Florida retiree gets offensive license plate in routine renewal
A Pompano Beach retiree opened her routine renewal and found plate SQZ A55, which she says reads like a crude phrase and has her retirement community split 16-1.
Nancy Dello Stritto of Pompano Beach, Florida, got more than a routine renewal when a new plate reading SQZ A55 arrived in the mail from the Broward County Property Tax Collector’s Office. The nearly 77-year-old retiree said the combination can be read as a crude phrase, and she said she “went ballistic” when she saw it, asking, “How could that pass inspection?”
What started as a one-off mailing has turned into a running conversation in her retirement community. Dello Stritto said the issue has split opinions among family and friends, including her sons and their friends, but the support for keeping the plate has been overwhelming. She described the tally as 16-1 in favor of leaving SQZ A55 on the car, and she said she may keep it for now and even let the occasional honk become part of the joke.
The state’s plates are made at the PRIDE Tag and License Plate Plant inside Union Correctional Institution in Raiford, where production began in 1927 and continues today. Plates are distributed through county agencies.
Broward County will replace an offensive plate for free at its Plantation office. Florida drivers can request a replacement at any point during the registration period by submitting the proper form through a county tax collector’s office or license plate agency. License plates must be replaced every 10 years.
Dello Stritto plans to notify the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles about the plate.
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