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Illinois to auction vanity plate "1"

GasBuddy Blog -- Who wants to be driving around Illinois as number 1? According to our friends at The Expired Meter, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn recently discovered that the state had not issued the plate, in fact, it had been deliberately kept out of circulation. Want to be #1? You can- but it'll cost you.

According to a Chicago Sun-Times article, the plate once belonged to a group of Chicago-based Roman Catholic Cardinals. After that, it went to an Illinois Secretary of State, after that, the vehicle of a former first lady.

It's been the best non-secret ever kept, but the Sun-Times recently brought the "1" plate to the attention of Gov. Pat Quinn. According to the Sun-Times, Quinn now has a plan to put passenger plate No. 1 back into...

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Submitted Jul 06, 2012 By: PD

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GoLancer4 Champion Author Ohio Posts:1,787 Points:438,515 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Jul 8, 2012 10:24:10 AM Ignore GoLancer4 Report Abuse no 1 cares
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ssect8 Champion Author Hartford Posts:7,984 Points:2,093,820 Joined:Jun 2006	Message Posted: Jul 8, 2012 10:19:14 AM Ignore ssect8 Report Abuse And the corrupt politicians will just waste the money, then maybe they auction plate "2" the 3 and so on. Anything to get money.
91Hilux Champion Author New Haven Posts:2,157 Points:679,745 Joined:Aug 2007	Message Posted: Jul 8, 2012 10:19:05 AM Ignore 91Hilux Report Abuse Japan doesn't have the same style of vanity plates we have in the US. But they do the same kind of auctions in Japan for certain number combinations like 0001, 8888 (8's are considered lucky), etc.
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