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00:00:30FOUNDATION.
>> GOVERNOR KASICH DELIVERS HIS
00:00:36THIRD STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH
IN PRIME TIME IN ANOTHER NEW
00:00:39LOCATION.
AND BOTH REPUBLICANS AND
00:00:43DEMOCRATS PRAISE AND PAN WHAT
HE SAID.
00:00:44THAT'S ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE
STATE OF OHIO."
00:00:49FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME, A
GOVERNOR OF OHIO TOOK HIS
00:00:53ANNUAL STATE OF THE STATE
SPEECH OUT OF CAPITOL SQUARE IN
00:00:56COLUMBUS.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, IT
00:00:58HAPPENED IN PRIME TIME.
GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH GAVE HIS
00:01:01THIRD STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH
AT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL CIVIC
00:01:05AND CONVENTION CENTER IN
DOWNTOWN LIMA ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
00:01:08HE STARTED A FEW MINUTES LATE,
WHICH WAS TO BE EXPECTED GIVEN
00:01:11THE WEATHER AND THE LINES
EVERYONE HAD TO WAIT IN TO BE
00:01:14SEARCHED BEFORE COMING INTO THE
AUDITORIUM.
00:01:16BUT WHEN GOVERNOR KASICH BEGAN,
HE DIDN'T WASTE ANY TIME
00:01:19GETTING TO ONE OF HIS MAIN
POINTS.
00:01:21>> I BELIEVE THAT JOBS ARE OUR
GREATEST MORAL PURPOSE.
00:01:25>> IN JUST OVER AN HOUR, KASICH
USED THE WORD JOBS 16 TIMES AND
00:01:30MENTIONED JOBSOHIO, HIS
PUBLIC-PRIVATE AGENCY THAT
00:01:34REPLACED THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEVELOPMENT, NINE TIMES.
00:01:36THE GOVERNOR CLAIMED THE STATE
IS UP MORE THAN 120,000 JOBS,
00:01:40AND THAT OHIO IS NUMBER ONE IN
JOB CREATION IN THE MIDWEST,
00:01:44AND NUMBER SIX IN THE NATION.
KASICH NOTED THE UNEMPLOYMENT
00:01:48RACE HAS FALLEN FROM 10.8%
WHERE IT WAS IN JANUARY 2010 TO
00:01:527% IN SEPTEMBER.
IT WAS 6.7% IN DECEMBER.
00:01:56BUT WHILE KASICH PRAISED THOSE
ACHIEVEMENTS, HE CAUTIONED THAT
00:01:59MORE WORK IS AHEAD.
>> BUT, FOLKS, THE REBUILDING
00:02:03HAS TO CONTINUE.
WE CAN'T REST ON OUR GAINS.
00:02:06WE HAVEN'T TAPPED ALL OF OUR
POTENTIAL.
00:02:08THERE ARE TOO MANY CHALLENGES
THAT HAVEN'T BEEN MET.
00:02:11AND WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS
VISION IN MIND AND, THEREFORE,
00:02:14WE MUST CONTINUE TO BUILD OUR
ECONOMY, CONTINUE TO BUILD THE
00:02:17NEW AND EXCITING 21ST CENTURY
JOBS.
00:02:20WE MUST REBUILD OUR ROADS AND
OUR HIGHWAYS AND OUR BRIDGES.
00:02:24WE MUST PROVIDE FOR OUR
CHILDREN THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT
00:02:28WE ALL HAD.
WE NEED TO LIFT.
00:02:31WE NEED TO LIFT THE POOR.
WE NEED TO LIFT THE
00:02:34BELEAGUERED.
AND WE NEED TO HAVE AMERICA
00:02:38FOLLOW US BECAUSE I THINK
THEY'RE BEGINNING TO AND
00:02:41PERHAPS ONE DAY THEY MAY EVEN
JOIN US HERE IN THE GREAT STATE
00:02:44OF OHIO.
>> KASICH SAID HE'S TAKEN THE
00:02:46BUDGET FROM A RAINY DAY FUND
THAT HAD JUST 89 CENTS IN IT
00:02:49WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE IN 2011 TO
A $1.9 BILLION ESTIMATED IS
00:02:56YOUR PLS AT THE END OF NEXT
YEAR.
00:02:58AND HE SAID OHIOANS AND THE
LAWMAKERS THAT COMPRISED HIS
00:03:02AUDIENCE MUST NOT FEAR BIG
IDEAS.
00:03:03>> THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE
PROGRAM TO CUT TAXES BY $1.4
00:03:08BILLION, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT A
FEW OF THE SPECIFICS.
00:03:12WE PROPOSE LOWERING THE SALES
TAX TO 5%.
00:03:15WE'VE ALSO PROPOSED BROADENING
THE BASE.
00:03:18AND WE'VE DONE -- AND IN DOING
SO, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
00:03:23A 50% TAX CUT TO OUR SMALL
BUSINESSES, A 50% TAX CUT.
00:03:28>> AND THAT WAS THE GOVERNOR'S
ONLY MENTION OF THE EXPANSION
00:03:32OF THE STATE SALES TAX ONTO
SERVICES WHERE THERE WAS NO
00:03:36SALES TAX BEFORE, INCLUDING
CABLE TV, TICKETS TO SPORTS AND
00:03:39CULTURAL EVENTS AND AMUSEMENT
PARKS, DIGITAL DOWNLOADS AND
00:03:43MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS, HAIR
STYLING, FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
00:03:46AND THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY
ACCOUNTANTS, LAWYERS,
00:03:49ARCHITECTS AND LOBBYISTS.
THE STATE SALES TAX WOULD ALSO
00:03:53BE CUT FROM 5.5% TO 5%.
THE GOVERNOR HAS ALSO PROPOSED,
00:03:58USING HIS WORDS, "MODERNIZING
THE SEVERANCE TAX SO THAT ALL
00:04:02OHIO CAN BENEFIT FROM THE OIL
AND GAS DISCOVERIES IN OUR
00:04:06STATE."
HE TOUCHED ON RAISING THE TAX
00:04:07ON OIL AND NATURAL GAS DRILLERS
ONLY BRIEFLY AS WELL.
00:04:10BUT THE GOVERNOR SPENT A FAIR
AMOUNT OF TIME ON HIS NEW
00:04:13SCHOOL FUNDING PLAN, WHICH HAS
GOTTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND
00:04:16CRITICISM FROM LAWMAKERS AND
SCHOOL OFFICIALS, INCLUDING TWO
00:04:20WHO WERE ON THIS SHOW LAST
WEEK.
00:04:22AFTER PRAISING THE LEGISLATION
THAT'S ALREADY PASSED ON K-12
00:04:27EDUCATION, KASICH PROMOTED HIS
SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA.
00:04:30>> WE HAVE PROPOSED A PLAN, I
WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS AND
00:04:33I WILL PUT THIS OUT SO YOU CAN
READ IT, WE HAVE PROPOSED A
00:04:37PLAN TO HELP EVERY BOY AND
GIRL, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY
00:04:40WILL, OUR PLAN PROVIDES A TOTAL
OF $1.2 BILLION IN NEW FUNDS
00:04:45OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
THAT MEANS THAT BY THE END OF
00:04:49THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, OHIO
WILL ACTUALLY PROVIDING OUR
00:04:55K-12 SYSTEM MORE IN STATE AID
THAN THEY RECEIVED AT THE
00:04:59HEIGHT OF THE ONE-TIME FEDERAL
STIMULUS MONEY IN 2011.
00:05:03THAT IS A UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT
OF MONEY, ACCORDING TO
00:05:06ANYBODY'S CALCULATIONS.
>> THE GOVERNOR ONCE AGAIN
00:05:09TALKED ABOUT HOW NO SCHOOL
DISTRICT WILL GET LESS FUNDING
00:05:12THIS YEAR THAN IT DID LAST
YEAR.
00:05:13AND HE SAID HIS PLAN WILL HELP
SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE THE
00:05:17RESOURCES TO HELP THEMSELVES.
HE SAID THE POOREST AND URBAN
00:05:20SCHOOLS WILL GET MORE MONEY
THAN THE WEALTHIER DISTRICTS
00:05:24WILL BECAUSE THEY GET A BIGGER
SHARE OF OVERALL SCHOOL FUNDING
00:05:27THAN THE RICHER DISTRICTS DO
AND MORE PER PUPIL FUNDING
00:05:31BEFORE THE SO-CALLED GUARANTEES
ARE ADDED IN.
00:05:34THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE POOREST
DISTRICT RECEIVES $7,500 PER
00:05:40STUDENT, WITH THE WEALTHIEST
DISTRICT GETTING $110.
00:05:43THEN THE GOVERNOR MOVED ON TO
THE THORNIEST PATCH IN HIS
00:05:46BUDGET, HIS PROPOSED EXPANSION
OF MEDICAID.
00:05:48HE ONCE AGAIN STRESSED THAT HE
OPPOSES THE AFFORDABLE CARE
00:05:51ACT, WHICH HE CALLS OLE
MISSCARE, AND SAID HIS PROPOSAL
00:05:55TO EXPAND MEDICAID TO THOSE WHO
MAKE 138% OF THE FEDERAL
00:05:59POVERTY LEVEL, WHICH IS ABOUT
$15,400 A YEAR, WOULD BRING,
00:06:05$13 BILLION BACK TO OHIO OVER
SEVEN YEARS.
00:06:07AND HE SAID THAT MONEY WOULD GO
TO OTHER STATES IF STATE
00:06:11LAWMAKERS DON'T APPROVE THE
EXPANSION.
00:06:13KASICH TALKED ABOUT THE
NEGATIVE IMPACT HE SAID WOULD
00:06:16BE FELT BY URBAN AND RURAL
HOSPITALS WITHOUT THE MEDICAID
00:06:20EXPANSION, AND THEN HE TRIED TO
BRING THE ISSUE TO LAWMAKERS ON
00:06:23A PERSONAL LEVEL.
>> I KNOW IT'S CONTROVERSIAL.
00:06:27I JUST WANT TO TAKE YOU ONE
PLACE.
00:06:31ONE DAY YOUR SON COMES HOME,
YOUR DAUGHTER COMES HOME, SAYS
00:06:36MOM, MY BRAIN IS NOT WORKING
RIGHT.
00:06:40PUT IT IN YOUR FAMILY.
PUT SOMEBODY THAT IS IN YOUR
00:06:45FAMILY WHO BECOMES THE WAYWARD
CHILD, AND THEY COME HOME ONE
00:06:51DAY, THEY CAN'T GET A JOB.
PUT IT ON YOUR DOORSTEP.
00:06:54AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND HOW HARD
IT IS.
00:06:58I RESPECT THE DECISION YOU'RE
ALL GOING TO MAKE.
00:07:01I KNOW IT'S CONTROVERSIAL, JUST
PLEASE EXAMINE YOUR CONSCIENCE.
00:07:08KEEP AN OPEN MIND AND I THINK
WE CAN WORK AND GET THERE.
00:07:10>> HE FOLLOWED THAT UP BY
MENTIONING THE NEW REQUIREMENT
00:07:13THAT INSURERS COVER AUTISM
COVERAGE, HIS ORDER TO GIVE $5
00:07:16MILLION TO THE STATE'S FOOD
BANKS, AND A $2 MILLION GRANT
00:07:21TO NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL IN COLUMBUS AND THE
00:07:23RECENT CRACKDOWN ON HUMAN
TRAFFICKING.
00:07:25THEN CAME A MOMENT IN THE
SPEECH THAT HE STARTED LAST
00:07:27YEAR, HIS GOVERNOR'S COURAGE
AWARDS.
00:07:29THIS YEAR'S HONOREES WERE
ASTRONAUT NEIL ARMSTRONG, THE
00:07:34FIRST MAN TO WALK ON THE MOON,
HIS SONS RICK AND MARK ACCEPTED
00:07:37FOR THEIR FATHER, WHO DIED LAST
YEAR.
00:07:39SONDRA WILLIAMS, THE COLUMBUS
ACTIVIST, AUTHOR, SPEAKER AND
00:07:43MOTHER OF FOUR ADULTS WITH
AUTISM WHO HAS AUTISM HERSELF.
00:07:47AND NINE FACULTY MEMBERS AND
STAFF FROM CHARDON HIGH SCHOOL,
00:07:50WHERE JUST ABOUT A YEAR AGO
THREE STUDENTS WERE KILLED AND
00:07:53THREE OTHERS INJURED IN THE
WORST PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL
00:07:57SHOOTING SINCE 2005.
AND FINALLY, THE GOVERNOR,
00:08:01WHO'S BOTH SAID AND BEEN ON THE
RECEIVING END OF SOME
00:08:04POLITICALLY TINGED INSULTS AND
BITING REMARKS OVER THE YEARS,
00:08:07CLOSED WITH A CALL FOR
BIPARTISAN SHIPP.
00:08:10>> TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE LOSING
FAITH IN OUR GOVERNMENT.
00:08:14THEY'RE TIRED OF THE
NAME-CALLING AND THE PERSONAL
00:08:16ATTACKS AND THE PARTISANSHIP.
AND I'M RIGHT AND YOU'RE WRONG
00:08:19AND THAT'S OK TO HAVE THAT
DEBATE.
00:08:21BUT IT STARTS TO GET INTO
NAME-CALLING AND PERSONAL --
00:08:29LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, THE
PUBLIC'S SICK OF IT.
00:08:32THEY REJECT IT.
>> JUST A FEW MOMENTS AFTER THE
00:08:36GOVERNOR FINISHED HIS SPEECH
AND LEFT THE AUDITORIUM, THE
00:08:39OFFICIAL RESPONSES TO THE
SPEECH BEGAN.
00:08:41REPUBLICANS WENT FIRST, WITH
HOUSE SPEAKER BATCHELDER AND
00:08:46THE SENATE PRESIDENT PRAISING
HIS PROPOSALS BUT LEAVING LOTS
00:08:49OF HINTS THAT NOT EVERYTHING
GOVERNOR KASICH PUT FORWARD
00:08:52WOULD ACTUALLY BE APPROVED.
>> I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
00:08:55FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
BREADTH OF THIS PROPOSAL IS AS
00:09:01WELL AS WHAT THE GOVERNOR
POINTED TO.
00:09:03THIS IS A VERY HUGE STEP, AND
OUR PROBLEM, OF COURSE, IN
00:09:09EXAMINING IT IS THAT IN THE
NEAR FUTURE, IF THE FEDERAL
00:09:13GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO OPERATE
THE WAY IT HAS FOR THE PAST
00:09:16SEVERAL YEARS, THEY MAY OR MAY
NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO LIVE UP
00:09:20TO THE OBLIGATIONS THAT THEY
HAVE TOLD THE PEOPLE THEY'RE
00:09:22GOING TO DO.
AND I THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY,
00:09:25VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.
>> I THINK EVERYBODY SHARES THE
00:09:30COMPASSION THAT THE GOVERNOR
HAS, AND I THINK WE NEED TO
00:09:32TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE MEADING
OF EXPANSION PROPOSED BY -- BY
00:09:37WASHINGTON IS.
AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
00:09:39CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER YOU'RE
HANDCUFFING YOURSELF INTO A
00:09:42SYSTEM THAT YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE
TO GET OUT OF IF IT DOESN'T
00:09:44WORK LIKE IT'S BEEN PROMISED.
AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO DO A
00:09:48FULL AND COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF
THAT.
00:09:49AND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS
ANALYSIS, WE'LL LOOK AT
00:09:52OPTIONS.
AND ONE OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS
00:09:54THAT WE HAVE IS WHAT ARE OUR
OPTIONS?
00:09:57AND I KNOW WHAT PEOPLE BELIEVE
WASHINGTON SAYS OUR OPTION ARE,
00:10:00BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE DONE
TALKING THERE.
00:10:01>> THERE WERE ALSO SOME
RESERVATIONS RAISED ABOUT THE
00:10:04NEW SALES TAXES ON SERVICES
THAT ARE PART OF THE GOVERNOR'S
00:10:07OVERALL PLAN TO SHIFT FROM A
RELIANCE ON INCOME TAXES AS THE
00:10:10STATE'S LARGEST SOURCE OF
REVENUE TO SALES TAXES.
00:10:13>> I THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY,
VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT THAT.
00:10:16THIS PROPOSAL FROM THE GOVERNOR
IS NOT A TAX INCREASE.
00:10:19HOWEVER, THERE ARE NEW ANNS OF
THAT PROPOSAL THAT MAY OR MAY
00:10:24NOT FIND SUCCESS AS IT RUNS
THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE.
00:10:27>> BATCHELDER SAYS HE PLANS
WHAT HE CALLED EXTENSIVE
00:10:30HEARING WHEAS HE CALLS ON THE
SALES TAX PART OF THE BUDGET.
00:10:35HE CALLED THEM COURAGEOUS AND
FAVORS THAT HEARINGS IN THE
00:10:37SENATE WON'T WAIT.
HE WANTS SENATORS TO ALREADY BE
00:10:40LOOKING AT THE BUDGET BY THE
TIME IT COMES OVER FROM THE
00:10:43HOUSE.
ON THE SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA,
00:10:45BATCHELDER SAID HE THINKS THE
GOVERNOR'S FORMULA IS
00:10:48WELL-CONCEIVED AND THAT HIS
APPROACH IS THE RIGHT ONE, BUT
00:10:50THAT IT MAY REQUIRE WHAT THE
SPEAKER CALLED A CERTAIN
00:10:53FINESSING.
FABER SAID HE IS CONCERNED
00:10:56ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE FORMULA
ON SOME DISTRICTS, BUT THAT HE
00:10:59THINKS MOST REPUBLICANS AGREE
WITH THE CONCEPT OF EQUALIZING
00:11:02THE MONEY BETWEEN INDICTS AND
IT WILL FIND GREAT SUPPORT.
00:11:07BUT DEMOCRATS OF THE HOUSE AND
SENATE WERE UP NEXT.
00:11:10HOUSE MINORITY LEADER ARMOND
BUDISH OF BEACHWOOD CHEERED THE
00:11:14MEDICAID EXPANSION, BUT THEN
BLASTED THE GOVERNOR ON JOBS.
00:11:18>> THE GOVERNOR CLAIMS THAT
JOBSOHIO IS WORKING, WHICH I
00:11:22FIND INTERESTING SINCE JOBSOHIO
HASN'T EVEN BEEN FUNDED YET.
00:11:26AND EVEN IF JOBSOHIO IS
WORKING, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE
00:11:30FOR US TO KNOW SINCE THERE IS
NO ACCOUNT AS ABILITY, NO SUN
00:11:35SHEEN, EVEN EXEMPTED JOBSOHIO
FROM THE ETHICS LAWS OF THE
00:11:39STATE.
THE GOVERNOR TALKED A LOT ABOUT
00:11:42A VARIETY OF THINGS WITH GREAT
FLOURY LANGUAGE, BUT WHEN YOU
00:11:47LOOK BEHIND IT, THE FACTS
SIMPLY DON'T SUPPORT HIS
00:11:51STATEMENTS.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, HE TALKED
00:11:52ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
PROTECTING LAKE ERIE, YET HE
00:11:56SIGNED ONE OF THE MOST HARMFUL
BILLS WE'VE HAD IN OHIO,
00:12:00ALLOWING BUSINESSES TO TAKE
VIRTUALLY UNLIMITED WATER OUT
00:12:05OF THE RIVERS POURING INTO THE
LAKE.
00:12:08AND HE FAILED TO NOTE THE LACK
OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS ON
00:12:11THE FRACKING THAT COULD ALSO
HARM OUR WATER HERE IN THE
00:12:14STATE OF OHIO.
>> BUDISH SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE
00:12:18IDEA OF INCOME TAX CUTS
CREATING JOBS BY BRINGING UP
00:12:21THE 21% ACROSS THE BOARD INCOME
TAX CUT THAT WAS ENACTED UNDER
00:12:25GOVERNOR BOB TAFT IN 2005,
AFTER WHICH OHIO ENDED UP WITH
00:12:30THE LOST JOBS THAT GOVERNOR
KASICH OFTEN MENTIONS.
00:12:33BUDISH AND THE OTHER DEMOCRATS
ALSO SOUNDED OFF ON THE FUNDING
00:12:36IN THE GOVERNOR'S TURNPIKE PLAN
AND THE MONEY FOR LOCAL
00:12:40GOVERNMENTS.
AND THERE WAS PLENTY OF
00:12:41CRITICISM FROM DEMOCRATS
SURROUNDING THE GOVERNOR'S
00:12:43SCHOOL FUNDING PLAN.
DEBBIE PHILLIPS IS FROM ATHENS.
00:12:46>> THERE'S A LOT OF SMOKE AND
MIRRORS GOING ON IN THIS
00:12:49BUDGET.
THERE ARE A LOT OF VERY
00:12:53HIGH-SOUNDING PRINCIPLES WHEN
THE GOVERNOR TALKS ABOUT IT,
00:12:55BUT WHAT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT IS
NOT THE PHILOSOPHY BUT WHAT IS
00:12:58ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THIS
BUDGET.
00:13:00AND THERE ARE NEARLY 400 SCHOOL
DISTRICTS, MANY OF THEM THE
00:13:03POOREST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE
STATE THAT AREN'T GETTING ONE
00:13:06ADDITIONAL DOLLAR IN THE
GOVERNOR'S EDUCATION BUDGET.
00:13:08>> SENATOR NINA TURNER IS FROM
CLEVELAND, WHICH LAST YEAR
00:13:11PASSED A 15 MILL TAX LEVY THAT
HAD BEEN SUPPORTED BY GOVERNOR
00:13:16KASICH.
IT INCLUDED BIG CHANGES TO THE
00:13:18TEACHERS' UNION CONTRACT AND
THE SHARING OF LEVY MONEY WITH
00:13:21CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT PARTNER
WITH THE CLEVELAND SCHOOL
00:13:24DISTRICT.
>> TO HAVE A BUDGET PRESENTED
00:13:25THAT GIVES THE CLEVELAND CITY
SCHOOLS NO MONEY WHATSOEVER IS
00:13:30A SLAP IN THE FACE TO THE SITS
SENSE OF THE CITY OF CLEVELAND,
00:13:33BUT ALSO TO THE STUDENTS OF THE
CITY OF CLEVELAND.
00:13:36AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
EDUCATION BUDGET JUST ACROSS
00:13:38THE BOARD, CLEVELAND IS ONLY
ONE EXAMPLE.
00:13:40THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF EAST
CLEVELAND, ANOTHER EXAMPLE, ONE
00:13:43OF THE POOREST SCHOOL DISTRICTS
IN THIS STATE.
00:13:45YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR TALKED
ABOUT EDUCATION BEING THE KEYS
00:13:48TO THE FUTURE.
WELL, MY GOD, THE GOVERNOR AND
00:13:50THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO
STEP UP AND GIVE OUR STUDENTS
00:13:53IN THIS STATE THE KEYS THAT
THEY NEED TO UNLOCK THE DOOR TO
00:13:57THE FUTURE AND THE CONTINUOUS
OVERRELIANCE ON PROPERTY TAXES
00:14:03JUST DOES NOT GET IT.
AND THIS BUDGET DOES NOT DO
00:14:05ANYTHING TO ADDRESS THAT.
>> SENATOR LOU GENTILE FROM
00:14:09STEUBENVILLE ALSO SAID HE WAS
NOT TOO THRILLED ABOUT THE
00:14:12SEVERANCE TAX PROPOSAL, WHICH
SOME DEMOCRATS HAVE SOUNDED AS
00:14:15IF THEY WOULD SUPPORT.
>> THIS WOULD ESSENTIALLY TAKE
00:14:18REVENUE OUT OF AN AREA OF THE
STATE THAT'S BEEN STRUGGLING
00:14:21FOR MANY YEARS, AND SO WHILE I
THINK THAT SOME OF THAT REVENUE
00:14:25COULD GO BACK TO THE STATE TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE ADEQUATE
00:14:28REGULATIONS IN PLACE AND TO
FUND THE DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL
00:14:31SURVEY, I THINK THAT A MAJORITY
OF THAT REVENUE SHOULD STAY IN
00:14:34THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE TAKING
ON THE RISKS.
00:14:36AND I WOULD SAY THAT ALTHOUGH
HE THINKS AND BELIEVES THAT ALL
00:14:41OHIOANS SHOULD BENEFIT FROM
THIS OIL AND GAS RESOURCE THAT
00:14:44WE HAVE, NOT ALL OHIOANS ARE
BEARING THE RISKS ASSOCIATED
00:14:48WITH IT.
>> AND MINORITY LEADER BUDISH
00:14:51ADDED THAT HE WAS INTERESTED TO
HEAR THE GOVERNOR'S CALL FOR
00:14:56BIPARTISANSHIP.
>> I AGREE WITH THOSE COMMENTS.
00:14:58UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT WE'RE
SEEING IS MORE OF THE SAME HERE
00:15:01IN OHIO, MORE PARTISANSHIP.
WE SAW THE EFFORTS THAT WE MADE
00:15:06TO TAKE PARTISANSHIP OUT OF THE
CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE HOUSE
00:15:11UNDONE.
WITH RESPECT TO THE BUDGET,
00:15:13SEVERAL OF OUR MEMBERS JUST
THIS LAST WEEK CAME OUT AND
00:15:16OFFERED AN OLIVE BRANCH
INDICATING THAT WE LIKE THE
00:15:20MEDICAID EXPANSION, THAT WE CAN
WORK WITH, THAT WE HOPE TO WORK
00:15:23WITH THE GOVERNOR AND COME UP
WITH SOME CHANGES TO HIS
00:15:26PROPOSAL THAT WEE COULD ALL
SUPPORT AND HIS COMMENT WAS
00:15:29SOMETHING LIKE, THESE PEOPLE
HAVE NO CREDIBILITY.
00:15:31HE TOTALLY REJECTED THE EFFORT
AND MADE -- HAS MADE NO EFFORT
00:15:36TO WORK WITH US AT ALL.
>> HIS DIG INTO THE SPEECH AND
00:15:40REACTION TO IT ARE THE
REPORTERS OF THE STATEHOUSE
00:15:43NEWS BUREAU.
BILL COHEN AND JO INGLES.
00:15:47GIVE ME YOUR OVERALL
IMPRESSIONS.
00:15:49AS I WAS LISTENING TO IT DURING
OUR LIVE BROADCAST, IT SEEMED
00:15:52LIKE IT WAS A CAMPAIGN SPEECH.
>> WELL, IT DID.
00:15:54IT SEEMED -- DID IT HAVE THAT
ELEMENT, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT
00:15:58THIS YEAR IT SOUNDED MORE
FOCUSED AND IT ALSO SOUNDED
00:16:02MORE BIPARTISAN.
HE WAS TALKING TO THE
00:16:04DEMOCRATS.
HE WAS TALKING TO REPUBLICANS.
00:16:05HE WAS TALKING TO THE
CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS WHO HE
00:16:09DISAGREES WITH ON SOME ISSUES,
AND HE SEEMED TO BE TRYING TO
00:16:12BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER UNDER A
BIG TENT.
00:16:14AND THAT'S THE THING THAT I
THINK STOOD OUT FOR ME FROM
00:16:16LAST YEAR.
>> WELL, I THOUGHT IT WAS A
00:16:18STRONG SPEECH.
IT WASN'T REAL INSIDERY.
00:16:21I THINK OTHER PEOPLE COULD
UNDERSTAND WHO WATCHED WHAT WAS
00:16:23GOING ON, AND HE WAS MAKING A
STRONG PITCH, I THOUGHT,
00:16:26ESPECIALLY TO HIS FELLOW
REPUBLICANS, SAYING HEY, I NEED
00:16:29YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS MEDICAID
EXPANSION.
00:16:31THAT WAS, I THOUGHT, A
FASCINATING PART QUOTING THE
00:16:34LORD AND SAYING WE NEED TO HELP
THE LEAST OF THESE, THE
00:16:37MENTALLY ILL, THE HOMELESS, THE
POOR.
00:16:40AND YOU COULD TELL HE WAS
REALLY TALKING THERE.
00:16:43HE WAS REALLY TALKING TO HIS
FELLOW REPUBLICANS, WHO'VE BEEN
00:16:46BALKING AT THIS MEDICAID
EXPANSION.
00:16:49>> WASN'T HE ALSO TALKING TO
DEMOCRATS?
00:16:51BECAUSE HE DOES NEED THEM TO
GET THIS MEDICAID EXPANSION
00:16:54PASSED IF, INDEED, SOME
CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS DECIDE
00:16:56TO VOTE AGAINST IT?
HE NEEDS DEMOCRATIC VOTES THIS
00:16:59TIME.
>> YEAH, I DIDN'T GET THE SENSE
00:17:01HE WAS TALKING TO DEMOCRATS
BECAUSE I THINK THE DEMOCRATS
00:17:03HAVE PRETTY MUCH MADE UP THEIR
MINDS.
00:17:05THEY HATE THE INCOME TAX CUT.
THEY DON'T LIKE THE SALES TAX
00:17:08EXPANSION.
AND THEY ALREADY LOVE THE
00:17:11MEDICAID EXPANSION.
I DON'T KNOW, WHAT ELSE -- WHAT
00:17:13CAN YOU DO WITH THEM?
I MEAN, THEY'RE IN THE
00:17:16MINORITY.
YOU'RE RIGHT, THEIR VOTES MAY
00:17:18COME INTO PLAY IF HE CAN'T GET,
YOU KNOW, MOST OR ALL OF HIS
00:17:23FELLOW REPUBLICANS ONBOARD TO
VOTE.
00:17:26BUT THEY'RE ALREADY -- THEY
ALREADY LIKE THE MEDICAID
00:17:29EXPANSION.
IT'S JUST THE TAX STUFF THAT
00:17:31THEY DON'T LIKE.
AND I JUST CAN'T SEE HIM
00:17:34CHANGING HIS TAX -- LOOK, HE
LOVES THAT INCOME TAX THING.
00:17:38WE KNOW HE WANTS TO KILL THE
STATE INCOME TAX.
00:17:41SO THE FACT THAT HE WANTS TO
LOWER IT ANOTHER 20%, WE KNOW
00:17:44-- HE MAY HAVE TO COMPROMISE.
HE DOESN'T WANT TO.
00:17:47>> I'VE HEARD THE CLAIM THAT HE
ALMOST SOUNDED A LITTLE MORE,
00:17:50AND YOU SAID IT, JO,
BIPARTISAN, EVEN MORE MODERATE.
00:17:54NOT ONLY TALKING UP THE
MEDICAID EXPANSION, FILLING A
00:17:57LOT OF THE SPEECH WITH THAT,
BUT ALSO TALKING ABOUT
00:18:00ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AND
THESE SORTS OF ISSUES THAT HE
00:18:02SEEMED LIKE HE WAS APPEALING TO
THE MORE MODERATE DISSENTER.
00:18:07NOT JUST LAWMAKERS, BUT MAYBE
VOTERS AS WELL.
00:18:09>> AND AS YOU POINTED OUT, NEXT
YEAR HE'S UP FOR RE-ELECTION.
00:18:12ONE THING THAT I NOTICED WAS
WITH THE MEDICAID EXPANSION, IF
00:18:16YOU LOOK AT WHY HE WANTS TO
EXPAND MEDICAID, HE'LL SAY, YOU
00:18:19KNOW, I'M TRYING TO PROTECT THE
RURAL HOSPITALS WHO OTHERWISE,
00:18:24THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD
START PARING BACK THE MONEY AND
00:18:29THEY MIGHT GO UNDER.
>> ALSO THE URBAN HOSPITALS IN
00:18:32THE BIG CITIES THAT TEND TO
VOTE DEMOCRAT.
00:18:34>> EXACTLY.
THERE ARE REPUBLICANS WHO
00:18:37ACTUALLY SUPPORT THE MEDICAID
EXPANSION AND THERE ARE THE
00:18:40REPUBLICANS LIKE THE OHIO STATE
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
00:18:43THE DOCTORS WERE THERE IN
SUPPORT WITH THEIR LAB COATS ON
00:18:45TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY
SUPPORTED THAT.
00:18:48SO IT HAS -- THE MEDICAID
EXPANSION HAS AN ELEMENT OF
00:18:52SUPPORT BEYOND THE DEMOCRATS.
AND CHUCK TODD OF NBC, ONE OF
00:18:56THE -- ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
HE SAID, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS
00:19:00VERY ASTUTE, HE SAID THAT THE
GOVERNORS WHO ARE UP FOR
00:19:04RE-ELECTION NEXT YEAR, IN ALL
OF THE STATES, MEDICAID
00:19:07EXPANSION IS HAPPENING IN THOSE
STATES.
00:19:09THOSE GOVERNORS DO NOT WANT TO
GET STUCK IN A SITUATION WHERE
00:19:11THEY TURNED DOWN FEDERAL MONEY
AND IT COMES BACK TO BITE THEM
00:19:14LATER.
>> LAST I CHECKED IT WAS ABOUT
00:19:1615 DEMOCRATIC CONCHORS AND SIX
REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS.
00:19:19SO OHIO'S REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR
IS NOT THE ONLY ONE.
00:19:21>> RIGHT.
>> BUT I WANT TO GET TO THAT
00:19:24THING THAT YOU JUST SAID ABOUT
IF WE DON'T GET THE MONEY, LIT
00:19:26GO TO OTHER STATES.
>> RIGHT.
00:19:27>> WHERE HAVE I HEARD THAT
BEFORE?
00:19:29IS THAT A NEW ARGUMENT?
>> NO.
00:19:32THAT'S AN ARGUMENT THAT WE HEAR
A LOT.
00:19:34AND YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING, IF
YOU LOOK AT THE MONEY IN OHIO,
00:19:39WE DO SEND A LOT OF MONEY TO
WASHINGTON.
00:19:41AND IF WE DON'T, YOU KNOW W.
THIS MEDICAID EXPANSION, THAT
00:19:45MONEY WILL GO TO OTHER STATES.
SO THAT IS ONE OF THE KEY
00:19:48THINGS THAT GOVERNOR KASICH HAS
BEEN SAYING FOR MONTHS NOW.
00:19:51>> WELL, IRONICALLY, THAT WAS A
SALES PITCH THE DEMOCRATIC
00:19:55GOVERNOR USED THREE OR FOUR
YEARS AGO WHEN HE SAID LET'S
00:19:58GET THIS MONEY FOR THE TRAINS.
>> RIGHT.
00:20:00>> AND IT WAS KASICH WHO SAID,
I DON'T CARE IF WE'RE GETTING
00:20:03FEDERAL MONEY FOR IT, IT'S A
WASTE OF MONEY.
00:20:05SO IT'S AN INTERESTING
SWITCHEROO THERE.
00:20:09>> THIS SPEECH STRUCK ME AS
ALSO MORE FORWARD-LOOKING THAN
00:20:14LAST YEAR.
HE DID A LITTLE BIT OF
00:20:16REVIEWING HERE, BUT IT SEEMED A
LOT MORE SELLING THE BUDGET, A
00:20:19LOT MORE SELLING HIS IDEAS, AND
A LOT OF METAPHORICAL
00:20:24BIG-PICTURE KIND OF THINGS AS
OPPOSED TO FACTS AND FIGURES
00:20:27AND SHOUTOUTS TO PEOPLE IN THE
AUDIENCE AND THAT SORT OF
00:20:29THING.
>> YEAH, THAT WAS KIND OF
00:20:32SURPRISING BUT IF YOU LOOK AT
LAST YEAR'S SPEECH THERE WERE
00:20:35SHOUTOUTS EVERYWHERE, AND WE
DIDN'T SEE THE KIND OF
00:20:37STREAMLINED MESSAGE.
THIS YEAR IT HAD A STREAMLINED
00:20:40MESSAGE AND IT LOOKED MORE --
IT LOOKED MORE -- IT LOOKED
00:20:45LIKE THE KIND OF MESSAGE THAT
YOU'D HEAR FROM A GOVERNOR
00:20:48WHO'S UP FOR RE-ELECTION.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE MOST
00:20:51INTERESTING THINGS WAS WHAT
DIDN'T HAPPEN OR WHAT WAS NOT
00:20:54SAID, AND THAT WAS MAYBE HE
SAID THE PHRASE SALES TAX
00:20:57EXPANSION AND --
>> HE'S BROADENING THE SALES,
00:21:01THAT WAS THE ONLY MENTION.
>> MAYBE IT WAS, HE SAID.
00:21:04WHEREAS HE SAID HELP THE POOR
ABOUT FIVE TIMES AND HE SAID
00:21:07LET'S LOWER THE INCOME TAX FIVE
TIMES, HE KIND OF RUSHED RIGHT
00:21:10OVER THAT SALES TAX EXPANSION.
AND THAT WAS REALLY
00:21:14FASCINATING.
>> THAT'S NOT AN AREA HE WANTS
00:21:17TO DIG INTO.
THIS IS AN AREA THAT
00:21:18REPUBLICANS ARE REALLY
CONCERNED ABOUT --
00:21:22>> THE DEMOCRATS DON'T LIKE IT
BECAUSE THEY SAY IT'S
00:21:23REGRESSIVE.
AND EVEN A LOT OF THE
00:21:25REPUBLICANS DON'T LIKE IT
BECAUSE IT IS ON THE SALES TAX
00:21:28SIDE A TAX HIKE, EVEN THOUGH
OVERALL IN TERMS OF REVENUE
00:21:32COMING IN, AS HE PUTS IT, IT'S
A $1.4 BILLION TAX CUT BECAUSE
00:21:37THE INCOME TAX CUT WOULD BE
EVEN BIGGER THAN THE SALES TAX
00:21:39HIKE.
BUT I MEAN, HE'S GOT TO AT SOME
00:21:41POINT SELL THAT.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING
00:21:44HE DECIDED NOT TO SELL THAT TO
HIS FELLOW REPUBLICANS IN THE
00:21:48SPEECH.
INSTEAD, HE DECIDED TO USE A
00:21:50LOT OF THE SPEECH SELLING THE
MEDICAID EXPANSION.
00:21:52>> AND AFTER THE SPEECH, WE HAD
THE TWO RESPONSES.
00:21:55WE HAD THE MAJORITY RESPONSE
FIRST, WHICH IS INTERESTING
00:21:58BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
WONDERING WHY IN THE WORLD WAS
00:22:00THERE A MAJORITY RESPONSE WHEN
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE FROM
00:22:03GOVERNOR KASICH'S OWN PARTY?
SO WHY WAS THERE A MAJORITY
00:22:07RESPONSE?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF
00:22:09A GOOD QUESTION, ACTUALLY,
BECAUSE THEY DID -- YOU KNOW,
00:22:11WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THEM, THEY
SAID OH WELL, WE'RE GOING TO
00:22:15LOOK INTO ALL THESE THINGS.
WE LIKE THE INITIAL IDEAS AND
00:22:17THAT SORT OF THING, AND WE
DIDN'T HEAR A LOT FROM THE FAR
00:22:21RIGHT IN THAT RESPONSE.
SO THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO
00:22:24MIGHT GIVE HIM THE HARD TIME.
BUT WE'VE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT
00:22:28THIS IS IN OUR LEGISLATURE
RIGHT NOW THE FAR RIGHT
00:22:31REPUBLICANS ARE A HUGE VOTING
BLOC.
00:22:33SO YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF HAVE TO
WATCH THE REPUBLICANS AS MUCH
00:22:37AS YOU HAVE TO WATCH THE
DEMOCRATS, WHO ARE THE MINORITY
00:22:39RIGHT NOW.
>> I WOULD SAY I REALLY WANTED
00:22:42TO HEAR FROM THE REPUBLICANS
FIRST BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO
00:22:44KNOW WHETHER THE GOVERNOR'S
PLAN IS GOING TO GET PASSED,
00:22:47YOU GO WHERE THE VOTES ARE AND
THE REPUBLICANS ARE WAY IN THE
00:22:50MAJORITY IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND
SENATE.
00:22:51AND THEN THERE'S THE
INTERESTING IDEA THAT WELL, NOT
00:22:55ALL REPUBLICANS ARE ONBOARD ON
MEDICAID EXPANSION, ON THE
00:22:59SALES TAX THING.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE ALL THE
00:23:03UNANSWERED QUESTIONS LIE.
WE GENERALLY KNOW AGAIN WHERE
00:23:06THE DEMOCRATS STAND ON MEDICAID
EXPANSION AND THE TAX SHIELD.
00:23:10SO I'M NOT SAYING THEIR VOTES
ARE TOTALLY IRRELEVANT, BUT
00:23:13THEY'RE DEEP IN THE MINORITY
AND WE ALREADY KNOW WHERE THEY
00:23:16STAND.
SO THE BIG QUESTION MARK IS THE
00:23:17REPUBLICANS.
SO YES, LET'S HEAR WHAT THE
00:23:19REPUBLICANS HAVE TO SAY FIRST.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY
00:23:23MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
AND, OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE MORE
00:23:25ON THE SPEECH AND THE BUDGET IN
THE COMING WEEKS.
00:23:27BUT IN THE MEANTIME, CAN YOU
WATCH THE FULL SPEECH AND THE
00:23:29MAJORITY AND MINORITY RESPONSES
AT OHIOCHANNEL.ORG.
00:23:33WHILE YOU'RE THERE, YOU CAN
ALSO CHECK OUT SOME 30 HOURS OF
00:23:36VIDEO FROM THE HOUSE FINANCE
COMMITTEE, WHICH CONTINUES TO
00:23:40HEAR TESTIMONY ON THE BUDGET.
ALSO ON THE DAY THAT GOVERNOR
00:23:43KASICH DELIVERED HIS STATE OF
THE STATE SPEECH, JUST SIX
00:23:46HOURS EARLIER, THE MAN WHO'S
RIGHT NOW BEING TALKED ABOUT AS
00:23:49THE LEADING DEMOCRAT TO RUN
AGAINST HIM DELIVERED HIS KEY
00:23:52ANNUAL ADDRESS.
CUYAHOGA COUNTY EXECUTIVE ED
00:23:55FITZGERALD WAS BEFORE ABOUT A
THOUSAND PEOPLE AT THE CITY
00:23:58CLUB OF CLEVELAND WITH THE
STATE OF THE COUNTY SPEECH.
00:24:01AND AFTER HE DETAILED WHAT HE
VIEWED AS HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS
00:24:04IN THE FAIRLY NEW POSITION OF
COUNTY EXECUTIVE, FITZGERALD
00:24:08WAS ASKED BY A SUPPORTER ABOUT
HIS PLANS TO RUN FOR GOVERN .
00:24:11>> WOULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK TO US
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU FEEL
00:24:15THAT WOULD BE LEAVING US IN THE
LURCH AND THAT SOME OF THE
00:24:19MOMENTUM YOU HAVE WOULD BE
LOST?
00:24:21>> NO.
[LAUGHTER]
00:24:30NO.
LISTEN, I REALLY WANTED TO
00:24:33FOCUS ABOUT THE COUNTY AND THE
WORK THAT I'VE DONE AT THE
00:24:35COUNTY HERE TODAY.
BUT AS I SAID -- I SAID IN MY
00:24:39SPEECH, THE PROGRESS THAT'S
BEEN MADE IN THE COUNTY, THERE
00:24:42ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT NEED
TO SHARE IN IT.
00:24:45AND I APPRECIATE THE
COMPLIMENTS, BUT THERE ARE A
00:24:49LOT OF PEOPLE THAT MADE IT
HAPPEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO
00:24:51MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND IT'S NOT -- IT'S NOT
00:24:54DEPENDENT ON WHAT MY -- MY
CAREER PLANS ARE.
00:24:58I WILL SAY I'VE BEEN SOMEWHAT
AMUSED AND I DON'T PUT YOU IN
00:25:01THIS CATEGORY BECAUSE YOU KNOW
YOU WERE A SUPPORTER, BUT SOME
00:25:04PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
A DISASTER FOR ME TO HAVE A
00:25:07FIRST TERM ARE OUTRAGED THAT I
HAVEN'T SAID I WANT A SECOND
00:25:10ONE YET.
>> FITZGERALD, A FORMER F.B.I.
00:25:13PROSECUTOR AND MAYOR OF
LAKEWOOD, HAS BEEN SPEAKING AT
00:25:15DEMOCRATIC DINNERS ACROSS THE
STATE.
00:25:17HE'S ALSO HINTED THAT HE MAY
ANNOUNCE A DECISION IN THE
00:25:20EARLY SPRING.
OTHER POSSIBLE CANDIDATES FOR
00:25:22THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION TO
RUN FOR GOVERNOR ARE
00:25:25CONGRESSMAN TIM RYAN OF NILES
AND FORMER U.S. REPRESENTIVE
00:25:28BETTY SUTTON, WHO LOST AN
EXPENSIVE BATTLE FOR HER
00:25:32REDRAWN HOUSE DISTRICT TO
REPUBLICAN JIM ROW NOTCHY IN
00:25:35NOVEMBER.
AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
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