As this entertaining portrait of his long-suffering wife, Emma, shows, he meant a license only for him; among his conquests were several women attached to the asylum where he worked.
But the investigation of what is known as the licenses-for-bribes scandal has dogged him since he took office two years ago, overshadowing, public opinion polls suggest, his accomplishments in the job, including becoming the first governor to impose a moratorium on the death penalty.
In one instance, the association suspended his license for 10 days, fined him $5,000 and required him to retake an industry exam.
Kent and Jill Easter were in their 30s, and wore their elite educations on their license plates: Stanford and UCLA Law School for him, Berkeley Law for her.
Who doubts this will enhance his popularity and give him license for permanent military vigilance against "radical Islam"?
In the letter he explained his religious creed and claimed that he was deprived of his preaching license "for causes unknown to him".
The judge who handled Smits' trial took away his license for three years, ordered him to maintain total sobriety and to submit to regular urine tests, among other punishments, the newspaper said.
In 1997, it revoked his license for 18 months and fined him $3 million for biting Evander Holyfield's ears.
"And frankly I am reluctant to give him a license for war when, with all due respect, I have little confidence he knows what he is doing".
