At first I didn't link to it, but then I thought that it might be better if people could see what I was talking about.
I thought that sending him a link to my site with a threat to spread it around as much as possible might inspire him to make things right, but since it didn't, I'm going to take the crappy plates to DMV next month when I renew my license and explain how he is proudly touting them as "DMV approved" and "street legal".