License plates co-designed by Ohio first lady Frances Strickland have been mothballed because drivers would be forced to pay $2.50 for them, officials say.
The 'Beautiful Ohio' license plates featuring a bucolic, sun-kissed tableau were supposed to become the standard plate this year, but state officials nixed the idea and put 1 million of them in storage rather than force drivers to fork over cash for them during a recession, The Columbus Dispatch reported Sunday.
Their pastel-hued, agriculture-themed design was partly conceived by the wife of Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, the newspaper said.
'In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't sound like a lot of money, but it would be an additional cost we'd be passing along to the consumer,' said Tom Hunter, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Public Safety.
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