When I originally got the plate, I had a 300ZX car, and the license-plate number was a play on my name and included “300.” In 2002, I got a Lexus 300 and transferred the plate to the new car.

For six days, politicians from both sides of the aisle and other Kansans expressed their distaste for what was supposed to have been the state’s new license plate. By Emmett Lindner Last week ...