Tag: Hanging with Mayor Cooper

DUI: Nashville lawyer found drunk & disorderly in McDonald’s Drive-thru – blows .226

Jason Steen

50-year-old Nashville Lawyer Benjamin Ashley Hodges was found in a South Nashville drive-thru just after 2:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to police. He was reportedly in a Toyota Yaris, hanging out of the driver’s side window yelling at the vehicle behind him in line. He would eventually blow a .226 on a breath test.

In a move to appease neighborhoods, Mayor asks for 5mph speed reduction – at a cost.

Jason Steen

Next month, Nashville Mayor John Cooper will ask the traffic and parking commission, and then the Metro Council, to reduce the speed limit within neighborhoods from 30 to 25 mph. The cost of sign updates, community education, and related engineering improvements is 1.5 million. Is such a small change worth the cost?