the very definition of "bureaucrat"...

There's always some soulless hole in the local gov't:

[T]he South Dakota Division of Motor Vehicles is trying to recall the plates -- which read MPEACHW. And if Moriah doesn’t turn them in voluntarily, the state might send law-enforcement officers to pick them up.

[D]ivision of Motor Vehicles director Deb Hillmer said Thursday that the law clearly gives the state authority to recall the plates and have them forcibly removed if necessary. And although only one person complained about Moriah’s political statement, that’s all it takes to recall a set of vanity plates, Hillmer said.

“I’m following the letter of the law,” she said. "It’s offensive to someone and not in good taste and decency. And the plates are the property of the state of South Dakota.”

At least the plate owner, or at least the one who possesses it, won't go down that hole quietly:

“I don’t think I’m going to play,” Moriah said Thursday afternoon. “The plate isn’t in poor taste. It‘s not sexual in nature or pornographic. To me, a political message should not be considered offensive.”

A message from your friendly neighborhood blogger, saying "Keep fighting the 'tasteful' bastards!"