Driving Privilege Card

The D-News ran a revealing story about the recent legislative changes to eligibility for a drivers license or driving privilege card. Apparently for a new angle, the article states that the legislation also affects Canadians. Seeing how it equally affects everyone here without a social security card who wants to drive, that would make sense. A little more research might reveal it also affects Germans, Japanese, and the British. The article asks, "What happens when [Larry McCulloch's wife from Manitoba who didn't want to give her name] drives across state lines and into Canada for a visit?" Bracing myself for some unintended consequence that the reporters discovered, I read on to discover that the answer is, well, nothing. Somehow, though, the unnamed wife of Larry McCulloch from Manitoba, who will not be affected by this legislation on her yearly trips to Canada, "is being punished because she is Canadian." The article even contains outrage quotes: "It bothers me," [Larry] McCulloch [from Manitoba] said. "Unbelievable." But the article never cites a reason for the outrage.

This legislation is significant and has attracted a lot of attention. I've had calls and conversations about it with employers, illegal aliens, government officials and many constituents. But this article leaves me with the distinct impression that the media might be poking just to poke.