License to (be) ill

ACTIVISTS IN THE IMMIGRATION BATTLE hooped and hollered about a victory last week after DMV numbers came out showing that the number of Hispanics going to the DMV is down. Way down.

According to the McPaper down in Salem, the DMV has administered 65 percent fewer tests in Spanish since January, and a 3.3 percent decline in the overall number of licenses issued.

The rejoicing could be heard pealing out of GOP homes from Hillsburrito to Felony Flats. "Hooray! We beat those slimy brown bastards! They took our jerrbs!" (Art imitating life) (Life imitating art)

But for all the stories on this — both the McPaper version and the processed TV versions — the word "insurance" appears in no stories.

I mean, I would think that if someone was finding that the number of licensed motorists was going down... perhaps the number of UNlicensed motorists was going up?

And if there's no licenses, how can there be insurance for those drivers?

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that the Mexicans haven't stopped coming to Oregon just because they can't get a drivers license. The weather's great, there's plenty of work for them, and they're probably treated better than they are in Des Moines or Tulsa.

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OF COURSE, that's the unintended consequence most likely to impact you and I. But the MSM instead honed in on little old divorced ladies who have to prove that they are who they are. Because, you know, they might be illegal immigrants or terr'ists or something.

But $221 isn't all that bad. Licenses were cheap here to begin with. It's just a shame that money isn't going to the state of Oregon's coffers.

Oregon's Open Source Government usually does a pretty fine job of crafting laws and regulations that are full of something for everyone. So it's surprising to see that little old ladies got overlooked.

But I have yet to see white folk lining up to take jobs at the berry farms in the valley. Wait... nevermind.

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BUT HOW ABOUT we just get this crazy babe off the road instead? Did she have valid ID when she tried to get a license?