A proposal that would have allowed Baton Rouge drivers to take online driving courses to soften the blow of traffic tickets couldn't make it past the Metro Council on Wednesday.
The council couldn't muster enough votes to approve a contract with a company to provide the online courses, after a local competitor that also applied for the job complained he was passed over despite bringing the idea to the city-parish in the first place.
City-Parish attorney Mary Roper recommended Wednesday that the Metro Council pick Santa Monica, Calif.