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CHARLESTON, W.Va., Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The mayor of Charleston, W.Va., used a photo in a magazine as a form of identification when a California airport would not accept his expired driver's license.
Mayor Danny Jones said his expired license was enough to board a plane at Yeager Airport, but officials at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, would not accept the document as valid ID, the Charleston Daily Mail reported Tuesday.
"They said they weren't going to accept it," Jones said. "They stopped me right in line and brought over a superior to look through my bags."
Jones said he spoke to authorities for about 30 minutes before he remembered that he was carrying a copy of Charleston Magazine, a publication aimed at promoting tourism in the city.
The magazine contained a picture of Jones accompanying an article he authored.
"The picture is what did it," Jones said. "They knew then that I was the mayor of Charleston, West Virginia."
Jones said he immediately obtained a new driver's license when he returned home.
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