00:00:00>> SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE
BROADCAST COMES FROM LAW
00:00:05OFFICES, HELPING BUSINESSES AND
INDIVIDUALS OF COMPLEX LEGAL
00:00:09PROBLEMS AROUND THE WORLD.
AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
00:00:14ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING
131,000 TEACHERS, SUPPORT
00:00:20PROFESSIONALS, AND HIGHER
EDUCATIONAL FACULTY.
00:00:22ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS MADE
POSSIBLE BY E-TECH.
00:00:28>> THIS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE
HAS BEEN A BUSY ONE FOR
00:00:33GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH.
HE'S SEEN SOME OF HIS KEYSTONE
00:00:36PIECES OF LEGISLATION SAIL
THROUGH THE STATEHOUSE, BUT ONE
00:00:38MAJOR INITIATIVE HE PUT HIS
MUSCLE BEHIND WAS SMASHED AT THE
00:00:40POLLS.
THE GOVERNOR LOOKS BACK ON HIS
00:00:42FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE -- AND
PREVIEWS WHAT'S HE'SÑi THINKING
00:00:44ABOUT FOR NEXT YEAR -- NEXT
TIME ON "THE STATE OF OHIO".
00:00:46THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN
MANY OF US LOOK BACK ON WHAT'S
00:00:53HAPPENED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS
AND LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT'S AHEAD
00:00:55FOR THE COMING NEW YEAR.
IN THAT SPIRIT, I USUALLY SIT
00:00:59DOWN WITH THE STATE'S KEY
LEADERS IN THE EXECUTIVE AND
00:01:02LEGISLATIVE BRANCH -- I TALKED
WITH SENATE PRESIDENT TOM
00:01:05NIEHAUS AND MINORITY LEADER
CAPRI CAFARO LAST WEEK, AND
00:01:07HOPE TO HAVE HOUSE SPEAKER BILL
BATCHELDER AND MINORITY LEADER
00:01:11ARMOND BUDISH TOGETHER SOMETIME
EARLY IN 2012.
00:01:13THIS WEEK IT'S GOVERNOR JOHN
KASICH'S TURN TO LOOK BACK ON
00:01:17HIS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE.
ÑiIN EVERY OTHER ADMINISTRATION
00:01:21SINCE THIS SHOW WAS CREATED
MORE THAN A DECADE AGO, THE
00:01:23SITTING GOVERNOR HAS DONE ONE-
ON-ONE INTERVIEWS WITH
00:01:26REPORTERS, BOTH BROADCAST AND
PRINT.
00:01:28THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT --
KASICH CHOSE NOT TO DO
00:01:31INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS WITH THE
MANY REPORTERS WHO ASKED,
00:01:35INCLUDING ME.
INSTEAD, HE INVITED JOURNALISTS
00:01:38TO THE GOVERNOR'S RESIDENCE FOR
A MARATHON PRESS CONFERENCE
00:01:40WITH A QUESTION-AND-ANSWER
SESSION, WHERE HE WENT OVER SOME
00:01:43OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND
OUTLINED HIS PLANS FOR THE
00:01:45FUTURE.
HE RAN THROUGH HIS LIST OF HIGH
00:01:49POINTS, INVITING MEMBERS OF HIS
CABINET TO STEP FORWARD AND SAY
00:01:52A FEW WORDS -- JOBSOHIO CHIEF
MARK KVAMME EVEN BROUGHT ALONG
00:01:55A VIDEO.
HE TALKED ABOUT BOOKS HE'S
00:01:59READING, ABOUT CHRISTMAS
PARTIES, ABOUT HIS FAITH, AND
00:02:01ABOUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST
MOMENTS IN POLITICS THIS YEAR --
00:02:03WHEN HE INVITED PRESIDENT OBAMA,
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN AND US
00:02:08HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER FOR
A FRIENDLY GAME OF GOLF.
00:02:11>> AS YOU KNOW, I HAD THAT
FAMOUS GOLF MATCH.
00:02:19JOHN BOEHNER SAID WHEN I FOUND
OUT I WOULD HAVE TO PLAY WITH
00:02:22JOE BIDEN, I ALMOST CRIED.
WHAT REALLY MADE ME CRY WAS
00:02:27BIDEN AND PLAINER IN SHORTS.
[APPLAUSE]
00:02:29[LAUGHTER]
>> IN A TWO HOUR SESSION THAT
00:02:35HAD PERIODS OF HIGH PRAISE FOR
CABINET MEMBERS AND POINTED
00:02:38REMARKS AT HIS CRITICS, AND HAD
MOMENTS THAT SEEMED RAMBLING AND
00:02:41DISCONNECTED, KASICH RAN DOWN A
LIST OF CHANGES AND REFORMS
00:02:42HE'S MADE, STARTING OUT BY
SAYING THAT HE -- QUOTING HERE
00:02:44-- "REALLY TRIES TO KEEP
POLITICS TO AN ABSOLUTE
00:02:46MINIMUM."
>> I FIND A LOT OF TIMES THERE
00:02:50IS A FOCUS ON THE POLITICS OF
WHAT WE ARE DOING.
00:02:53YOU KNOW, IN SOME RESPECTS, I
SUPPOSE FOCUSING ON THE POLITICS
00:02:59IS AN EASY THING FOR YOU TO DO.
BUT I WOULD ASK YOU TODAY, JUST
00:03:03FOR TODAY, TO LOOK THROUGH THE
OTHER END OF THE TELESCOPE.
00:03:07THINK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT TODAY IN TERMS OF
00:03:12IMPROVING THE STATE OF OHIO,
BEING IN AÑi POSITION OF
00:03:19MINIMIZING POLITICS IN OUR
STATE, AND BEGINNING TO DO
00:03:24THINGS THAT HAVE EITHER BEEN
LEFT UNDONE, OR THINGS THAT ARE
00:03:28CRITICAL THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
ACHIEVE.
00:03:29>> HE LOOKED BACK ON WHAT HE WAS
FACING WHEN HE CAME INTO OFFICE.
00:03:36>> I THINK FOR ALL OF US IN THIS
ROOM WHO HAVE WITNESSED THIS
00:03:41LEVEL OF CHANGE OVER THIS LAST
YEAR, I DO NOT THINK ANYBODY HAS
00:03:45SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.
I DO NOT THINK WE ARE GOING TO
00:03:48SEE ANYTHING LIKE IT IN THE
FUTURE.
00:03:51IT IS REALLY AMAZING.
REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE LOST 400
00:03:57DOZEN JOBS OVER THE LAST FOUR
YEARS.
00:04:00600,000 JOBS OVER THE LAST 10
YEARS.
00:04:03ONLY MICHIGAN AND CALIFORNIA
HAVE DONE WORSE THAN OHIO.
00:04:08WHEN I CAME HERE IN 1970, OHIO
TRULY WAS THE PROMISED LAND.
00:04:15WHEN I STOP AND THINK ABOUT THE
FACT THAT WE WERE BEING
00:04:18DEVASTATED -- IN FACT, I THINK
WE WERE ON DEATH'S DOORSTEP.
00:04:22THE LOSS OF ALL THESE JOBS, THE
RISE IN POVERTY IN THE STATE TO,
00:04:29POPULATION GROWTH WAS ANEMIC, WE
LOST TO CONGRESSMAN.
00:04:33OUR CREDIT RATING WAS HEADED
SOUTH.
00:04:36WE WERE ON THE EDGE OF GETTING A
DOWNGRADE WITH OUR CREDIT.
00:04:39ONE-THIRD OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
WERE LEAVING THE STATE AFTER
00:04:47THEY GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE.
AFTER THREE YEARS, STILL A
00:04:52CHALLENGE WE HAVE.
THEY WERE LEAVING BECAUSE THE
00:04:55OPPORTUNITY WAS NOT IN OHIO.
THERE WERE GOING OTHER PLACES,
00:04:59WHETHER IT WAS THE TRIANGLE IN
NORTH CAROLINA OR AUSTIN,
00:05:04TEXAS, A MAGNET TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
WE WERE IN VERY BAD SHAPE.
00:05:08I COME INTO OFFICE AND INHERIT
IS A DOLLAR BILLION DEFICIT.
00:05:13THERE IS NOT ONE MEMBER OF THE
PRESS=
00:05:18BILLION BUDGET DEFICIT COULD BE
ELIMINATED WITHOUT A TAX
00:05:21INCREASE OR WITHOUT DEVASTATING
POOR PEOPLE.
00:05:24THERE WAS NOT ONE PERSON IN THE
STATE WHO THOUGHT THAT.
00:05:27THERE WERE CERTAIN MEMBERS OF MY
FAMILY THAT DID NOT THINK WE
00:05:31COULD DO IT.
BUT I KIND OF KNEW IT, BECAUSE I
00:05:34HAD SPENT 10 YEARS OF MY LIFE IN
WASHINGTON, BUILDING A TEAM.
00:05:39WE HAVE SPENT TIME LOOKING AT
THIS STAGE.
00:05:41"WE WERE ABLE TO CONCLUDE IS
BASICALLY POLITICAL
00:05:49CONSIDERATIONS OR AN
UNWILLINGNESS TO FACE THE MUSIC
00:05:51HAD PUT OHIO IN THIS DEEP, DEEP
HOLE.
00:05:54IF WE COULD JUST -- IF WE COULD
JUST GET OURSELVES IN A POSITION
00:06:01WHERE WE WOULD THROW THE
POLITICS OUT AND JUST AN ACT
00:06:05GOOD POLICY, WE WERE CONVINCED
THAT WE COULD GET THIS DONE.
00:06:08>> THE GOVERNOR TALKED ABOUT
HOW HIS TEAM SAT DOWN TWO OR
00:06:13THREE YEARS AGO AND OUTLINED
WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY NEEDED TO
00:06:15DO.
AND THOUGH HE NEVER MENTIONED
00:06:16THAT PLAN WHEN HE WAS
REPEATEDLY ASKED DURING THE
00:06:18CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR HOW HE
WOULD DEAL WITH THE ESTIMATED $8
00:06:20BILLION DEFICIT, KASICH SAYS
IT'S -- IN HIS WORD -- "AMAZING"
00:06:22HOW MANY OF THE ACTIONS THAT
ENDED UP IN THE BUDGET CAME FROM
00:06:24THE PLAN HE AND HIS ADVISERS
WORKED OUT A FEW YEARS AGO.
00:06:28HE SAYS OHIO IS NOW EIGHTH IN
THE NATION IN JOB CREATION AND
00:06:34NUMBER ONE IN THE MIDWEST.
>> HOW ABOUT THE UNEMPLOYMENT?
00:06:40IT WENT FROM 9% TO 8.5%.
THESE NUMBERS WILL MOVE AROUND.
00:06:48I AM NOT GOING TO TELL YOU THIS
HAS ALL HAPPENED BECAUSE WE ARE
00:06:51HERE.
BUT I GOT TO TELL YOU -- IF THE
00:06:55NUMBERS WENT UP, YOU WOULD BE
WORKING THE.
00:06:58WHY DON'T WE TAKE A LITTLE
CREDIT FOR THE FACT THAT THIS IS
00:07:01THE SINGLE BIGGEST DROP IN THE
UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS IN 28
00:07:05YEARS?
>> AND HE SAID OVERALL, THIS
00:07:08HAS MEANT BIG RETURNS FOR OHIO.
>> WE HAVE ABOUT A QUARTER OF A
00:07:14BILLION DOLLARS IN A RAINY DAY
FUND, AND ARE RUNNING AN OVERAGE
00:07:17IN THE BUDGET, WHICH IS CALLED
FOR IN THE STATUTE.
00:07:20WE ARE RUNNING AHEAD OF
REVENUES.
00:07:23WE ARE NOT GOING TO POUND OUR
CHESTS TOO HARD, BECAUSE THE
00:07:28NATIONAL ECONOMY, IN EUROPE, AND
WHAT HAPPENS IN WASHINGTON --
00:07:32WHO KNOWS ABOUT NEXT WEEK.
BUT FOR NOW, HERE WE FEEL PRETTY
00:07:37GOOD.
WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE CREDIT OF
00:07:40AN INCREASED CREDIT OUTLOOK,
WHICH SENDS A MESSAGE ACROSS THE
00:07:43COUNTRY.
>> THE GOVERNOR TALKED ABOUT
00:07:47WHAT HE CALLED THE
TRANSFORMATION OF MEDICAID,
00:07:49ABOUT THE SALE OF A PRISON AND
PRISONS SENTENCING REFORM,
00:07:51ABOUT THE WAR ON PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS.
00:07:53HE TALKED ABOUT THE STATE'S
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
00:07:55AND ITS ROLE IN THE ECONOMY, AND
ABOUT HIS NEW INVESTOHIO
00:07:57PROGRAM, WHICH GIVES PEOPLE
BREAKS ON THEIR INCOME TAXES FOR
00:07:59INVESTING IN SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND KASICH TALKED UP EDUCATION
00:08:03-- BOTH AT THE PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY LEVEL, AND PROMOTED
00:08:06HOW HE HAS -- IN HIS WORDS --
TAKEN THE LID OFFÑi CHARTER
00:08:09SCHOOLS, SAYING THAT IT'S NOT
TO UNDERMINE PUBLIC EDUCATION
00:08:11BUT TO PROVIDE BETTER
COMPETITION AND A LITTLE BIT
00:08:15MORE CHOICE TO FORCE NEEDED
CHANGE.
00:08:17BUT MUCH OF HIS TIME AT THE
PODIUM WAS SPENT TALKING ABOUT
00:08:22JOBS.
HE SAID THERE ARE 76,500 JOB
00:08:26OPENINGS IN OHIO RIGHT NOW, AND
THAT THE STATE WILL WORK TO GET
00:08:29THEM FILLED.
>> IF I WALKED IN HERE TODAY AND
00:08:35SAID THAT WE -- I HAVE A COMPANY
BRINGING 76,500 EMPLOYEES.
00:08:41EVEN BILL COHEN WOULD HAVE STOOD
AND CHEERED.
00:08:45THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE
HAVE TO ALIGN THE WORKFORCE
00:08:51OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR EDUCATION
SYSTEM.
00:08:53THAT MEANS -- JIM TALK ABOUT
THIS EARLIER.
00:08:58THINK OF EDUCATION OF SCOT -- AS
KATE-20, NOT JUST K-12.
00:09:06>> -->> KASICH SPENT TIME
TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR
00:09:13JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN
THE OIL AND NATURAL GAS IN
00:09:16SHALE DEPOSITS THROUGHOUT OHIO,
AND SAID THE STATE WOULD NOT
00:09:18OVERREGULATE THAT INDUSTRY, BUT
ALSO WOULDN'T UNDERREGULATE IT.
00:09:20THE GOVERNOR RAN DOWN A LIST OF
WHAT HE CALLED JOB WINS --
00:09:22AMERICAN GREETINGS, BOB EVANS,
DIEBOLD, OMNICARE, CHRYSLER,
00:09:24REPUBLIC STEEL, FORD, WENDY'S
AND AMTRUST, AMONG OTHERS -- AS
00:09:27EVIDENCE THAT JOBSOHIO IS
WORKING.
00:09:28AND HE SAID THAT HIS FOCUS ON
JOBSOHIO FITS WITH THE OVERALL
00:09:32MISSION OF HIS TEAM.
Ñi>> EVERYTHING WE THINK ABOUT S
00:09:38HOW DO WE CREATE A JOB.
THE REASON WHY WE DID SENATE
00:09:42BILL 52, OR WHATEVER IT IS --
THE REASON WAS TO GIVE THESE
00:09:49LOCAL COMMUNITIES THE TOOLS THEY
NEEDED SO THEY COULD CREATE A
00:09:53BUSINESS-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT.
IF THEY WANT OTHER THINGS, WE
00:09:58WILL GIVE IT TO THEM.
WORKFORCE TRAINING IS CRITICAL.
00:10:02GRADUATING KIDS IS CRITICAL.
SHALE DEVELOPMENT IS CRITICAL.
00:10:07KEEPING DOWN HEALTH-CARE COSTS
IS CRITICAL TO JOB CREATION.
00:10:10EVERYTHING WE DO IS THROUGH THE
PRISM -- DOES THIS CREATE A JOB?
00:10:15DOES THIS IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC
ENVIRONMENT?
00:10:17>> WHEN THE GOVERNOR GOT TO THE
Q&A SECTION OF HIS PRESS
00:10:21CONFERENCE, HE WAS ASKED ABOUT
SENATE BILL 5, THE COLLECTIVE
00:10:23BARGAINING REFORM LAW THAT WAS
DEFEATED IN NOVEMBER AS ISSUE 2.
00:10:25>> BUT KASICH APPEARED TO GET --
>> I NEVER SAID -- I SAID I
00:10:31WOULD REFLECT ON IT.
LIKE I SAID, THE OCEAN IS FULL
00:10:35OF SHARKS.
SOMETIMES, YOU GET THE SHARKS.
00:10:38SOMETIMES, THE SHARK GETS YOU.
THAT IS THE PEOPLE'S VOTE.
00:10:43WHEN PEOPLE SPEAK IN GREAT
NUMBERS IN GREAT UNANIMITY, YOU
00:10:47LISTEN TO THEM.
WHAT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IS
00:10:49WHAT DO THESE LOCAL COMMUNITIES
WANT US TO DO TO BE ABLE TO HELP
00:10:54THEM WITH THE EASE OF DOING
BUSINESS, BECAUSE THERE IS NO
00:10:57MORE MONEY.
WE ARE NOT PASSING MONEY BACK
00:11:00OUT.
THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
00:11:02THERE IS NO MONEY TREE.
BUT WE ARE TALKING ALL THE TIME
00:11:06ABOUT IMPROVEMENT THEY CAN HAVE
TO HELP THEM EASE THEIR
00:11:10CHALLENGES IN THEIR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS.
00:11:13IÑi THINK RAISING TAXES AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL IS JUST DEVASTATING
00:11:18TO CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE
WE CAN GET BUSINESSES.
00:11:21SOME PEOPLE THINK YOU CAN TAX
YOUR WAY TO PROSPERITY.
00:11:25THE WAY YOU GET THE REVENUE IN
THE STATE -- TIM WILL TELL YOU
00:11:30THIS.
LOOK AT HIS REVENUE NUMBERS.
00:11:32WHEN YOU CREATE JOBS, MORE
PEOPLE PAY TAXES AND YOU GET
00:11:36MORE REVENUE.
IF YOU RAISE TAXES, YOU DRIVE
00:11:40BUSINESSES OUT.
IT IS LIKE A JOB -- A DOG
00:11:43CHASING ITS TAIL.
PEOPLE WERE CLEAR.
00:11:45CITIES HAVE TO COME TO ME AND
SAY WHAT THEY WANT.
00:11:48>> BUT CASE IT APPEARED TO GET
RUFFLED WHEN OHIO PUBLIC RADIO
00:11:54AND TV'S BILL COHEN ASKED ABOUT
THE WARNINGS IN ADS AND DEBATES
00:11:56BY ISSUE 2 SUPPORTERS OF
LAYOFFS AND BIG FINANCIAL
00:11:58PROBLEMS IF SENATE BILL 5 WERE
DEFEATED.
00:11:59>> I SAID IT WOULD CAUSE
TROUBLE, AND IT HAS.
00:12:04ARE YOU KIDDING?
DO YOU READ THE PAPERS?
00:12:07REMEMBER, I DON'T, BUT I KNOW
ABOUT THIS.
00:12:11YOU SHOULD START READING THEM,
BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN -- LOOK.
00:12:15THE WHOLE THING WAS DESIGNED TO
TRY TO PREVENT THOSE KINDS OF
00:12:19LAYOFFS.
AND LOOK, STILL -- I KNOW YOU
00:12:22FOLKS ARE SO FIXATED ON THIS.
THAT WAS A TIME WHERE THE SHORT
00:12:27A ME, OK?
IT IS OK.
00:12:29IN A SEA OF CHANGE -- I HAD TO
CUT MYSELF OFF, OR SCOTT WAS
00:12:34GOING TO TASER ME.
IT IS JUST ONE THING THAT
00:12:39HAPPENED.
IT WAS A BIG DEAL.
00:12:40THERE WERE A LOT OF PROTESTS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
00:12:44SOME DAYS, THE STORY WILL BE
WRITTEN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
00:12:47HERE.
ABOUT THE UNBELIEVABLE LEVEL OF
00:12:51CHANGE THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE
STATE OF OHIO, AND THE BENEFITS
00:12:55OF THAT CHANGE.
I DO NOT ALWAYS GET IT RIGHT.
00:12:58I MAKE MISTAKES.
IT IS JUST THE WAY IT GOES.
00:13:01IF YOU CANNOT LOSE SOMETHING AND
TAKE IT LIKE A MAN OR LIKE A
00:13:07LEADER AND LEARN FROM IT, YOU
KNOW YOU ARE NOT -- YOU HAVE NOT
00:13:11LEARNED ANYTHING ABOUT LIFE.
I AM OK WITH THAT.
00:13:16IT IS COOL.
>> THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID
00:13:19SEVERAL TIMES THAT EVEN THOUGH
HE PRESERVED THE INCOME TAX CUTS
00:13:21THAT HAVE GONE INTO EFFECT SINCE
2005, HE STILL BELIEVES TAXES
00:13:23ARE TOO HIGH.
HE WAS ASKED IF HE PLANS TO
00:13:25CHANGE THAT.
KASICH STARTED HIS ANSWER BY
00:13:28NOTING THAT CAPITAL GAINS TAXES
ARE LOWER IN OTHER STATES SUCH
00:13:31AS FLORIDA THAN IN OHIO.
>> NOW, IT DOES NOT TAKE A
00:13:37GENIUS TO FIGURE OUT THAT PEOPLE
WOULD RATHER GIVE THE GOVERNMENT
00:13:4215% RATHER THAN 21%.
IT IS JUST UNDER 21%, BECAUSE
00:13:48OUR INCOME TAX TREATS ALL INCOME
AS REGULAR INCOME.
00:13:51YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE
INCOME TAX.
00:13:55SLOWLY BUT SURELY, BRING IT
DOWN.
00:13:57AS WE GET MORE REVENUE AND MORE
OPPORTUNITY TO GENERATE MORE
00:14:01JOBS, AND IF WE RUN THESE
SURPLUSES LIKE I HOPE WE WOULD,
00:14:06IN TOUGH TIMES WITH THE WIND IN
OUR FACE FROM WASHINGTON, I
00:14:10THINK PEOPLE SHOULD GET SOME OF
THEIR MONEY BACK.
00:14:12LET US NOT TAKE A BREATH,
CELEBRATE WHAT WE HAVE DONE,
00:14:17THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE.
BUT I AM NOT PREPARED TO MAKE
00:14:21ANY DECISIONS AT THIS POINT.
>> THE GOVERNOR DROPPED A LOT OF
00:14:24NAMES AND SLIPPED IN A LOT OF
JARGON, AND CALLED OUT
00:14:26INDIVIDUAL REPORTERS AND TO HIS
CABINET MEMBERS TO CHIME IN.
00:14:28ÑiKASICH WAS ASKED WHAT HE MIGHT
TELL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WHICH
00:14:31HAVE SEEN THE ONE-TIME MONEY IN
THEIR LAST BUDGETS NOT REPLACED
00:14:35-- AND MANY ARE STRUGGLING TO
BALANCE BUDGETS.
00:14:36>> IT IS A CHALLENGING TIME.
BUT IF WE RAISE TAXES AND DRIVE
00:14:45COMPANIES OUT, OUR PROBLEMS ARE
GOING TO BE EXAGGERATED, NOT
00:14:50EXAGGERATED BUT EXACTA --
EXHAUST OF -- WHATEVER THE WORD
00:14:59IS.
THEY WILL BE MADE OR CHRONIC.
00:15:01IF THESE SCHOOLS HAVE A WAY IN
WHICH WE CAN HELP THEM, WE WOULD
00:15:06BE GLAD TO DO THAT.
LET ME ALSO TELL YOU THE BASIC
00:15:10SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA WENT UP,
OK?
00:15:12THE OTHER THING IS THESE SCHOOLS
WERE BEING RUN WITH ONE-TIME
00:15:17MONEY.
I WARNED DURING THE CAMPAIGN,
00:15:21"DO NOT RUN WITH ONE-TIME MONEY.
PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE."
00:15:26THEY WERE PROBABLY HOPING THE
FUTURE WOULD BE TAX INCREASES,
00:15:30MAYBE.
I DON'T KNOW.
00:15:31BUT WE CANNOT DO THAT.
WE ARE STARTING TO WIN.
00:15:34>> AND HE REPEATED HIS CALL FOR
SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OTHER UNITS
00:15:39OF GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER
SHARING SERVICES AND
00:15:41COLLABORATING TO LOWER COSTS.
KASICH ALSO SAID THE STATE
00:15:42WOULD BE LOOKING CAREFULLY AT
HOW IT HELPS WITH COMMUNITY
00:15:44PROJECTS -- NOTING THAT THE
FORTHCOMING CAPITAL BILL WON'T
00:15:47HAVE ANY SUCH PROJECTS IN IT.
AND THE GOVERNOR SUGGESTED THAT
00:15:53COMMUNITIES ARE GOING TO HAVE
TO TURN TO CORPORATIONS AND
00:15:56RESIDENTS INSTEAD OF THE STATE.
ALL IN ALL, THE GOVERNOR SEEMED
00:16:00TO PROMOTE CHANGING
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STATE AND
00:16:03LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND WITH
THOSE WHO LOBBY GOVERNMENT
00:16:05OFFICIALS.
AND KASICH SAYS THAT'S WHAT
00:16:08THAT COMMENT A YEAR AGO WAS
ABOUT WHEN HE SAID, QUOTING HERE
00:16:10-- "WE NEED YOU ON THE BUS, AND
IF YOU'RE NOT ON THE BUS, WE
00:16:15WILL RUN OVER YOU WITH THE BUS."
>> THIS WAS A MESSAGE TO PEOPLE,
00:16:23FRANKLY.
IF IT WAS EXPLAINED TO THE
00:16:28PUBLIC, THEY WOULD AGREE.
THEY DO NOT HAVE A LOBBYIST.
00:16:31THEY ARE UP THERE ON THEIR OWN.
JUST TO GET THIS NURSING HOME
00:16:36BUSINESS FIXED SO THAT PEOPLE
COULD STAY IN THEIR OWN HOMES
00:16:39-- YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OF
LOBBYISTS WHO WALK AROUND?
00:16:41WHAT I WAS SAYING TO PEOPLE WHO
REPRESENTS INTERESTS FOR ALL
00:16:46HIGH ONES.
WE EXPECT YOU TO COOPERATE WITH
00:16:49US AND NOT REPRESENT A NARROW
SPECIAL INTEREST.
00:16:52THAT IS WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO
SAY.
00:16:55ONE THING I HAVE LEARNED IN THIS
JOB IS THE SAME THING I WAS JUST
00:16:59READING.
VACLEV HAVEL SAID SOMETIMES THE
00:17:05THING YOU LEARNED IS NOT WHAT
SHOULD COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH.
00:17:07FRANKLY, THE LOBBYISTS SHOULD
NOT BE CALLING THE TUNE, AND
00:17:16THEY ARE NOT.
THE LEGISLATURE HAS BEEN
00:17:19FANTASTIC.
WE HAVE SET A TONE TO DO THE
00:17:21RIGHT THING.
>> ASKED IF HE THOUGHT HE'D DONE
00:17:24A GOOD JOB, HE PRAISED HIS
CABINET AND SAID MORE THAN
00:17:2583,000 JOBS HAVE BEEN CREATED OR
RETAINED IN OHIO -- QUOTING
00:17:27HERE -- "MAKES ME FEEL REALLY
GOOD".
00:17:28HE ADMITTED HAVING REGRETS AND
THAT THERE WERE THINGS THAT
00:17:32COULD HAVE BEEN DONE
DIFFERENTLY BUT THAT HE WASN'T
00:17:34GOING TO TALK ABOUT THEM THEN.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS WELL-
00:17:38PUBLICIZED RIFT WITH OHIO GOP
PARTY CHAIR KEVIN DEWINE,
00:17:41KASICH DIDN'T SAY MUCH, BUT DID
SAY HE THINKS -- IN HIS WORDS --
00:17:44"WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY
THAT'S GOING TO UNITE THE
00:17:48PARTY."
>> IT IS NOT LIKE SOME BIG THING
00:17:54I THINK ABOUT, BECAUSE I JUST
SPENT AN HOUR AND HALF GOING
00:17:58THROUGH THIS LIST.
SORRY TO GO ON SO LONG.
00:18:01IT IS SOMETHING I THINK CAN BE
IMPROVED UPON, AND I THINK IT
00:18:04WILL BE.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT
00:18:07THAT.
>> AND WHEN ASKED TO WEIGH IN
00:18:09ON THE REPUBLICAN RACE FOR
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT, KASICH
00:18:12SAID HE HAD NOTHING TO SAY.
HA >> IF WE HAVE TOO MUCH TO DO
00:18:16HERE.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY I ENDORSED
00:18:19EITHER DID NOT RUN OR DROPPED
OUT.
00:18:21WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?
I WATCHED A LITTLE BIT OF THE
00:18:26DEBATE.
I DO READ ABOUT IT ON POLITICO
00:18:31AND FOX NEWS AND REAL CLEAR
POLITICS.
00:18:34I READ ABOUT SOME OF IT.
MY COMMENTS WOULD NOT SERVE ME
00:18:39WELL.
PROBABLY NOT THE PEOPLE I
00:18:42COMMENT ON EITHER.
ÑiSO MERRY CHRISTMAS.
00:18:45I AM JUST NOT GOING TO DO IT.
>> AND HE CLOSED WITH A HINT OF
00:18:49CONTROVERSY TO COME WITHÑi HIS
SCHOOL FUNDING REFORM, WHICH IS
00:18:51LIKELY TO COME OUT SOMETIME NEXT
YEAR.
00:18:52>> WE HAVE A WINDOW TO BE ABLE
TO DO THIS IN THE RIGHT WAY AND
00:18:58HAVE A GOOD CONVERSATION THAT
DOES NOT ALIENATE PEOPLE.
00:19:00AT THE END OF THE DAY, WILL
PEOPLE BE ALIENATED SOME?
00:19:05ABSOLUTELY.
BUT IF I CAN GET CEO'S, CHAMBERS
00:19:10OF COMMERCE, AND EDUCATION
REFORMERS TO PARTICIPATE IN
00:19:12FIXING THE SYSTEM, IT WILL BE
BETTER.
00:19:15I AM GOING TO DO THE BEST I CAN.
I CANNOT PROMISE ANYTHING, BUT
00:19:19WE WILL DO THE BEST WE CAN.
>> HERE TO PICK APART THE
00:19:23GOVERNOR'S YEAR-END NEWS
CONFERENCE AND LOOK AHEAD TO
00:19:25JOHN KASICH'S SECOND YEAR IN
OFFICE ARE THE REPORTERS OF THE
00:19:26STATEHOUSE NEWS BUREAU, BILL
COHEN AND JO INGLES.
00:19:28LET ME TALK ABOUT THE NEWS
CONFERENCE A LITTLE BIT.
00:19:33IT WAS KIND OF UNUSUAL.
WE HAVE BEEN SITTING DOWN WITH
00:19:37GOVERNORS IN RECENT YEARS AND
HAVING ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS.
00:19:41THIS WAS DIFFERENT, BUT SIMILAR.
THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS I
00:19:45HAVE HEARD BEFORE.
I WONDER IF YOU HAD THE SAME
00:19:48EXPERIENCE OF THESE HEART-
SPEECHES WE HAVE HEARD BEFORE,
00:19:54AND HOW EVENTS WE HAVE BEEN AT
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
00:19:56>> YOU SAID IT.
IT WAS A LOT OF SPEECHES WE HAVE
00:19:59HEARD ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF
PROGRAMS.
00:20:02IT WAS A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT
ARE SAID ON THE TRAIL.
00:20:06THE CABINET MEMBERS WERE AT
THIS.
00:20:09THERE WERE DIFFERENT PEOPLE
WAITING IN ON ISSUES.
00:20:11IT WAS AN HOUR AND A HALF --
MORE THAN AN HOUR AND A HALF
00:20:16INTO THE PROGRAM -- BEFORE
REPORTERS GOT TO ASK QUESTIONS.
00:20:19OF COURSE, THAT PART OF THE
PROGRAM WAS VERY SHORT PERIOD IT
00:20:23WAS MORE A SYNOPSIS,, A
PRESENTATION BY THE GOVERNOR,
00:20:30THEN IT WAS A NEWS CONFERENCE
WHERE THERE WAS A TRUE
00:20:34OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE
GOVERNOR.
00:20:36THIS IN LIEU OF A SIT-DOWN
INTERVIEW WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD
00:20:40WITH THE GOVERNOR, WHERE YOU CAN
TALK AND TALK ABOUT THINGS OF
00:20:43INTEREST AND HAVE A LITTLE GIVE
AND TAKE.
00:20:46THAT WAS NOT THERE.
WE COULD NOT FOLLOW UP THE
00:20:50QUESTION VERY EASILY.
IT WAS TOUGH TO TRY TO GET WHAT
00:20:54WE ARE USED TO GETTING AT THE
END OF THE YEAR.
00:20:56>> AND THE MESSAGE ABOUT HOW
MUCH WAS ACCOMPLISHED MAY HAVE
00:21:00BEEN OBSCURED BY THE WAY THE
NEWS CONFERENCE WAS HELD.
00:21:03IT IS IMPORTANT.
YOU CAN MAKE A CASE THAT THIS
00:21:07FIRST YEAR, THIS BIENNIAL
SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE, WAS
00:21:11THE BUSIEST AND MOST PRODUCTIVE
IN AT LEAST FOUR DECADES.
00:21:14IF YOU ARE A CONSUMER, YOU ARE
CHEERING THE CHANGES.
00:21:18IF YOU ARE A LIBERAL, YOU ARE
HITTING THE CHANGES.
00:21:21STILL, IT IS PRODUCTIVE.
USUALLY, PASSING A STATE BUDGET
00:21:26IS A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT IN
ITSELF.
00:21:28THIS BUDGET WAS A STRUGGLE TO
GET THROUGH.
00:21:31IT WAS A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT.
ON TOP OF THAT, THEY DID THE
00:21:35COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LAW.
THAT WAS REPEALED BY VOTERS, BUT
00:21:38STILL AN INCREDIBLE CHANGE
LEGISLATORS PASSED.
00:21:42THINK OF THE OTHER CHANGES --
GUNS IN BARS, NO ABORTIONS AFTER
00:21:47THE FETUS IS VIABLE.
THEY WIPED OUT THE ESTATE TAX.
00:21:51DRILLING FOR OIL AND GAS IN LIKE
ERIE.
00:21:54ON AND ON.
>> IT WAS STATE PARKS.
00:21:59>> YOU ARE RIGHT.
JUST A HUGE, A PRODUCTIVE
00:22:03SESSION.
YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT, BUT VERY
00:22:06PRODUCTIVE.
>> THESE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS
00:22:09HE DID OUTLINE IN THIS HOUR AND
A HALF.
00:22:11HE DID GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE
THINGS.
00:22:13HE TALKED ABOUT INDIVIDUAL
NUMBERS AND JOBS THAT HAVE BEEN
00:22:17CREATED OR RETAINED.
WE HAVE HEARD A LOT OF THESE
00:22:20THINGS WHEN HE HAS SPOKEN.
HE SPEAKS ALL THE TIME TO
00:22:25CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND ALL
SORTS OF OTHER THINGS.
00:22:26IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF
REPETITIVE INFORMATION FOR US.
00:22:30WE HEAR A LOT.
MAYBE NOT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO
00:22:33WATCHÑi ON THE OHIO CHANNEL.
A LOT OF THINGS DID GET DONE.
00:22:37THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE
DONE WHEN THE LEGISLATURE IS
00:22:42WITH YOU.
>> THAT IS THE POINT I WOULD
00:22:44LIKE TO MAKE.
A LOT OF THINGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN
00:22:47DONE.
YOU HAVE A REPUBLICAN HOUSE, A
00:22:51REPUBLICAN SENATE, AND EVERY
OFFICE IS HELD BY A REPUBLICAN
00:22:55OFFICEHOLDER WHO, EVERY STATE
OFFICE.
00:22:57THEN YOU HAVE THE SUPREME COURT,
WHICH IS REPUBLICAN.
00:23:01WHEN YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF
BACKING, YOU CAN MAKE THE BIG
00:23:05CHANGES.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE THE
00:23:08COMPROMISES.
YOU GO FOR THE BIG THINGS THAT
00:23:10HAVE BEEN ON THE WISH LIST.
THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED.
00:23:13>> BETWEEN 1995 AND 2005,
REPUBLICANS CONTROLLED ALL OF
00:23:19THAT AND DID NOT MAKE THESE HUGE
CHANGES.
00:23:21WHY?
THERE WERE MODERATE REPUBLICANS.
00:23:24THIS IS A NEW BREED OF VERY
CONSERVATIVE IDEOLOGUE TO CALL
00:23:29-- A VERY CONSERVATIVE
IDEOLOGIES.
00:23:33THE WANTED TO MAKE THESE BIG
CHANGES IN ABORTION AND TAXES.
00:23:36>> SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY THE
GOVERNOR HAS APPEARED TO BE A
00:23:40LITTLE SOFTER ON SOME THINGS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE SAFETY NET, AND
00:23:45PUTTING MONEY TOWARD FOOD BANKS
AND THE MENTALLY ILL.
00:23:48THE PRISON SENTENCING REFORM
CROSSED PARTY LINES.
00:23:52YOU HAVE CONSERVATIVES AND
LIBERALS ON BOTH SIDES WORKING
00:23:56ON THAT.
THIS IS WHY YOU SAY IT IS A
00:23:59CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS,
AND A CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN
00:24:03LEADING IT.
>> ONCE IN AWHILE, THE GOVERNOR
00:24:06WILL SURPRISE EVERYBODY.
HE VETOED THE REPUBLICAN BILL
00:24:10THAT PUT A LOOSE LIMIT ON HOW
MUCH WATER COMPANIES COULD TAKE
00:24:13OUT OF LAKE ERIE.
HE WAS SIDING WITH
00:24:17ENVIRONMENTALISTS.
ONCE IN AWHILE, HE SURPRISES
00:24:20YOU.
MOST OF THE TIME, YOU CAN
00:24:23PREDICT THE CONSERVATIVE VIEW.
>> LOOKING AT 2012, THE ENTIRE
00:24:28HOUSE AND HAVE THE SENATE IS UP
FOR REELECTION.
00:24:30WILL 2012 BE AS BIG A YEAR AS
2011?
00:24:34>> WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THERE
WILL BE NEW DISTRICTS AS WELL.
00:24:37THEY ARE DRAWN IN A WAY THAT
OPPONENTS OF THE PLAN SAY IT WAS
00:24:42SPLIT.
THAT IS FOR CONGRESS.
00:24:47BUT ALSO FOR THE LEGISLATIVE
DISTRICTS.
00:24:49THEY ARE NEW AS WELL.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE MOVING
00:24:54AROUND TO DIFFERENT PLACES ON
THE MAP.
00:24:56IT IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
ON HOW THEY CAN CAMPAIGN.
00:25:01IT WILL BE CHEAPER FOR
REPUBLICANS TO CAMPAIGN IN VERY
00:25:05REPUBLICAN AREAS.
IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
00:25:10>> IF YOU ARE HINTING WE ARE NOT
GOING TO SEE THE DILUTION OF
00:25:14ACTS WE SAW THIS YEAR, I THINK
THAT IS RIGHT.
00:25:18FIRST, THEY HAVE DONE SO MANY
THINGS ALREADY.
00:25:21WHAT IS LEFT FOR THEM TO DO?
I AM SURE THERE WILL FIND SOME
00:25:25THINGS.
MAYBE PENSION REFORM, ALTHOUGH
00:25:28THEY MIGHT PUT THAT OFF.
>> I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING A
00:25:32LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO GET
BEHIND.
00:25:34>> I DO NOT THINK THEY WILL WANT
TO DO ANYTHING TOO
00:25:38CONTROVERSIAL.
THE REPUBLICANS JUST GOT SLAPPED
00:25:40ON THE REST BY THE VOTERS ON
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
00:25:43I THINK THEY WANT THINGS TO COME
DOWN, SO THERE WILL NOT BE THAT
00:25:46MUCH.
>> MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW
00:25:50YEAR, AND WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF
FUN NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
00:25:52AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT OHIO PUBLIC
00:25:56RADIO AND TELEVISION, THANKS FOR
WATCHING.
00:25:57IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS,
MAKE COMMENTS, OR WATCH THIS
00:26:00WEEK'S SHOW OR EARLIER EPISODES,
PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
00:26:02STATENEWS.ORG.
YOU CAN ALSO CHECK US OUT ON
00:26:04FACEBOOK.
HAPPY HANUKAH AND MERRY
00:26:05CHRISTMAS, AND PLEASE JOIN US
AGAIN NEXT TIME FOR "THE STATE
00:26:07OF OHIO".
>> SUPPORT FOR THE BROADCAST
00:26:14COMES FROM --
CAPTIONED BY THE
00:26:30NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE
--WWW.NCICAP.ORG--
Note : Transcripts are compiled from uncorrected captions