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his car dealer friend. If it's the one on the plate..... He started his business in my town. It got bigger and lets just say his reputation got worse. They ran him out of the county about 4 years ago.
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Small world guys...
Went back & looked at the license plate: "Jim May".
When I was a kid, the name of the police chief in my hometown (50 mi N of DirtDog) was also Jim May. As I remember the story, he supposedly got caught w/ his hands in the parking meter money.
Lost his job and left town as a result. That would've been back in the mid-70's. Hmmmm... coincidence?