00:00:01>> SUPPORT FOR THE STATE OF
OHIO, FROM LAW OFFICES OF PORTER
00:00:19WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR LLP.
ON THE WEB AT PORTERWRIGHT.COM.
00:00:29AND THE OHIO HIGHER EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION, WORKING FOR GREAT
00:00:38PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR EVERY CHILD.
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS MADE
00:00:42POSSIBLE BY ETECH OHIO.
>> LAWMAKERS DEBATE WHETHER TO
00:00:51REPEAL AN ELECTION REFORM LAW OR
LET THE VOTERS DECIDE.
00:00:54A PANEL TAKES A PRELIMINARY
VOTED 2 DELAY DOZENS OF MAJOR
00:01:00ROAD PROJECTS.
CRITICS CONTEND THE AGENCY IS
00:01:04DRIVING THE STATE TO A DEAL.
THE BIGGEST PLANT EVENTS OF THE
00:01:09YEAR WILL BE UNUSUAL.
-- PLANNED EVENTS OF THE YEAR
00:01:16WILL BE UNUSUAL.
ALL THIS WEEK ON "THE STATE OF
00:01:18OHIO."
EARLY VOTING FOR THE MARCH SIXTH
00:01:25PRIMARY IS UNDERWAY.
IT RUNS THROUGH MARCH 2.
00:01:28VOTERS CAN CAST BALLOTS BY MAIL
OR IN PERSON.
00:01:35ALL FOUR OF THE REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES FOR REPUBLICANS ARE
00:01:39ON -- OR REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS
ARE STILL ON THE BALLOT.
00:01:49BOTH BRIDE -- BOTH PARTIES HAVE
-- THERE ARE 280 TAX ISSUES
00:02:01STATEWIDE.
AN ELECTION RELATED LAW IS
00:02:06HEADED FOR THE FALL BALLOT.
IT WAS A BIG TOPIC OF THE
00:02:12ELECTION.
-- TOPIC OF DISCUSSION.
00:02:15IT WAS WHAT HAD BEEN SAID ABOUT
THE BALLOT ISSUE TO TAKE BACK
00:02:20HOUSE BILL 194 THAT HAD ELECTED
OFFICIALS FROM BOTH SIDES
00:02:23TALKING.
SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN HUSTON
00:02:27TOLD THE WINTER CONFERENCE OF
THE WINTER -- OHIO CONFERENCE OF
00:02:34ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT HE WOULD
REPLACE HB 194.
00:02:39HE WANTS THE LEGISLATURE TO
START OVER AFTER THE 2012
00:02:45ELECTION.
THE EFFECTIVE DATE SHOULD BE
00:02:48POST-2012'S GENERAL ELECTION.
A 2012 RENDELL WILL CONFUSE
00:02:56VOTERS ABOUT THE RULES.
-- A 2012 REFERENDUM WILL
00:03:03CONFUSE VOTERS ABOUT THE RULES.
AT THE AP PANEL, THE CONCERN WAS
00:03:10RAISED THAT APPEALING ELECTION
REFORM LAW AS IT WAITS TO GO
00:03:15BEFORE VOTERS MIGHT NOT BE
CONSTITUTIONAL.
00:03:17>> I HAVE NOT TALKED TO THE
SECRETARY OF STATE ABOUT THIS
00:03:22CONCEPT HE HAS.
I AM NOT SURE WHAT HE IS
00:03:25INDICATING.
I GUESS HE WOULD UNDERTAKE TO
00:03:30FOLLOW A NEW PATH, WHICH MAY OR
MAY NOT BE CONSTITUTIONAL.
00:03:35WE HAVE NOT HAD A PRIOR CASE
TESTING WHETHER YOU CAN REPEALS
00:03:39SOMETHING THAT IS IN A
REFERENDUM.
00:03:43>> THE NEWLY INSTALLED SENATE
MINORITY LEADER, WHO OPPOSE THE
00:03:51LAW, AGREES WITH THE SPEAKER.
>> THE LEGISLATURE ACTED.
00:03:55ITHE PEOPLE SPOKE AND WE
COLLECTED 400,000 SIGNATURES, I
00:04:04BELIEVE.
THE PROCESS IS IN PLACE.
00:04:09I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT
FOR A SECRETARY -- FOR THE
00:04:14SECRETARY.
I HAD A CHANCE TO KNOW HIM A
00:04:16LITTLE BIT WHEN HE SERVED IN THE
SENATE.
00:04:19I COMPLIMENT HIM ON SPEAKING --
THINKING BROADLY AND
00:04:22DIFFERENTLY.
PERHAPS IT WOULD BE
00:04:26UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR US TO
WITHDRAW THE BILL OR WHATEVER
00:04:33THE PROPER TERMINOLOGY IS FOR
IT.
00:04:35THE PROCESS IS IN PLACE AND THE
PEOPLE HAVE TO DECIDE HOW THEY
00:04:41WANT TO VOTE.
>> AN OUTSPOKEN CRITIC OF THE
00:04:45LAW BACKS THE IDEA.
>> I WOULD SUPPORT SECRETARY
00:04:53HOUSTON'S RECOGNITION THAT HOUSE
BILL 194 IS TERRIBLY FLAWED.
00:04:58WE MADE THOSE POINTS ON THE
FLOOR, BUT WERE IGNORED.
00:05:02THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR REDUCING
THE EARLY VOTING OPPORTUNITIES.
00:05:10THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR ALLOWING
A COUNTY TO SEND OUT ABSENTEE
00:05:16BALLOT APPLICATIONS IF THEY
CHOOSE TO DO THAT EXCEPT TO
00:05:19CREATE LONG LINES IN URBAN
AREAS AND TO SUPPRESS VOTES,
00:05:25WHICH I BELIEVE WAS CLEARLY THE
INTENT OF THE BILL.
00:05:27>> THE REPUBLICAN SENATE
PRESIDENT SHOWED ANGER IN
00:05:36REACTION TO THE SUGGESTION.
>> I WAS DISMAYED TO READ A
00:05:43PRESS RELEASE THAT SAID THE
SECRETARY WAS CALLING FOR A
00:05:46REVERSAL OF HOUSE BILL 194 WHEN
WE HAD BEEN IN CONSTANT
00:05:50COMMUNICATION WITH THEM TO TRY
TO WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO
00:05:53DETERMINE WHAT THE RIGHT COURSE
OF ACTION WAS.
00:05:56THEY CHOSE NOT TO RESPOND TO US.
>> DOES THAT GIVE YOU ANY
00:06:03INDICATION ON THE BEST WAY TO
MOVED FORWARD ON THIS?
00:06:06IS THERE STILL SOME QUESTION ON
WHETHER YOU CAN DO THIS
00:06:11CONSTITUTIONALLY?
>> JUST BECAUSE THE SECRETARY OF
00:06:16STATE CALLED FOR IT DOES NOT
MEAN WE WILL JUMP INTO IT.
00:06:21I WOULD BE INTERESTING IN SEEING
HIS RESEARCH SINCE HE HAS NOT
00:06:27SEEN FIT TO SHARE IT WITH US AT
THIS POINT.
00:06:29I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT HE HAS
DISCOVERED THAT HAS LED HIM TO
00:06:32THAT CONCLUSION.
>> THE SECRETARY OF STATE
00:06:37DEFENDED HIS CALL FOR REPEAL.
HE SAYS HE WANTS MORE CLARITY
00:06:41FOR VOTERS AND ELECTION
OFFICIALS SO THERE WOULD BE LESS
00:06:44DRAMA.
LAWMAKERS SHOULD CONSIDER
00:06:49REPEALING THE LAW.
>> IT MIGHT BE BEST TO REPEAL
00:06:53THE LAW, CLEARED THE DECKS, AND
WORK ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS TO
00:06:59SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS SO WE CAN
HAVE LESS DRAMA AND MORE
00:07:02STABILITY IN OUR ELECTIONS
PROCESS.
00:07:05I SHARE THAT WITH THE ELECTIONS
OFFICIALS.
00:07:08I LET THEM KNOW I WOULD NOT BE
ADVOCATING FOR ANY CHANGES TO
00:07:15AFFECT THE 2012 ELECTIONS SO
THEY COULD BE CLEARED.
00:07:16LOOK AT WHAT THEY JUST GOT FROM
THE LEGISLATURE.
00:07:21THEY NEVER KNEW WHAT THE PRIMARY
WAS GOING TO BE.
00:07:24THEY GOT ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT
THE 11TH-HOUR AND DID CAUSE
00:07:29CONFUSION FOR THEM.
I WANTED TO TRY TO REASSURE THEM
00:07:33THAT THEIR LEADERS -- AT LEAST
THE PERSON THAT LEADS ELECTIONS
00:07:38-- IS WORKING WITH THE
LEGISLATURE TO TRY TO CREATE
00:07:41STABILITY IN THAT PROCESS.
THAT WAS THE CONTEXT OF THE
00:07:46CONVERSATION.
THAT IS THE GOAL.
00:07:48IT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT
EVERY TIME WE PUT A BALLOT ISSUE
00:07:53ON, IT COST $1 MILLION TO DO
THAT.
00:07:55THAT IS ANOTHER EXPENSE THAT DID
NOT SEEM LIKE WE NEEDED IT IF WE
00:08:03ARE GOING TO WORK THROUGH THESE
THINGS MORE COLLABORATIVELY.
00:08:05>> HOUSTON ALSO SAID HE HAD
TALKED WITH A NUMBER OF
00:08:10LEGISLATURES.
WHAT IS ARGUABLY ONE OF THE
00:08:15BIGGEST EVENTS OF THE YEAR IS
LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY.
00:08:18THE GOVERNOR'S STATES OF THE
STATE ADDRESS WILL NOT BE HELD
00:08:22HERE AT THE STATE HOUSE, BUT 150
MILES AWAY ON THE OHIO RIVER AND
00:08:28THE WEST VIRGINIA BORDER.
THE TWO WEEKS AGO, LAWMAKERS
00:08:32APPROVED RESOLUTIONS TO MOVE
THEIR JOINT EVENT.
00:08:38THERE WAS SOME DEBATE BETWEEN
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS.
00:08:42IT WAS NOTED DURING THE AP
SESSION.
00:08:45>> I APPRECIATE IT DID REPORT
THAT IT REPRESENTED GAVE ME.
00:08:50IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT
HAPPENS IN A HOUSE.
00:09:00THE HOUSE IS A SPONTANEOUS
PLACE.
00:09:01IT WAS INTERESTING.
I AM ASSURED THE GOVERNOR WILL
00:09:07BE PLEASED WHEN WE SHOW UP IN
STEUBENVILLE.
00:09:08>> THE GOVERNOR HE IS REFERRING
TO IS JAMES COX.
00:09:15HE GAVE THE FIRST STATE OF THE
STATE ADDRESS.
00:09:20PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF THE STATE
OF THE STATE HAD BEEN DELIVERED
00:09:25TO THE LEGISLATURE IN WRITING.
BACK TO THIS YEAR'S SPEECH IN
00:09:29STEUBENVILLE.
IT IS A PART OF THE STATE IN THE
00:09:34HEARTS OF OIL AND NATURAL-GAS
EXPLORATION BOMBS.
00:09:37IT DOES ONE OF THE-- AND
NATURAL-GAS EXPLORATION -- AND
00:09:48NATURAL GAS EXPLORATION BOOMS.
WE HAVE THE HEAD OF THE
00:09:54GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF APPALACHIA.
WE NEVER KNOW WHAT THE GOVERNOR
00:09:58IS GOING TO SAY IN HIS SPEECH.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SPEECH AND
00:10:02ITS SETTING.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT THE
00:10:05SPEECHES BEING BROUGHT TO
STEUBENVILLE AS OPPOSED TO BEING
00:10:07DONE HERE.
WHAT YOU THINK THAT MEANS FOR
00:10:10APPALACHIAN?
>> IT IS A -- WHAT YOU THINK IT
00:10:15MEANS FOR THE PEOPLE OF
APPALACHIA?
00:10:17>> IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY.
I KNOW GOVERNOR KASICH HAS BEEN
00:10:23IT DID THAT REGION -- HAS
VISITED THAT REGION.
00:10:29HE KNOWS THAT AREA.
HE KNOWS THE ROLLING HILLS AND
00:10:34THE RIVER VALLEY AREA.
IT IS THE BUZZ THROUGHOUT
00:10:42THE COMMUNITY.
WHO IS COMING?
00:10:44HOW IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN.
?
00:10:47>> ONE THING WE HAVE BEEN TOLD
ABOUT THE SPEECH IS THAT IT
00:10:53WILL BEHOLD -- HELD AT THE
HIGHEST PERFORMING ELEMENTARY
00:10:56SCHOOL IN OHIO.
SOME PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED TO
00:11:00HEAR THAT THE HIGHEST
PERFORMING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS
00:11:04IN APPALACHIA.
>> WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT THE
00:11:09GOVERNOR WANTS TO COME TO
APPALACHIAN OHIO AND RECOGNIZE
00:11:13THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE STUDENTS
AND THEIR PARENTS.
00:11:15IT IS GOING TO BE A TERRIFIC
OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE DEATH AS
00:11:20A COUNTY AND THE CITY OF
STEUBENVILLE.
00:11:22WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY.
00:11:27>> DO YOU EXPECT TO HEAR
ANYTHING IN THE SPEECH THAT WILL
00:11:32RELATE TO YOUR REGION?
>> I EXPECT WE WILL CERTAINLY
00:11:38TALK ABOUT OIL AND GAS
OPPORTUNITIES.
00:11:41THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES HAPPEN
WITH REGARD TO THE SHALE
00:11:48PLAY.
THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES TO AN
00:11:53ECONOMY IN AN AREA THAT HAS BEEN
HARD HIT FOR A GENERATION.
00:11:58THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD IN
THAT PART OF OHIO.
00:12:01I AM ASSURED THE GOVERNOR WILL
TOUCH ON OTHER THINGS IMPORTANT
00:12:06TO OHIO.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE
00:12:13OIL AND NATURAL GAS EXPLORATION
BOOM.
00:12:17BIG MONEY HAS ALREADY BEEN
EXCHANGED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
00:12:20DRILL ON THIS LAND.
SOME PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
00:12:24THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF
FRACKING.
00:12:27SOME PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED THESE
JOBS WILL NOT GO TO PEOPLE IN
00:12:32OHIO AND WILL GO TO PEOPLE OUT
OF STATE.
00:12:34HOW IS THIS BOOM PLAYING IN
STEUBENVILLE AND APPALACHIAN
00:12:40OHIO?
>> THEY SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES IN
00:12:45FRONT OF THEM.
WHEN I WORKED FOR THE GOVERNOR'S
00:12:48OFFICE, PART OF MY
RESPONSIBILITY WAS TO TALK
00:12:52ABOUT THE LOCAL IMPACT AND TO
SHARE THAT WITH THE OTHER
00:12:54LEADERS IN OHIO.
YESTERDAY, I TALKED TO CHAMBERS
00:13:00OF CONGRESS -- CHAMBERS OF
COMMERCE TO HEAR WHAT PEOPLE
00:13:03WERE SAYING.
WITH MY EXPERIENCE AS A STATE
00:13:06SENATOR, THAT IS WHAT I DID, TO
LISTEN TO WHAT THE PEOPLE OF
00:13:11OHIO WERE SAYING.
I AM CAN TELL YOU THEY ARE
00:13:16EXCITED.
THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE
00:13:18EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
WHETHER IT IS NYSU PEOPLE ARE
00:13:28LEARNING SKILLED TRADES FOR AN
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN THIS
00:13:32INDUSTRY.
I HAVE LIVED THERE AND BEEN A
00:13:36PROFESSIONAL.
PEOPLE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A
00:13:39LIVING AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR
FAMILIES AND EDUCATE THEIR
00:13:41CHILDREN.
YOU ARE SEEING IS REAL.
00:13:44IF YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE
ROAD AND SEE A TRUCK THAT HAS
00:13:47SOME INSIGNIA ON IT, YOU SEE
THAT ACTIVITY IS HAPPENING IN
00:13:51THERE IS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
>> THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT
00:13:58HEALTH PROBLEMS AND
CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER.
00:14:00YOU ARE CERTAINLY HEARING THAT.
>> WE HAVE HEARD IT.
00:14:07I WAS INVOLVED WITH SENATE BILL
165 AND HOSTED MEETINGS ON THIS
00:14:14ISSUE.
PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS AND THEY
00:14:16ARE READING WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
OTHER STATES AND REGIONS.
00:14:19IF THEY WANT TO BE EDUCATED.
PART OF WHAT YOU WILL SEE ON
00:14:24TUESDAY IS THE GOVERNOR'S
CABINET AND DIRECTORS AND GOING
00:14:28OUT INTO EASTERN OHIO.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE THE DESPAIR
00:14:33ARE OCCURRING.
THEY WANT TO HEAR AND LISTEN IN
00:14:35TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON IN
REGIONAL OHIO.
00:14:38AT THE SAME TIME, GET THE
FEEDBACK FROM THE BUSINESSES AND
00:14:43COMMUNITIES SO THAT THEY WILL BE
BETTER EDUCATED THEMSELVES.
00:14:46IT IS A BACK AND FORTH
CONVERSATION.
00:14:49HAVING THE STATE OF THE STATE
AND SEVEN CASES OUT THERE, IT
00:14:54WILL BE A GREAT EXCHANGE FOR
INFORMATION.
00:14:57SENATE BILL 165 WAS A BIPARTISAN
BILL.
00:15:05I WAS THE LEAD CO-SPONSOR.
IT WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.
00:15:10IT WAS RULES AND REGULATIONS TO
OIL AND GAS DRILLING IN THE
00:15:15STATE OF OHIO.
IT GAVE US THE MOST UP-TO-DATE
00:15:19RULE IN THE COUNTRY.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I EXPECT
00:15:24THERE WILL BE SOME
MODIFICATIONS AND SOME POTENTIAL
00:15:28LEGISLATIVE CHANGES.
SOME OF THOSE IDEAS CAME OUT OF
00:15:31A TOWN HALL MEETING WE HAD IN
YOUNGSTOWN ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
00:15:34THE DRILLING ISSUE, A BIG
INJECTION WELL ISSUE, THE
00:15:41INDUSTRY IN GENERAL.
IT IS THERE TO BE MODIFIED WHEN
00:15:45IT NEEDS TO BE.
THE GOAL OF THE LEGISLATION WAS
00:15:48TO MAKE OHIO ATTRACTIVE TO THE
INDUSTRY, BUT PUT THESE
00:15:54SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE AND THE
TECHNOLOGY AND THE RULES OF
00:15:57REGULATION SO THAT THE PUBLIC
AND THE EMPOWERMENT WILL BE
00:16:02PROTECTED.
>> DO YOU THINK PEOPLE IN THE
00:16:08AREA ARE BEING REASSURED IN
TERMS OF REGULATIONS COMING IN
00:16:12ON THE INDUSTRY?
>> FROM WHAT HAVE HEARD -- I
00:16:18HAVE HEARD IN TOWN HALL
MEETINGS, PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED
00:16:21AND CONCERNED.
THE ACTIONS THAT TOOK PLACE
00:16:24FROM GOVERNOR KASICH AND THE
DIRECTOR WAS DECISIVE.
00:16:27IT WAS BASED ON THE INFORMATION
AND THE SCIENCE.
00:16:31A LOT OF THEM FORMATION
EDUCATION HAS BEEN DONE SINCE
00:16:35THEN.
THE CLOSURE OF THAT SINGLE WELL
00:16:40AND THE FIVE MILE CIRCLE AROUND
THEM HAS BEEN DECISIVE.
00:16:43IT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE TO THIS
POINT.
00:16:46EVERYONE KNOWS WE CAN CONTINUE
WITHOUT ANY MORE INCIDENTS.
00:16:49>> YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT AND YOUR
FATHER WAS A DEMOCRATIC
00:16:55CONGRESSMAN.
YOU ARE WORKING IN A REPUBLICAN
00:16:58ADMINISTRATION.
WHAT IS THAT LIKE?
00:16:59>> THE SOY HONORED TO BE CHOSEN
BY GOVERNOR CASEY TO SERVE AS
00:17:06THE -- I AM HONORED TO BE CHOSEN
BY GOVERNOR KASICH AS THE
00:17:13DIRECTOR.
MY JOB IS NOT ABOUT WHICH PARTY,
00:17:15BUT ABOUT GETTING THE VOICE OF
MY COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
00:17:19REPRESENTED AS A SENATOR.
THE VOICES OF ALL OF APPALACHIAN
00:17:24REPRESENTED HERE IN COLUMBUS,
OHIO SO THAT I GUESS DID -- SIT
00:17:28AT THE TABLE WITH WORLD LEADERS.
WHETHER IT IS AN ENTITY LIKE OIL
00:17:35AND GAS OUR PRODUCTS ARE
MANUFACTURING, FROM THE
00:17:42APPALACHIAN PERSPECTIVE, WE GET
DOWN ON JOB CREATION.
00:17:44WE WANT OHIO TO HAVE GOOD AND
PRODUCTIVE JOBS AND WE CAN DO
00:17:50THAT BY CREATING JOB
OPPORTUNITIES.
00:17:53THE GOVERNOR HAS ASKED ME TO BE
A LEADER AND A BOYS AND SOMEONE
00:17:58WHO CAN STICK UP FOR
APPALACHIAN, OHIO.
00:17:59>> 29 COUNTIES GOING ALL THE WAY
UP TO THE STEUBENVILLE AREA AND
00:18:07ALL THE WAY DOWN TOWARD WEST
VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY.
00:18:10WHAT WOULD YOU TELL PEOPLE ABOUT
APPALACHIAN, OHIO THAT THEY
00:18:14SHOULD KNOW?
>> IT IS A PROUD AREA OF OHIO.
00:18:19IT IS INDUSTRIOUS AND HARD-
WORKING.
00:18:22IT GOES TO THE EASTERN OR
WESTERN PART OF CINCINNATI ALL
00:18:25THE WAY UP THE OHIO RIVER AND UP
TO LAKE ERIE.
00:18:28WE ARE A PROUD A GROUP OF
PEOPLE.
00:18:31WE ARE INTELLIGENT.
WE ARE HARD-WORKING.
00:18:34WE ARE PASSIONATE.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN HIT HARD BY
00:18:40ECONOMIC TIMES.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
00:18:43WITH OUR INITIATIVES AND
BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY AND OUR
00:18:48INFRASTRUCTURE OF HIGHWAYS, WE
SEE GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE
00:18:52FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
00:18:55GOVERNOR CASEY'S SECOND STATE OF
THE STATE SPEECH IS SET FOR 1:00
00:19:00ON TUESDAY -- GOVERNOR CASEY THE
BEST GOVERNOR CASE SICK --
00:19:08GOVERNOR KASICH'S STATED THIS
STATES SPEECH WILL BE ON TUESDAY
00:19:22AT 1:00.
MAJOR WROTE WORKS PROJECTS HAVE
00:19:26BEEN PUSHED BACK FOUR YEARS OR
DECADES -- ROAD WORK PROJECTS
00:19:33HAVE BEEN PUSHED BACK FOR YEARS
OR DECADES.
00:19:37THERE WAS APPROVAL FOR THE LIST
OF DELAYS OR 34 ROAD PROJECTS
00:19:44ACROSS THE STATE.
A FEW YEARS FOR SOME AND MORE
00:19:50THAN 24 YEARS FOR TWO.
ODOT DIRECTOR SAYS IS THE
00:20:04COMBINATION OF RISING GAS
PRICES.
00:20:06PROJECTS WERE STILL BEING
APPROVED.
00:20:09>> WE KEEP PILING ON.
YOU HAVE STAGNANT FUNDING,
00:20:16INFLATION, AND MORE PROJECTS.
YOU DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO
00:20:19PAY FOR THEM.
>> WHY DID YOU SAY NO OF COUPLE
00:20:23OF YEARS AGO IF THIS WAS IN THE
WORKS?
00:20:26>> I WAS NOT HERE A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO.
00:20:31I DO NOT WANT TO BE CRITICAL OF
PREVIOUS TRACKS.
00:20:34I AM NOT SURE THEY HAVE ALWAYS
HAD THIS IN FORMATION.
00:20:38WE HAVE BEEN HONEST ABOUT THE
FUNDING LEVELS, THE NUMBER OF
00:20:42PROJECTS.
WE HAVE BEEN OPEN AND FORTHRIGHT
00:20:45ABOUT THAT.
I DO NOT KNOW IF THAT HAS ALWAYS
00:20:47BEEN THE CASE.
WHEN I WAS HERE IN THE 90 -- THE
00:20:521990'S, IT WAS THE CASE.
WE HAD A VISION THAT WE WOULD
00:20:57HAVE AN INCLUSIVE AND OBJECTIVE
TRANSPORTATION REVIEW REVISORY
00:21:01-- ADVISORY COUNCIL SO THAT
EVERYBODY COULD SEE WHAT THE
00:21:05DEMANDS WERE SO WE COULD WORK
TOGETHER TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS.
00:21:08IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE BE
FORTHRIGHT AND HONEST AND HAVE A
00:21:12BALANCED PROGRAM.
>> RAY SAYS IT IS ROUTINE FOR
00:21:19TRACK TO OK A PROJECT EVEN IF
THEY DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY AT
00:21:23THE TIME IT IS APPROVED.
TRACK WILL CONTINUE TO ACCEPT
00:21:28APPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE
PROJECTS.
00:21:29>> WE ARE GOING TO SLOW DOWN OUR
PROCESS A LITTLE BIT.
00:21:34WE WILL CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM
COMMUNITIES REGARDING THEIR
00:21:39APPLICATIONS.
SOMEBODY MAY COME IN WITH A
00:21:42PROJECT THAT IS SO COMPELLING,
WE WILL WANT TO DO THAT.
00:21:45WE DO NOT WANT TO SHUT THE
PROJECT DOWN COMPLETELY.
00:21:49WE THINK THE ECONOMY WILL PICK
UP AND CONSUMPTION WILL GROW AND
00:21:52WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO MORE.
IF YOU SHUT THE PROGRAM DOWN
00:21:57NOW, YOU MIGHT FIND YOURSELF IN
A REAL PROBLEM 10 YEARS AGO WITH
00:22:01NO PROJECTS AND MONEY.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT, BUT
00:22:05IS NOT LIKELY TO HAPPEN.
WE WANT TO BUILD THEM ALL.
00:22:09THERE IS NOTHING I WOULD RATHER
DO THAN SPEND MY DAYS AT
00:22:13GROUNDBREAKINGS AND RIBBON
CUTTINGS.
00:22:15WE DO NOT THINK WE SHOULD SHUT
THE PROCESS DOWN AND CREATE A
00:22:20HOLE IN THE FUTURE WHERE THERE
WERE NO PROJECT TO BUILD.
00:22:23WE KNOW THERE IS TREMENDOUS
DEMAND.
00:22:26>> HE HAS AN ANSWER TO THE
CRITICISM THAT STALLING ROAD
00:22:34PROJECTS COST STATES.
>> ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
00:22:40THROUGHOUT THE STATES, THE NEEDS
ARE GREAT AND THE FUNDS ARE
00:22:44FINITE.
>> THE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER
00:22:49SAYS HE IS NOT SATISFIED WITH
THAT ANSWER.
00:22:52>> WE HAVE HAD ODOT SPENDING
$300 MILLION PER YEAR ON NEW
00:23:04ROAD AND BRIDGE PROJECTS AFTER
THE TAX ADMINISTRATION.
00:23:10NOW THE GOVERNOR IS TALKING
ABOUT $100 MILLION SPENDING,
00:23:21WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN
CANNOT BE A TICKET TO THE GAS
00:23:28TAX.
THE GAS TAX MAY HAVE DROPPED A
00:23:30LITTLE BIT.
IT DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR TWO
00:23:33LARGER MILLION DOLLARS LESS
SPENDING EVERY YEAR.
00:23:35>> HE SAYS NORTHEAST OHIO IS
MORE IN GAS TAX THAT DOES NOT
00:23:42GET A RETURN ON THAT MONEY.
HE IS SUSPICIOUS OF THE OHIO
00:23:47TURNPIKE AND THINKS IT IS A PAWN
IN A POLITICAL MONEY GAME.
00:23:51>> I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS IS A
REPEAT OF THE SENATE BILL 5
00:23:58BUDGET REPLAY, WHERE WE HAD THE
BUDGET CUTS CUTTING HUNDREDS OF
00:24:05MILLIONS AND BILLIONS 0.
THE GOVERNOR USED THAT TO
00:24:12JUSTIFY SENATE BILL 5.
WE NEED SENATE BILL 5 BECAUSE OF
00:24:16THE CUTS WE MADE IN SCHOOLS.
I AM CONCERNED.
00:24:20I DO NOT KNOW THIS IS A FACT.
I WONDER IF THIS IS A SET UP FOR
00:24:25SELLING THE TURNPIKE.
>> HE SAYS THE ODOT SCIENTISTS
00:24:33SITUATION WOULD BE THE SAME IF
THE TURNPIKE WOULD BE RELEASED
00:24:36OR NOT.
>> WE WOULD STILL HAVE THIS
00:24:40ISSUE.
IT IS AN ARITHMETIC.
00:24:41IF THERE WERE NO TURNPIKE, WE
WOULD STILL HAVE ISSUES.
00:24:45IF WE HAD MORE FUNDING, I WOULD
STILL BE SAYING LET'S LOOK AT
00:24:50THIS TURNPIKE AS AN ASSET WE CAN
LEVERAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
00:24:55STATE OF OHIO.
THERE IS NO DIRECT CONNECTION.
00:24:57BOTH RELATE TO TRANSPORTATION
FUNDING.
00:25:01TO SAY THAT WE CONTRIVED THIS TO
MAKE A CASE IS NOT TRUE.
00:25:05>> ODOT WILL DO WHAT IT CAN TO
FIND MORE MONEY.
00:25:12ONE IDEA IS TO PRIVATIZE REST
AREAS ALONG OHIO'S HIGHWAYS.
00:25:16HE WANTS TO RAZE THE LAND AND
SELL IT TO PRIVATE COMPANIES.
00:25:25HE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT OTHER
IDEAS SUCH AS THESE -- AS FEES.
00:25:34>> NOBODY IS INTERESTED IN
RAISING THE GAS TAX.
00:25:40THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR
THOSE HAPPY -- UNHAPPY ABOUT THE
00:25:44DELAY.
THERE IS A 45 DAY PUBLIC
00:25:46COMMENT.
PERIOD.
00:25:54THE AGENCY MAY HOLD PUBLIC
HEARINGS BEFORE A FINAL DAY
00:26:00LATER THIS YEAR.
THAT IS IS FOR THIS YEAR -- THIS
00:26:04WEEK.
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00:26:34AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
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00:26:41131,000 TEACHERS AND FACULTY
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00:26:46FOR EVERY CHILD.
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