Orlando nightlife industry pitches surcharge to fund downtown public safety costs
Downtown business owners pitched Orlando on a surcharge to pay for public safety downtown.
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Downtown business owners pitched Orlando on a surcharge to pay for public safety downtown.
The proposals include creating a permit for downtown Orlando businesses that want to serve liquor after midnight.
The proposals come amid a review of late-night activity in downtown Orlando where numerous shootings and fights have taken place recently.
Two teens Orlando police said opened fire in a parking lot during a Jones High School football playoff game Nov. 12 were arrested.
Orlando police Chief Eric Smith said there are at least 10 people of interest, who appear in video released publicly from a nearby ATM.