Yep.
Posted on 06/10/2006 12:12:03 PM PDT by SmithL
CHATTANOOGA- A Hamilton County General Sessions Court judicial candidate has been charged with speeding and having an open beer container in his vehicle, officials say.
Attorney Hank Hill was driving 45 mph in a 30 mph zone and had an open 24-ounce, partially empty can of beer in a rented truck he was driving, according to Signal Mountain police.
Hill, who is running for the seat occupied by retiring Judge Richard Holcomb, was stopped Wednesday around 7 p.m. after a radar indicated he was speeding, according to a police report.
Hill told the officer there was alcohol in the vehicle when asked if there was. Hill said the officer would not have known about the beer if he hadn't volunteered the information.
"I don't like police officers lying to me, so I'm not going to lie to them," Hill told the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
"I was in no way impaired," he said. "I don't contest that I was speeding, but I do contest that the open container was accessible to me."
Hill said he made a mistake but doesn't think it will hurt his chances of being elected. He is scheduled to appear on July 18 in Signal Mountain City Court.
Yep.
FWIW, this Hank Hill is representing Hamilton County Commissioner William Cotton, who was caught up in the Tennessee Waltz.
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