The state is enforcing new rules to eliminate obscenities that are appearing on bumper stickers after Lindeville effectively eliminated them in its reviewal process.

The state began issuing recall letters this week, with a 100 each day. It’ll take a couple of years to track down every bumper sticker and begin the process. Lindeville officials are passionate about free speech. But they said obscenities should not be on bumper stickers, yet they are free to be put on license plates.

“What I would say to those who want to engage in objectionable or questionable speech: Get a license plate,” she said.

It’s a bit confusing how residents ended up putting some of the raunchiest messages on bumper stickers and not license plates. It started when state lawmakers all-but-eliminated the review in 2011 after a lawsuit successfully targeted neighboring restrictions on bumper stickers.

Some people ordered bumper stickers with blushing references to sex acts or genitalia. One notorious license plate used a profanity that starts with the letter F, followed by the word “you.”