in indiana the same things happen, the mayor gets # 1 and the rest of the muckymucks scramble to get lower numbers. our plates start with the number for the county 27 for mine plus numbers then after the number comes a letter a thru z some people go to the smaller towns to get lower numbers like 27x 1. popcorns numbers is 85 and a letter then the numbers. silly but no more silly than personalized plates, i have two. cost me 48.00 a year each and i have to get them in jan instead of oct. but i think i make a statement but maybe not. ron