Feb. 26 (UPI) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul stepped in to help a Long Island grandfather win his battle over a customized license plate reading “PB4WEGO.”<\/p>\n
Seth Bykofsky shared a photo of a letter<\/a> he received from the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles in January telling him his “PB4WEGO” plate — which he admits stands for “pee before we go” — had been found to be in violation of the department’s regulations.\n<\/p>\n The DMV’s rules prohibit vanity plates bearing messages that could be construed as “derogatory, contemptuous, degrading, disrespectful or inflammatory.”<\/p>\n Bykofsky argued his plate did not qualify.<\/p>\n “Derogatory? Contemptuous? Degrading? Disrespectful? In all my years as a parent and now, grandparent, the worst I’ve gotten has been a gentle roll of the eyes from my kids and grandkids,” he wrote on social media.<\/p>\n Bykofsky joked he was<\/a> going to run for governor as an independent.<\/p>\n “My campaign pledge, quite simply, is ‘A P On Every Plate.’ Knowing that if the State can come for my license plate, they can come for yours,” he wrote.<\/p>\n The controversy gained attention online, eventually reaching the current governor.<\/p>\n