Water again. 10news reporter Sarah Hollenbeck is at the county center. Sarah, this morning the commissions future will be debated. Yes mayor bob buckhorn has called the ptc a dinosaur that needs to be extinct. The county attorney has cut ties with the organization. And now the transportation committees future is up in the air. Several Hillsborough County leaders are questioning the integrity and character of the Public Transportation committee this morning. Theyre the organization that regulates taxi cabs, limos, ambulances and Ride Sharing Companies. Theyve been under fire recently because theyve tried to regulate uber and lyft so much that the organizations have threatened to leave tampa. Last year, a number of Tampa Bayarea lawmakers tried to get rid of the ptc, but failed to pass a bill. Town or be picked up from the airport, what will this mornings meeting mean for you and for those Ride Sharing Companies . Im getting to the bottom of that in 30 minutes. Ian. Two more weeks to go
Reporter absolutely all because of our 10 investigates emails we uncovered something. Its turns out that the executive director of the ptc, which is based inside of this building here at the county center was cracking down on these Ride Sharing Companies like lyft and uber but he may have been using taxicabs to actually help them out in this. Its just the latest and a lot of controversy involving the Public Transportation committee in hillsboro county and the Ride Sharing Companies uber an lyft who say that basically the ptc is forcing them out of business here in hillsboro county. Now, this is the same organization that the mayor has called a dinosaur that needs to be extinct and now the transportation committees future is up in the air. The Public Transportation committee regulates taxis, cabs, limos, ambulances and Ride Sharing Companies and this morning they are going to actually debate their own future right here at the county Center Starting at 9 00 a. M. A lot of people have loo
Florida is center stage in the race for the white house. This will be Donald Trumps Third Straight day as he battles for the 29 electoral votes. Reporter donald trump counted the diversity of his employees in florida tuesday morning. 80 of them are hispanics. Reporter this is his Third Straight day in the state and early underway. Reporter the polls are packed, no one knows how they are voting what they all seem to have trump hats and shirts. Reporter 57 of floridas voting is expected to come from early voting. Donald trump needs floridas 29th electoral votes, but to get there he needs to win back republican holdouts. Republicans that are largely women and suburbia in women. Reporter Hillary Clinton is calling for civility. We have to get back to listening respect lee. We can disagree without being disagreeable. Reporter Elizabeth Warren attacks him in new york on monday. He thinks that just because he have a mouth filled with tick tax he can force himself on anyone within groping dist
Equipment installed on their property to generate electricity for their own use, state and local governments shall retain their abilities to protect consumer rights. All right. All right. This is what a lot of people are dealing with. How are voters supposed to read between the lines . I dont even know what was said just then. Youre not alone. Its hard to figure out if a yes vote really means yes or if it means no. It can be so confusing. Thats why this is tonights big story. Were getting to the bottom of who writes the amendments and why they have to be so dang confusing. Phil buck isnt just getting to the bottom of it, hes also looking for a solution. Leeked audio this month revealed that the wording of floridas amendment was purposefully meant to deceive voters in the ballot booth. And its not the first time the people writing what goes on the ballot have tried to pull a stunt like this. Its nothing new. Dr. Susan mcmanis is a professor of political science. Many think the language
A lot of us are hesitant to go through Airport Security with a bottle of water. Let alone a gun. Fox 13s Shayla Reaves joins us now from Tampa International airport. Where they say a lot of people are bringing their jen dbx thanks shayla. An apartment complex in st. Pete caught fire overnight. Injuring one person. Firefighters were called out to the scene along 24th street south around 8 pm. They were able to put the fire out within an hour. Officials are still investigating what may have sparked the fire. A multicounty crime spree here in the bay area. May have just been shut down video from Charlotte County shows 4 men in halloween masks. Trying to break into a cellphone store sunday morning. They werent successful. But about an hourandahalf later. Police believe these same hooded men targeted a puma store in the ellenton outlets. Thousands of dollars in merchandise. Witnesses say their getaway cars included an audi suv and a porsche s uv which were stolen from sarasota. But yesterda