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Nancy Dello Stritto\u2019s new license plate has become a topic of conversation. Most of her family and friends have encouraged her to keep it.<\/p>\n
CBS News Miami | July 2026<\/p>\n
A South Florida woman was surprised to receive a new license plate that she feels carries an inappropriate message.<\/p>\n
Pompano Beach resident Nancy Dello Stritto, who is almost 77 years old, opened her mail to find a license plate reading \u201cSQZ A55.\u201d She told CBS News Miami that the plate, which can be interpreted to spell out a crude phrase, caused her to go \u201cballistic.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think a senior who is almost 77 will be driving around with a plate that has that to say,\u201d Dello Stritto said. \u201cWhen I saw that, I went ballistic. I said, \u2018How could that pass inspection?\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n
The plate, which came with her vehicle-registration renewal, has become a topic of conversation at her retirement community, where opinions are split.<\/p>\n
While Dello Stritto is unhappy with the configuration, she noted that others, including her sons and their friends, have encouraged her to keep it. She said the current tally is 16-1 in favor of her keeping the plate.<\/p>\n
It remains unclear how the plate was issued. Sometimes, Florida replaces a driver\u2019s old plate every 10 years. The state\u2019s license plates have been manufactured at a prison in North Florida for nearly a century before being distributed through county agencies. Dello Stritto\u2019s plate was mailed from the Broward County Property Tax Collector\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
CBS News Miami contacted the office regarding the issue. An office manager confirmed that Broward County will replace a plate deemed offensive for free at the Plantation office.<\/p>\n
Nancy Dello Stritto said she \u2018went ballistic\u2019 when she saw her new license plate. CBS News Miami | July 2026 <\/p>\n
For now, Dello Stritto plans to keep the plate, though she intends to notify the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles about it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m resigned to it; maybe it was destined for it to be on my car,\u201d she said, adding with a laugh, \u201cI can handle it; maybe I\u2019ll even get some honks.\u201d<\/p>\n