[Graybeard58]

but we went 16 years without new license plates being issued.

But it took the infamous George Ryan to raise the price of those plates from $45 to $78

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Graybeard58 wrote: (but we went 16 years without new license plates being issued.) But it took the infamous George Ryan to raise the price of those plates from $45 to $78

The $78 was just the the road tax.

If you wanted new plates you had to shell out an additional $22.