sot - harry cohen "my thought is that it would be a good idea for any establishment that sells alcohol in tampa for on premise consumption to have posted our ordinance that informs peole that iif they are too inebriated to drive that they can leave their car without fear of being towed until 12 noon the next day." they've asked staff to present a plan to this ordinance has been in place since 2008 but clearly hasn't been working for you and now they seem to be taking action following our reports. in tampa, garin flowers 10 news wtsp. you can read our 10 news investigation into predatory towing on w t s p dot com. we also have tips on what to do if your car is towed and how to avoid it. another big development in an investigation that's been going on for nearly four years. one of the state's largest homebuilders, kb home, will have to pay tens of millions of dollars to settle problems with poorly-built homes. many of you have been waiting years to hear this! 10 investigates first broke news of the settlement on wtsp dot com thursday afternoon. and florida's attorney general has been wor

- allison, councilman harry cohen says this is all about making the criminal justice system more fair - and the legal department has already been working on an ordinance that would make this possible. over small amounts of weed...people caught with 20 grams or less would get a citation instead. - the fine would start at 75 dollars for the first offense...and go up to 450 for the fourth offense - and if you have more than four offenses or don't pay your ticket within 30 days...that's when things start going into the court system and onto your permanent record - it's something that other areas like st. pete, citrus county and miami-dade county have also looked at so that so many people aren't going to jail for what some say is a petty offense. this is a developing story that the city still has yet to make a decision on. so throughout the rest of the morning...i'll be looking at how this will impact the city...particularly underage users. live in tampa, emerald morrow, 10news wtsp. a reminder this morning that hackers can not only attack you..they can attack anyone. a los angeles hospita

harry cohen is one of the tampa councilmembers sounding off after seeing the 10investigates report. this south howard plaza, in the heart of the city's bar district, has been happy to take your money when you go out at night... then happy to have you towed if you chose not to drive home. their 274 tows last year were the most in the entire city. but the majority of them were illegal! and even more disturbing. for every one car towed out of the lot... dozens of others were driven, by bar- goers who might not have been sober. "we don't want people to drive drunk! and if you can prevent someone from getting behind the wheel because they'll basically have amnesty in terms of their car.that's a good guido maniscalco, the youngest member of city council, said he was frustrated watching our story. "can we get our car dropped please?" "yeah, it's $57.50." "you don't want a drunk driver on the road. you don't want somebody because out of fear of getting towed they figure 'i live close by and i haven't had too much to drink and i can make it home' and you're putting lives in-danger." cts towi

cohen for the updating of the definition >> thank you very much for your comments. if any other members of the public was to speak on item 1 fees, anna. >> good morning. i'm harry dorfman. on the superior court judge in san francisco. currently assigned to all of justice and i would be affected by this proposal, which am excited about and do urge you to approve. i would make some brief comments. it's about numbers. the impact to the city. the impact on us individually and what other counties have done. look at mr. jewish is a knowledge is analysis it appears to the city finance would be small and the total pension liability, the few judges who will cause an impact, works out to as i see it, three thousandths of a percent. the impact on us individually a few judges on the other hand would be significant in real terms because if he would ask is not passed, the state of the jr s system, will demand that a monthly pension contribution the double. i can say for me having worked for the city in many years i do not have any advantage of them, i work for the city over 26 years. the demand by the state would be significant. finally, other counties, many of the county's

cohen for the updating of the definition >> thank you very much for your comments. if any other members of the public was to speak on item 1 fees, anna. >> good morning. i'm harry dorfman. on the superior court judge in san francisco. currently assigned to all of justice and i would be affected by this proposal, which am excited about and do urge you to approve. i would make some brief comments. it's about numbers. the impact to the city. the impact on us individually and what other counties have done. look at mr. jewish is a knowledge is analysis it appears to the city finance would be small and the total pension liability, the few judges who will cause an impact, works out to as i see it, three thousandths of a percent. the impact on us individually a few judges on the other hand would be significant in real terms because if he would ask is not passed, the state of the jr s system, will demand that a monthly pension contribution the double. i can say for me having worked for the city in many years i do not have any advantage of them, i work for the city over 26 years. the demand by the state would be significant. finally, other counties, many of the county's