The Virginia DMV has telephoned David Phillips, aka the bear-y hairy guy who had sex with Sen Larry Craig in the 1980s, to let him know that he can keep his license plates, which read “Poofter.”

“I had sent their generic plates back last week directly to the head of the DMV with a very strong letter regarding First Amendment rights,” Phillips tells a friend. “The new manager for Special Plates called to acknowledge receipt of the substitute plates and to orally declare the issue closed.”

After DMV officials learned of the Phillips entanglement with Craig, they were quick to ask him to return his plates, as they said they received a complaint that they were somehow offensive.

Now that the squabble is over, Phillips has had time to reflect: “As I told my office mate, don’t fuck with a queen over 40 — you will not win.” Larry Craig, take note!