some local headlines

[acroyear]

Airport board raises rates for Dulles Toll Road - washingtonpost.com

Frustrations of married women trying to get IDs at DMV - washingtonpost.com:

It took Earley four visits to the Fairfax/Westfields DMV office to get an ID card. All because her birth certificate didn't have her current name on it and that, according to new state and federal laws, means it doesn't prove that she is a U.S. citizen.

For women in particular, the passage of the Real ID law, which created standardized, federal identification standards in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, has made the process of documenting who they are far more complicated, frustrating and unreasonable.

My wife carries her marriage license (well, a notorized copy) with her every time we leave the country, just in case someone gripes about name A != name B on any of the other documents she has.

Comments

Thought that was standard

[ginger-rose.livejournal.com]

Having been one of those "married women," I've always known bringing any legal documentation that demonstrates your identity (or how it's changed over time) is standard -- its not unreasonable, it's common sense. It's more detailed now, but um, yeah that makes sense too.

It's annoying when the media champions the cause of people unwilling to be responsible for themselves. This really isn't an agency problem (though their attitude obviously is). I was updating and maintaining my identity documentation way before 9-11 and Identity theft. It's just common sense. I don't care if you're an old lady or a ministers wife -- there are tons of ways to prove (and steal) ones identity. I'm sure they'd be the first to whine when their identity is stolen and they feel some agency should have been stricter in enforcement then.

(and sorry, elderly and religious somehow carrying the guise of innocent and non-suspect? Try living in Florida for a while, and you'll find quite a few silver haired and silver tongued con artists...) ;) oy ve!

[queenmaggie.livejournal.com]

That's one of the reasons I didn't want to change my name.