. >> reporter: opponents of this measure, though, believe voters are being held hostage here, strongarmed, if you will, into paying the parcel tax. but the- -- but the chief says the department has cut efwhere it can and he says the failure of measure q would also force firefighters to stop responding to low priority calls. >> some incidents we won't be able to respond to at all, as an example, some low priority medical calls. and we'll try to minimize the impact, low priority medical calls, service calls, broken pipes. those type of things. >> reporter: they adopted a framework, a backup plan of sorts, if the tax measure does fall short in november. the chief said it's still not been decided at this point which fire station would be closed in the county if it comes to that. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alex. >>> it was three years ago today, that the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in richmond shocked the yarr and -- bay area and the nation. manillea ortega was described as the -- manuala ortega was describes as the ringleader. he was sentenced to 32 years in prison.

this wealthy boss could be in big trouble for strongarming his employees. his name's robert murray.ns murray energy in ohio. he's the one who forced miners to attend this romney rally without pay. ohio democrats, they want an investigation. now the federal elections commission is giving murray 15 days to respond to allegations he strong armed his employees to make campaign contributions. murray says re-electing the president will destroy his employees. he's got a conspiracy theory, which actually made a fox news anchor laugh. >> it's a human issue to me, because it's the lives and livelihoods of my employees, neil, that he is destroying. the next thing you're going to have obama doing is asking for legislation to pay people's electric bills. >> murray's not the only boss trying to put a thumb on the election scale. time share billionaire david siegel is now explaining his pressure tactics to cnbc. siegel's the guy building the biggest mansion in america. he sent an e-mail telling employees he'd lose his motivation to work if the president's re-elected. he's threatening to retire and