UA grad Josh Miller now has state approval to poke fun at rival ASU on his personalized license plate.
That means the 1999 graduate of the University of Arizona can keep his alumni license plate that reads: LOLASU.
In an email Wednesday, the state Department of Motor Vehicle said it had reversed an earlier decision to rescind the plate Miller has had since 2012.
The trouble started in October, when Miller received a letter from the Arizona Department of Motor Vehicles telling him a complaint had been filed about the plate.
The letter gave no details.
Miller lost two appeals and took to social media to help save his plate.
"I’m a Phoenix native, but obviously a big UA supporter and member of the alumni association," said Miller, a financial advisor in Phoenix.
Miller said he was stumped on the state's reasoning for trying to stifle his expression of Wildcat Pride.
"It makes no sense to me. There’s no vulgarity, no obscene language, no sexual references," Miller said before the state's reversal. "There’s no reason any reasonable person could take offense."
LOL is shorthand for laugh out loud.
Miller said many of the ASU grads he works with find his plate funny.
"It’s created a lot of feedback, and I’ve never had anyone say they’re offended by it," he said.
He was to surrender the plate by Feb. 16.
Instead the state said Wednesday he can keep it.
In fact, the MVD director says the complaint and appeal process is being reviewed, the agency said in an email.
