Auger, who was appealing the recall, said she was "stoked."

A DMV spokesperson said the current standards and recall procedures have been in place since July 2018. The state has been more restrictive in what it allows on vanity plates since a man won the right to have a "COPSLIE" plate in a 2014 state supreme court case.

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