charles rathbone, andfá jim gillespie. >> allow me to say thank you to your staff for incorporating in item many suggestions that we made during the taxi town hall meetings. those hours were long but there were well spent and much appreciated, particularly the chains that director reiskin just made. we have one other concern and that is with the scheduled fiennes. on the second page to the bottom, the fine is $670 -- $617 to accepting gifts from drivers. we believe this is too broadly worded. it makes a cab company liable for frusen transactions that may occur between individuals that we may not even be aware of and that we're not party to. to illustrate the problem, consider what happened at the luxor cab office. one of our long time drivers brought in a beautiful chocolate cake to celebrate one of our staff members' birthday. there was no solicitation of the cake, there was no quid pro quo and about a dozen people enjoyed pieces of the cake. under this section would be liable for over $600 in fines for not producing this person pose the greatest gesture. i would ask that that particu

yellow cab -- jim gillespie from yellow cab. it is time medallion holders put their medallion with their mouth is. director nolan: thank you. >> [reading names] our last speaker. director nolan: good. >> there just is so much to talk about. this amendment is a 30-page document. it is pretty much impossible for us to have gone through this 30- page document and come up with any solution. i think you should reject this plan right now and have some town hall meetings where malcolm heinicke and director reiskin show up at the town hall meetings and listened to what the drivers are

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yellow cab -- jim gillespie from yellow cab.e it is time medallion holders put their medallion with their mouth is. director nolan: thank you. >> [reading names] our last speaker. director nolan: good. >> there just is so much to talk about. this amendment is a 30-page document. it is pretty much impossible for us to have gone through this 30- page document and come up with any solution. i think you should reject this plan right now and have some town hall meetings where malcolm heinicke and director reiskin show up at the town hall meetings and listened to what the drivers are saying and their concerns. all the other plans we have discussed have included half the medallions at least going to those drivers on the list to have changed their lives. we've had no other choice. for the last 32 years, there was no other option. they have made these career choices, and you are just throwing them under the bus. as far as being assets to the city, that originated from prop. k which says taxicab permits are the property of the people and

jim acosta reporting for us. we'll be speaking with ed gillespie later this hour. >>> other important political news, judge's ruling in the battleground state of pennsylvania could affect the outcome of the presidential race. he rejected a challenge to a controversial voter id law. our crime and justice correspondent, joe johns, has been looking into this story for us. a lot of viewers aren't familiar with what's going on. so update us on the latest developments. >> that's true, wolf. it's making headlines in pennsylvania today, but it's also something to keep your eye on across the country as we get closer to election day. legislatures in key swing states like pennsylvania have been tweaking the voter laws. now we're seeing more and more pushback in the courts as voters start asking why. emotional battle over voting rights this election year. more than a dozen states have passed new voting rights laws including the one in the swing state of pennsylvania, which is requiring people to show photo id in order to vote. opponents went to court to try to block the law saying it could disenfranchise up to 100,000 people,