POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (WFOR) – A Florida woman was not happy with the license plate she recently received.<\/p>\n
The letters and numbers she received have a risqu\u00e9 message, and the plate has become a topic of conversation at her retirement community, where opinions are split.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I didn\u2019t know I was getting a plate,\u201d Nancy Dello Stritto said.<\/p>\n
When Stritto went to collect her mail, she got quite the surprise. She found a new license plate with her vehicle registration renewal.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I looked at it and I said I don\u2019t think so,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The plate reads \u201cSQZ A55,\u201d but from a distance those 55s can be read as \u201cSS.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think a woman that lives in a senior community that\u2019s going to be 77 years old next month will be driving around with what this plate has to say,\u201d Stritto said.<\/p>\n
The plate has become the talk around her retirement community, especially among the men.<\/p>\n
Florida license plates have been made at a state prison in north Florida for almost a century. They are then funneled through county agencies.<\/p>\n
Stritto\u2019s plate was mailed from the Broward property tax collector\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
WFOR went there to try to help Stritto get answers. While no one wanted to speak on camera, office officials said anyone who is unhappy with a plate can turn it in for another one for free.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m kind of resigning to it and I figured maybe it was just destined to be on my car,\u201d Stritto said.<\/p>\n
For now, she is keeping the plate although she is planning to let the state know about it.<\/p>\n
She said she will see the reaction when she goes public with her new license plate.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can handle it if I get a few honks here and there. Actually, being over 70, I might like a few honks,\u201d Stritto said.<\/p>\n
An office manager confirmed that Broward County will replace a plate deemed offensive for free.<\/p>\n
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