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California Republican vows to abolish state DMV if elected governor

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Steve Hilton calls department of motor vehicles a ‘bloated bureaucracy’ as he seeks to boost his longshot campaign The longshot California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton pledged this week to abolish the state’s department of motor vehicles if he is elected, promising to shutter the oft-criticized department for good and set a flat $73 annual registration fee per car. Hilton, a Trump-backed former conservative pundit running in reliably blue California, called the state’s DMV a “bloated bureaucracy”, during a Tuesday campaign event, echoing the Trump administration’s efforts to slash the federal workforce. Continue reading...

First report: Hilton proposes eliminating DMV, slashing vehicle registration fee if elected governor — latimes.com, 5d