| 00:00:20 | AND FROM THE A-INDICATION
ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING 131,000 |
| 00:00:25 | TEACHERS, SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS,
AND HIRED EDUCATION FACULTY |
| 00:00:29 | WORKING FOR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
FOR EVERY CHILD. |
| 00:00:31 | OHEA.ORG.
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS MADE |
| 00:00:36 | POSSIBLE BY THE LUBRISOL
FOUNDATION. |
| 00:00:40 | >> IT'S MONTHS TILL THE FALL
VOTE, BUT IT WAS A BIG WEEK IN |
| 00:00:45 | CAMPAIGNING IN OHIO, WITH A
PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER AND A |
| 00:00:47 | FORMER CANDIDATE FOR THE OVAL
OFFICE BOTH IN THE BUCKEYE |
| 00:00:49 | STATE.
DEMOCRATS PUT FORWARD THEIR OWN |
| 00:00:51 | BUDGET UPDATE PLAN TO COUNTER
THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL. |
| 00:00:53 | AND THERE'S A DEAL THAT'S BEEN
FLOATED ON THE GREAT LAKES |
| 00:00:57 | COMPACT, BUT ENVIRONMENTALISTS
SAY THEY CAN'T GET ON BOARD. |
| 00:01:00 | ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
OHIO." |
| 00:01:02 | CAPTIONED BY THE
NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE |
| 00:01:06 | --WWW.NCICAP.ORG--
THIS WEEK BROUGHT THE FIRST OF |
| 00:01:08 | MANY LIKELY EXECUTIONS IN OHIO
OVER THE NEXT 21 MONTHS. |
| 00:01:10 | THIS WEEK 49-YEAR -OLD MARK
WILES OF PORTAGE COUNTY WAS |
| 00:01:13 | EXECUTED BY LETHAL INJECTION
FOR STABBING TO DEATH 15-YEAR - |
| 00:01:15 | OLD MARK KLIMA, THE SON OF HIS
FORMER EMPLOYER, IN 1985. |
| 00:01:19 | WILES' EXECUTION MARKED THE END
OF AN INFORMAL MORATORIUM ON |
| 00:01:26 | CARRYING OUT THE DEATH PENALTY
IN OHIO. |
| 00:01:28 | QUESTIONS ABOUT INJECTION
PROTOCOL HAD LED TO A TEMPORARY |
| 00:01:32 | STOP IN EXECUTIONS IN THE
STATE, BUT LAST WEEK THE FEDERAL |
| 00:01:35 | JUDGE WHO HAD ISSUED THAT HALT
CLEARED THE WAY FOR WILES' |
| 00:01:38 | EXECUTION BY SAYING HE NOW FEELS
THE STATE'S REVISED EXECUTION |
| 00:01:41 | PROCESS -- QUOTING HERE -- "HAS
A CHANCE AT AVOIDING THE |
| 00:01:44 | EMBARRASSMENTS IN WHICH OHIO HAS
ENGAGED IN THE PAST". |
| 00:01:48 | THIS WAS THE 47TH EXECUTION
SINCE RESUMED PUTTING INMATES |
| 00:01:52 | TO DEATH IN 1999.
THERE ARE 11 EXECUTIONS |
| 00:01:58 | SCHEDULED BETWEEN NOW AND
JANUARY 2014 -- FOUR OF THEM |
| 00:02:00 | SET FOR LATER THIS YEAR.
FOR WEEKS, LAWMAKERS HAVE BEEN |
| 00:02:05 | TALKING ABOUT GOV. JOHN
KASICH'S BIG BUDGET UPDATE -- |
| 00:02:08 | THE MID-BIENNIUM REVIEW.
REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN TINKERING |
| 00:02:12 | WITH IT SINCE HE UNVEILED IT --
TAKING OUT THE SEVERANCE TAX |
| 00:02:14 | THAT KASICH WANTED TO USE TO
FUND AN INCOME TAX CUT, AND |
| 00:02:18 | THIS WEEK ADDING 46 AMENDMENTS,
INCLUDING ONE THAT MAKES BIG |
| 00:02:23 | FUNDING CUTS TO THE 37 HEALTH
CENTERS OPERATED BY PLANNED |
| 00:02:25 | PARENTHOOD.
THE BILL HAD TOPPED OUT AT MORE |
| 00:02:28 | THAN 3800 PAGES.
NOW IT'S SLIMMED DOWN TO JUST |
| 00:02:31 | UNDER 2400.
A FLOOR VOTE ON THE BUDGET |
| 00:02:35 | REVIEW COULD COME IN TWO WEEKS.
AND NOW DEMOCRATS IN THE OHIO |
| 00:02:39 | HOUSE HAVE COME UP WITH THEIR
OWN ADDITION TO THE BUDGET |
| 00:02:44 | UPDATE.
THEY SAY CITIES AND SCHOOLS ARE |
| 00:02:47 | SUFFERING FROM HUGE BUDGET CUTS
IN THE GOVERNOR'S SPENDING PLAN |
| 00:02:49 | LAST YEAR, AND MINORITY LEADER
ARMOND BUDISH OF BEACHWOOD IN |
| 00:02:52 | SUBURBAN CLEVELAND SAID IT'S
TIME FOR LAWMAKERS TO DO |
| 00:02:55 | SOMETHING TO HELP.
>> CONTINUING TO STARVE SCHOOLS |
| 00:02:56 | AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES
HERTZ MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES AND |
| 00:03:03 | UNDERCUTS OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
FAILING TO RESTORE EVEN SOME OF |
| 00:03:08 | THE PREVIOUS BUDGET CUTS WILL
HURT OUR KIDS' EDUCATION, |
| 00:03:14 | DIMINISH SAFETY SERVICES IN
LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND CREATE |
| 00:03:17 | MORE PRESSURE ON LOCAL PROPERTY
TAXPAYERS. |
| 00:03:20 | >>THE DEMOCRATS SAY THAT SCHOOLS
STATEWIDE REPORT A POTENTIAL |
| 00:03:22 | $1.79 BILLION DEFICIT IN FISCAL
YEAR 2014, AND THAT COMMUNITIES |
| 00:03:25 | ARE LAYING OFF POLICE OFFICERS
AND FIREFIGHTERS, ARE |
| 00:03:28 | PRIVATIZING EMS SERVICES AND
ARE EVEN TURNING OFF |
| 00:03:30 | STREETLIGHTS TO SAVE MONEY.
MEANWHILE, THEY NOTE THE STATE |
| 00:03:37 | IS RUNNING A $260 MILLION
SURPLUS, WITH $250 MILLION IN |
| 00:03:40 | THE STATE'S RAINY DAY FUND.
AND WHILE THE SEVERANCE TAX WAS |
| 00:03:44 | STRIPPED OUT BY REPUBLICAN
LAWMAKERS, THEY SAY THAT GOV. |
| 00:03:48 | KASICH HAD PROJECTED IT COULD
BRING IN A BILLION DOLLARS. |
| 00:03:50 | REP. JOHN CARNEY OF COLUMBUS
SAID THAT MONEY REPRESENTS |
| 00:03:54 | OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHOOLS AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO OFFSET THE |
| 00:03:59 | PROPERTY TAXES THAT HAVE BEEN
RISING SINCE KASICH TOOK OFFICE. |
| 00:04:02 | >> GOV. KASICH HAS PROPOSED A
MODEST INCREASE IN THE |
| 00:04:05 | SEVERANCE TAX
ON THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY. |
| 00:04:12 | HOWEVER, INSTEAD OF INVESTING IT
BACK IN SCHOOL THAT LOCAL |
| 00:04:17 | COMMUNITIES, HE HAS PROPOSED A
SLIGHT REDUCTION IN THE STATE |
| 00:04:20 | INCOME TAX.
IT IS ESTIMATED THIS INCOME TAX |
| 00:04:23 | CUT WOULD AVERAGE OUT TO $21 PER
YEAR, UP 40 CENTS PER WEEK, FOR |
| 00:04:29 | FAMILIES EARNING THE AVERAGE
INCOME IN OHIO OF ABOUT $47,000. |
| 00:04:33 | THIS MEANS VERY LITTLE IF SAFETY
SERVICES IN YOUR COMMUNITY ARE |
| 00:04:39 | BEING CUT, BUT TEACHERS TAKEN
OUT OF THE CLASSROOM SO YOUR |
| 00:04:44 | KIDS DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO
QUALITY EDUCATION, AND IT FOR |
| 00:04:46 | PROPERTY TAXES ARE GOING UP.
>> THE DEMOCRATS ARE PROPOSING A |
| 00:04:49 | $400 MILLION FUND THAT WOULD
DRAW $265 MILLION FROM SURPLUS |
| 00:04:51 | REVENUE, $120 MILLION FROM THE
RAINY DAY FUND, AND $15 MILLION |
| 00:04:56 | FROM PROPOSED SEVERANCE TAX
INCREASE. |
| 00:04:58 | THE FUND WOULD BE AVAILABLE AS
EARLY AS JULY 2013 WHEN THE |
| 00:05:06 | CURRENT FISCAL YEAR ENDS, AND
WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO SCHOOLS |
| 00:05:09 | AND COMMUNITIES BY GRANT AND
THROUGH APPLICATIONS. |
| 00:05:11 | AND THEY'D MAKE A SPECIAL
PROVISION TO ALLOW MORE MONEY |
| 00:05:14 | FOR COMMUNITIES MOST AFFECTED
BY OIL AND NATURAL GAS DRILLING |
| 00:05:17 | AND FRACKING.
REP. MATT LUNDY OF ELYRIA |
| 00:05:20 | SEEMED FRUSTRATED, BEMOANING THE
NEED FOR THIS PROPOSAL IN THE |
| 00:05:22 | FIRST PLACE.
>> YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEBODY PICKS |
| 00:05:29 | UP THE PHONE AT 2:00 IN THE
MORNING |
| 00:05:30 | THEY DO NOT ASK IF THEY'RE GOING
TO SEND OVER A DEMOCRATIC OR |
| 00:05:38 | REPUBLICAN POLICE OFFICER.
THEY JUST WANT THEM TO BE THERE. |
| 00:05:40 | UNFORTUNATELY, NOW A LOT OF
RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED THAT |
| 00:05:44 | THEY MAKE THE CALL AND IT WILL
BE A LONG TIME FOR HELP IS ON |
| 00:05:47 | THE WAY.
WE NEED TO STOP GIVING |
| 00:05:50 | PRIORITIES -- WE NEED TO START
GIVING PRIORITY TO THE LOCAL |
| 00:05:55 | GOVERNMENTS AND SCHOOLS.
>> THE DEMOCRATS SAY THEY'LL |
| 00:05:57 | PROPOSE THIS AS AN AMENDMENT TO
THE BUDGET UPDATE, BUT |
| 00:05:59 | REPUBLICANS ARE VERY UNLIKELY TO
GIVE IT ANY CONSIDERATION. |
| 00:06:01 | REP. BARBARA SEARS OF SYLVANIA
IN NORTHWEST OHIO SAYS SCHOOLS |
| 00:06:02 | AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE JUST
ONE AREA THAT TOOK BIG CUTS. |
| 00:06:05 | >> IF I TOOK EVERY BIT OF THAT
RAINY DAY FUND AND I DID |
| 00:06:10 | NOTHING BUT GIVE IT TO THE
POLICE OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, |
| 00:06:13 | WHAT DO I THEN SAY TO THE
SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES? |
| 00:06:16 | WHAT DO I THEN SAY TO THE
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS? |
| 00:06:18 | WHAT DO I THEN SAY TO THE
CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS, AND THE |
| 00:06:22 | FOOD BANKS?
>> REP. JOHN ADAMS OF SIDNEY IN |
| 00:06:25 | WEST CENTRAL OHIO CALLED THE
IDEA -- QUOTING HERE -- |
| 00:06:28 | "SILLY".AND HE SAID THAT HE
WOULDN'T SUPPORT PUTTING MORE |
| 00:06:32 | MONEY INTO THE HANDS OF
GOVERNMENTS WHICH HE SAYS HAVE A |
| 00:06:33 | "LOUSY" TRACK RECORD OF TAKING
TAXPAYER MONEY AND -- AGAIN |
| 00:06:36 | QUOTING -- "JUST BLOWING IT".
>> I HAVE A SHERIFF IN SHELBY |
| 00:06:43 | COUNTY WHO SAYS HE'S OPERATING
AT 2001 FUNDING LEVELS AND HE'S |
| 00:06:49 | DOING JUST FINE.
WHEN EVERYBODY CAN SAY THEY CAN |
| 00:06:53 | OPERATE AT 2001 SPENDING LEVELS
AND SAY THEY'RE DOING JUST |
| 00:06:55 | FINE, THEN IT TELLS ME THAT THEY
WERE WASTING AN AWFUL LOT OF |
| 00:06:59 | MONEY BETWEEN 2001 AND 2012.
>> REPUBLICANS CONTINUE TO |
| 00:07:03 | MAINTAIN THAT HOLDING DOWN TAXES
WILL MAKE OHIO MORE COMPETITIVE |
| 00:07:05 | AND MORE ATTRACTIVE TO
BUSINESSES. |
| 00:07:07 | BUT DEMOCRATS SAY THE STATE IS
PLAYING A SHELL GAME BY |
| 00:07:11 | REDUCING SPENDING AND TAXES,
WHICH IS FORCING TAX INCREASES |
| 00:07:13 | AT THE LOCAL LEVEL -- WHAT ONE
DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKER CALLED |
| 00:07:18 | "TRICKLE-DOWN TAXATION".
GOV. KASICH HAD SPLIT WITH |
| 00:07:22 | MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY IN THE
LEGISLATURE OVER ONE OF THE |
| 00:07:25 | FINAL STEPS IN THE GREAT LAKES
COMPACT, THE AGREEMENT SIGNED |
| 00:07:27 | IN 2005 BY EIGHT STATES AND TWO
CANADIAN PROVINCES TO BAN |
| 00:07:32 | DIVERSION OF WATER OUTSIDE THE
REGION EXCEPT WHEN APPROVED BY |
| 00:07:35 | AREA OFFICIALS.
OHIO IS STILL WORKING ON |
| 00:07:41 | LEGISLATION TO ENACT THE
COMPACT WITHIN THE STATE. |
| 00:07:44 | THE VERSION LAWMAKERS CAME UP
WITH LAST YEAR GOT GOV. |
| 00:07:47 | KASICH'S ONLY VETO SO FAR IN
OFFICE. |
| 00:07:49 | NOW KASICH AND THE BILL'S
SPONSOR IN THE HOUSE, REP. LYNN |
| 00:07:53 | WACHTMANN OF NAPOLEON IN
NORTHWEST OHIO, HAVE COME TO A |
| 00:07:55 | DEAL.
THE NEW BILL CUTS THE LIMITS ON |
| 00:07:59 | WATER WITHDRAWALS FROM FIVE
MILLION GALLONS OF WATER EACH |
| 00:08:01 | DAY WITHOUT A PERMIT BY HALF OR
MORE. |
| 00:08:04 | AND IT SETS UP AN ADVISORY BOARD
TO DECIDE WHEN A BUSINESS, FARM |
| 00:08:08 | OR OTHER ENTITY HAS TAKEN TOO
MUCH WATER. |
| 00:08:10 | AND AN ODNR SPOKESMAN SAYS IT
PUTS INTO PLACE MONITORING |
| 00:08:15 | DEVICES TO LET OFFICIALS KNOW
WHEN THERE'S A NEGATIVE IMPACT |
| 00:08:19 | ON TRIBUTARIES AND STREAMS.
AND IT ALSO SETS UP A SYSTEM |
| 00:08:22 | FOR PERMITS FOR THOSE WHO WANT
TO WITHDRAW WATER FROM STREAMS |
| 00:08:25 | THAT FEED INTO LAKE ERIE, WITH
PERMITS BASED ON THE AVERAGE |
| 00:08:30 | AMOUNT OF WATER WITHDRAWN OVER
A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD, RATHER |
| 00:08:34 | THAN A DAILY LIMIT.
ENVIRONMENTALISTS SAY THEY HAVE |
| 00:08:37 | THREE PROBLEMS WITH THE DEAL.
OFFTHEY'RE CONCERNED THAT BIG |
| 00:08:41 | WITHDRAWALS FROM TRIBUTARIES
COULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF |
| 00:08:43 | WATER IN THE LAKE, LOWERING THE
QUALITY OF WATER AND RAISING |
| 00:08:47 | THE POTENTIAL FOR TOXINS AND
ALGAE BLOOMS. |
| 00:08:52 | THEY'RE WORRIED THAT WITHDRAWALS
FROM TRIBUTARIES COULD DRY UP |
| 00:08:54 | SPAWNING GROUNDS FOR WALLEYE,
STEELHEAD AND OTHER LAKE ERIE |
| 00:08:56 | FISH.
AND THEY FEAR THAT THE DEAL'S |
| 00:08:59 | LIMITS ON WHO CAN APPEAL
PERMITTING DECISIONS WILL CUT |
| 00:09:01 | OUT AGGRIEVED MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC. |
| 00:09:03 | ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL.
>> THE BILL SAYS WE SHALL |
| 00:09:08 | CONSIDER, WELL
PROPOSED USE, WITH A DRAWL, |
| 00:09:13 | CONSUMPTIVE USE THEM AND HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON LAKE ERIE |
| 00:09:18 | AS A WHOLE.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT, BUT IT |
| 00:09:22 | IGNORES AND REPEAL THE EXISTING
LAW THING WE SHOULD CONSIDER |
| 00:09:24 | THAT IT WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE
IMPACT ON THE SOURCE OF THE |
| 00:09:28 | WATER THAT IS A GROUNDWATER OR
STREAM THAT WILL BE TAKEN OUT. |
| 00:09:32 | WE'RE TALKING NOT JUST ABOVE THE
WATER IN THE LAKE AND THE USE OF |
| 00:09:36 | THE WATER WITH A DRAWL, BUT ALSO
THE USE OF A DRAWL WATER -- |
| 00:09:42 | WITHDRAWL WATE THAT IS FED BY
THE BLACK RIVER AND A NUMBER OF |
| 00:09:53 | RIVERS AND SMALL INLAND LAKES
AND GROUNDWATER. |
| 00:09:57 | WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE, TOO.
THAT WAS RECOGNIZED IT YEARS AGO |
| 00:10:02 | WHEN THE FIRST LEGISLATURE
PASSED LEGISLATION AND GETTING |
| 00:10:06 | TWO TO PASS THIS LEGISLATION
THAT WAS UNDER SPEAKER HOUSTON |
| 00:10:12 | IN THE HOUSE.
IT STRUCK A GOOD COMPROMISE WITH |
| 00:10:15 | BUSINESSES AND INTERESTS.
THIS TEARS THAT ASUNDER AND ONLY |
| 00:10:19 | ONCE TO LOOK AT IMPACTS ON LAKE
ERIE AS A WHOLE. |
| 00:10:22 | >> MEANWHILE, A DEMOCRATIC
LAWMAKER HAS PROPOSED HIS OWN |
| 00:10:27 | GREAT LAKES COMPACT
IMPLEMENTATION BILL. |
| 00:10:29 | THE MEASURE FROM REP. DENNIS --
THAT YOU'RE USING SCARE TACTICS. |
| 00:10:38 | >> OHIO STATE, KENT STATE, AND
THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY |
| 00:10:48 | PANEL SAID EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE
SAYING WITH REGARDS TO THE |
| 00:10:53 | SUMMARY.
THIS DOES NOT GIVE ENOUGH |
| 00:10:56 | PROTECTION TO THE TRIBUTARIES.
IT RUNS THE RISK OF |
| 00:10:59 | CONCENTRATING NUTRIENTS.
IT RUNS THE RISK OF A DRYING OUT |
| 00:11:04 | SOME OF THE SUMMER RIVERS.
WHERE DID WE GET OUR AN |
| 00:11:08 | AFFIRMATION?
WE GET IT FROM THE SCIENTISTS TO |
| 00:11:10 | OUR OBJECTIVE AND HAVE NO AXE TO
GRIND, HAVE NO ECONOMIC |
| 00:11:15 | INTEREST, JUST THE FACTS.
THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE GIVING US, |
| 00:11:18 | THEIR BEST ADVICE.
STANLEY, THOUGH THE BILL HAS |
| 00:11:23 | MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS AND THE
REPRESENTATIVE DESERVES A LOT |
| 00:11:27 | OF PRAISE.
HE WANTS TO PROTECT THE LAKE, |
| 00:11:34 | BUT IT IS NOT DOING ENOUGH TO
ALSO PROTECT THE STREAMS, |
| 00:11:39 | RIVERS, AND GROUNDWATER THAT
FEEDS IT. |
| 00:11:41 | >> WHAT IS THE TIMELINE THAT?
BY WHEN DOES OHIO HAVE TO HAVE |
| 00:11:46 | IS SOMETHING IN PLACE TO STAY
INVOLVED AT? |
| 00:11:50 | >> WE CAN TAKE OUR TIME AND GET
THIS RIGHT. |
| 00:11:53 | IT IS NOT UNTIL THE END OF NEXT
YEAR THAT THE DEFAULT LEVELS OF |
| 00:12:01 | DAILY WATER WITHDRAWAL LOADS
WOULD TAKE EFFECT. |
| 00:12:05 | THERE IS NO URGENCY.
WE DO NOT HAVE TO WRAP THIS UP |
| 00:12:09 | THIS SPRING.
WE CAN TAKE OUR TIME TO GET THIS |
| 00:12:11 | RIGHT.
THERE HAVE BEEN YEARS AND YEARS |
| 00:12:14 | OF DEBATE ON THIS ISSUE.
THE ISSUES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A |
| 00:12:18 | CONTENTIOUS BETWEEN THE BUSINESS
INTERESTS, SPORTSMEN, |
| 00:12:22 | ENVIRONMENTAL INTERESTS.
IT IS SAD WE HAVE NOT RESOLVE |
| 00:12:25 | THEM, BUT THERE IS NO FEELING
THAT THIS HAS TO BE SETTLED |
| 00:12:29 | TODAY.
WE CAN COME BACK ANOTHER DAY TO |
| 00:12:32 | GET IT RIGHT.
LET'S NOT RUN THE RISK OF GOING |
| 00:12:35 | FROM THE WALL LIKE CAPITAL OF
THE WORLD TO GO TO THE WALL LIKE |
| 00:12:44 | CAPITAL OF SANDUSKY.
WE MUST DO BETTER. |
| 00:12:45 | THE WAY THE BILL IS STRUCTURED
RIGHT NOW, SCIENTISTS SAY IT |
| 00:12:49 | DOES NOT GIVE ENOUGH
CONSIDERATION TO INLAND STREAMS |
| 00:12:53 | AND WE RUN A REAL RISK OF
THREATENING SPAWNING GROUNDS. |
| 00:12:58 | >> MEANWHILE, A DEMOCRATIC
LAWMAKER HAS PROPOSED HIS OWN |
| 00:13:04 | GREAT LAKES COMPACT
IMPLEMENTATION BILL. |
| 00:13:06 | THE MEASURE FROM REPRESENTATIVE
DENNIS MURRAY OF SANDUSKY |
| 00:13:08 | REQUIRES REGULATORY SYSTEMS TO
ENSURE THAT WITHDRAWAL DOESN'T |
| 00:13:11 | NEGATIVELY AFFECT WATER QUALITY
IN LAKES, STREAMS, RIVERS AND |
| 00:13:13 | GROUNDWATER.
AND MURRAY SAYS HIS BILL WOULD |
| 00:13:14 | USE A SHORTER TIME AVERAGE TO
MEASURE THE IMPACT. |
| 00:13:15 | THE FALL VOTE IS MONTHS AWAY,
BUT IT'S CLEAR THAT OHIO WILL |
| 00:13:20 | ONCE AGAIN PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE
IN DECIDING WHETHER PRESIDENT |
| 00:13:22 | BARACK OBAMA WILL BE RE-
ELECTED, OR WHETHER PRESUMPTIVE |
| 00:13:26 | REPUBLICAN NOMINEE MITT ROMNEY
WILL GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE. |
| 00:13:28 | PRESIDENT OBAMA TRAVELED TO
LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
| 00:13:36 | THIS WEEK TO TALK UP JOB
TRAINING PROGRAMS AND TO ACCUSE |
| 00:13:42 | HIS REPUBLICAN RIVALS OF TRYING
TO REVIVE TRICKLE-DOWN |
| 00:13:44 | ECONOMICS INSTEAD OF SPENDING
MONEY ON PRIORITIES TO HELP THE |
| 00:13:47 | MIDDLE CLASS.
IT'S THE PRESIDENT'S FOURTH |
| 00:13:52 | VISIT TO OHIO JUST THIS YEAR.
THE NEXT DAY, ROMNEY WAS VERY |
| 00:13:55 | CLOSE BY -- AT A CLOSED-DOWN
GYPSUM PLANT IN LORAIN THAT |
| 00:13:57 | SERVED AS A CAMPAIGN STOP FOR
OBAMA IN 2008. |
| 00:13:59 | ROMNEY SAID THE PRESIDENT'S
ECONOMIC POLICIES HAVE LED TO |
| 00:14:04 | MORE REGULATION WHICH STIFLED
GROWTH AND JOB CREATION. |
| 00:14:05 | AND THIS WEEK, GOV. KASICH
ENDORSED ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT, |
| 00:14:10 | ALONG WITH HIS LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR MARY TAYLOR. |
| 00:14:12 | THE DECISION COMES DAYS AFTER
KASICH ALLIES TOOK CONTROL OF |
| 00:14:17 | THE OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY,
WHICH CAN RAISE MONEY AND |
| 00:14:19 | RECRUIT VOLUNTEERS ACROSS THE
STATE. |
| 00:14:20 | AFTER FALSE STARTS BACKING
FORMER MISSISSIPPI GOV. HALEY |
| 00:14:25 | BARBOUR AND NEW JERSEY GOV.
CHRIS CHRISTIE, KASICH REMAINED |
| 00:14:28 | NEUTRAL IN THE REPUBLICAN
PRIMARIES. |
| 00:14:30 | HE HAD RELATIONSHIPS FROM HIS
CONGRESSIONAL DAYS WITH AT LEAST |
| 00:14:34 | TWO OTHER PRESIDENTIAL
HOPEFULS, RICK SANTORUM AND NEWT |
| 00:14:36 | GINGRICH. KASICH RAN BRIEFLY FOR
PRESIDENT IN 2000. |
| 00:14:39 | TURNING NOW TO THE OTHER
FEDERAL RACE ON THE OHIO BALLOT. |
| 00:14:43 | SINCE JOSH MANDEL WON THE
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR U.S. |
| 00:14:47 | SENATE IN MARCH, THE REPUBLICAN
STATE TREASURER HAS BROUGHT IN |
| 00:14:50 | SOME TOP NAMES IN GOP POLITICS.
THIS WEEK HE BROUGHT IN TWO BIG |
| 00:14:55 | GUNS -- INCLUDING A MAN WHO
GETS A LOT OF RESPECT, BUT ALSO |
| 00:14:57 | A LOT OF CRITICISM, FROM
REPUBLICAN VOTERS. |
| 00:15:00 | REPUBLICAN U.S. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN
SPOKE FOR ONLY ABOUT 10 |
| 00:15:04 | MINUTES, BUT IT WAS CLEAR THAT
HE WAS THE STAR OF MANDEL'S |
| 00:15:09 | EVENT AT A VFW HALL IN HILLIARD
WEST OF COLUMBUS. |
| 00:15:11 | THE TREASURER INTRODUCED THE EX-
PRISONER OF WAR IN VIETNAM AND |
| 00:15:17 | FORMER CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT,
NOW IN HIS FIFTH TERM IN THE |
| 00:15:19 | SENATE.
MCCAIN HAS BEEN CRITICIZED OVER |
| 00:15:23 | THE YEARS -- INCLUDING WHEN HE
WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN |
| 00:15:26 | 2008 -- AS BEING TOO MODERATE,
AND NOT BEING CONSERVATIVE |
| 00:15:28 | ENOUGH.
AND MANDEL HAS BEEN TOUTING |
| 00:15:32 | HIMSELF AS A STRONG
CONSERVATIVE. |
| 00:15:33 | I TALKED SEN. MCCAIN AND
TREASURER MANDEL ABOUT THAT AND |
| 00:15:34 | OTHER ISSUES IN THE CAMPAIGN.
>> AT JOSH, YOUR RELATIVELY LOW |
| 00:15:44 | IN ELECTED POLITICS.
YOU WERE ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL |
| 00:15:48 | IN 2003.
YOU HAVE BEEN IN ELECTED |
| 00:15:54 | POLITICS FOR LESS THAN 10 YEARS.
HOW ARE YOU GETTING PEOPLE OF |
| 00:15:56 | THE CALIBER OF SENATOR MCCAIN,
GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE, SENATOR |
| 00:16:02 | RUBIO TO CAMPAIGN FOR YOU?
>> YOU HAVE HEROES LIKE THIS |
| 00:16:08 | THAT ARE SO GENUINELY CONCERNED,
THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE |
| 00:16:10 | OF OHIO.
THEY UNDERSTAND BETTER DIRECTION |
| 00:16:15 | FOR OUR COUNTRY AND THIS
CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT THE PAST |
| 00:16:19 | VERSUS THE FUTURE.
>> SENATOR MCCAIN, DOES JOSH'S |
| 00:16:24 | "NEWNESS" CONCERN YOU?
>> HIS MILITARY BACKGROUND IS |
| 00:16:31 | VERY MATURING.
HE SERVED IN THE STATE |
| 00:16:34 | LEGISLATURE AND THAT IS ALSO
VERY IMPORTANT. |
| 00:16:37 | ALSO, THE PEOPLE LIKE ME SHOULD
DO AS MUCH TO HELP THE NEW |
| 00:16:42 | GENERATION OF LEADERS.
I THINK HE IS HIGHLY QUALIFIED. |
| 00:16:44 | SOME OF US WHO ARE MAYBE NOT AT
THE BEGINNING OF OUR CAREERS, |
| 00:16:51 | SHALL WE SAY, WHAT TO DO EVERY
THING WE CAN TO ELECT A NEW |
| 00:16:56 | GENERATION.
>> YOU BUILT THEIR REPUTATION IN |
| 00:17:00 | THE SENATE AS A DEALMAKER.
I AM THINKING OF THE GANG OF 14 |
| 00:17:07 | IN 2005 WITH THE JUDICIAL
APPOINTMENTS. |
| 00:17:09 | SOME OF YOU -- SOME OF VIEW YOU
AS MORE OF A MODERATE. |
| 00:17:13 | MANDEL IS CARVING OUT A
REPUTATION AS A STRONG |
| 00:17:21 | CONSERVATIVE.
IS A STRONG CONSERVATIVE WHAT IS |
| 00:17:23 | NEEDED OR A DEAL MAKER?
>> WE NEED A PERSON THAT |
| 00:17:28 | UNDERSTANDS NATIONAL SECURITY
AND, AS TREASURER, IT |
| 00:17:34 | UNDERSTANDS JOBS AND THE
ECONOMY. |
| 00:17:36 | I ALSO STRONG HIM AS A STRONG
PARTNER FOR A PERSON THAT |
| 00:17:43 | INJURIES GREATER APPROVAL HERE
IN OHIO. |
| 00:17:45 | THAT IS THE MODERATE WE'RE
LOOKING AT. |
| 00:17:48 | >> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE IDEA
OF CROSSING THE AISLE. |
| 00:17:51 | IS THAT SOMETHING YOU MIGHT BE
DOING? |
| 00:17:55 | DO YOU THINK YOUR VOTERS WANT
THAT? |
| 00:17:56 | TO HAVE BEEN TARGETING THE TEA
PARTY VOTERS. |
| 00:17:59 | >> THERE WAS A TWO TO ONE
DEMOCRAT TO REPUBLICAN VOTERS. |
| 00:18:08 | IT WAS TOLD THAT WOULD BE
IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO GET |
| 00:18:17 | ELECTED.
I WAS ELECTED WITH A STRONG MIX |
| 00:18:20 | OF DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, AND
INDEPENDENTS. |
| 00:18:24 | THE REPLIES AS MANY DEMOCRATS
THAN REPUBLICANS AND THEY |
| 00:18:27 | REELECTED ME.
WE WERE THE STOCK -- THE TOP OF |
| 00:18:35 | VOTE GETTERS.
WE HAD A STRONG MIX OF ALL THREE |
| 00:18:38 | AND THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE WANT IN
WASHINGTON. |
| 00:18:40 | LEADERS THAT WILL STAND ON
PRINCIPLE AND MOVE THE BALL DOWN |
| 00:18:44 | THE FIELD ECONOMICALLY IN A WAY
WITH COURAGE AND CONVICTION. |
| 00:18:47 | THE DAY THAT I GO TO WASHINGTON
AND SOME PARTY CHAIRMAN OR |
| 00:18:54 | LEADER PUT HIS HAND ON MY
SHOULDER AND SAYS, "YOU NEED TO |
| 00:18:58 | VOTE THIS WAY ARE WE WILL KICK
YOU OFF OF THIS COMMITTEE OR |
| 00:19:03 | EMBARRASS YOU IN THE MEDIA," I
WILL TELL THEM THEY'RE NOT MY |
| 00:19:08 | BOSS.
MY BOSSES THE 11.5 MILLION |
| 00:19:15 | PEOPLE IN OHIO.
>> DO YOU THINK THIS WOULD GIVE |
| 00:19:19 | RID OF SOME OF THE GRIDLOCK?
>> YES, I DO, BUT IF YOU HAVE A |
| 00:19:24 | PRESIDENT WHO IS CAMPAIGNING ON
THE "BUFEFTT RULE" AND CLASS |
| 00:19:31 | WARFARE RATHER THAN SITTING
DOWN THE WAY THAT CLINTON DID |
| 00:19:37 | WHEN THE REPUBLICANS GAINED A
MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE AND |
| 00:19:39 | SENATE, THEN IT IS VERY HARD TO
DO. |
| 00:19:41 | I HAVE MADE A LOT OF DEALS IN
THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, BUT |
| 00:19:47 | THIS ADMINISTRATION WILL NOT
EVEN SIT DOWN AND TALK TO WAS. |
| 00:19:50 | THAT IS A FACT.
>> -HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF GOOD |
| 00:19:56 | NATIONAL PUBLICITY BUT HE AS
ALSO GOTTEN SOME NEGATIVE |
| 00:20:01 | GROUPS.
POLITIFACT IS BEING NEGATIVE |
| 00:20:07 | SAYING HE IS OUT QUITE RIGHT
ABOUT -- OUTRIGHT LYING ABOTU |
| 00:20:14 | SHERROD BROWN.
>> IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY |
| 00:20:22 | EXACTLY HOW LIBERAL HE IS.
HIS RANKINGS ABOUT OBJECTIVE |
| 00:20:29 | ORGANIZATION SHOWS HE IS ONE OF
THE MOST LIBERAL MEMBERS IN THE |
| 00:20:31 | SENATE.
>> THERE ARE UNTRUTHS BEING |
| 00:20:37 | TOLD.
DOES THAT CONCERN YOU? |
| 00:20:40 | >> IT DEPENDS ON WHO IS CALLING
THEM THAT. |
| 00:20:44 | I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THEM
MYSELF. |
| 00:20:46 | HE IS RUNNING AGAINST ONE OF THE
MOST LIBERAL MEMBERS OF THE |
| 00:20:49 | SENATE.
>> YOU HAVE ALSO POINTED THEM |
| 00:20:52 | OUT WHEN THEY SAY THINGS ABOUT
BROWN THAT ARE NEGATIVE, BUT |
| 00:20:56 | WHEN YOU ARE CALLED OUT AS
BEING NEGATIVE AND "HANDS-ON |
| 00:21:01 | BUYER," THE YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY
LOOK AT WHO IS DOING THE FACT |
| 00:21:04 | CHECKING.
-- AND "PANTS ON FIRE" THAT YOU |
| 00:21:08 | NEED TO CHECK.
>> THEY'RE USING TO BLOCK |
| 00:21:15 | EXPLORATION OF OIL AND GAS WITH
THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS. |
| 00:21:19 | E REPORTED THAT ON YOUR OWN
CHANNEL. |
| 00:21:22 | IF SOME OTHER FACT CHECKING
ORGANIZATION WANTS TO DENY |
| 00:21:28 | REALITY, THAT IS A DEROGATIVE.
I BELIEVE IT WAS YOU OR YOUR |
| 00:21:34 | COLLEAGUE JOE THAT DID THE
INTERVIEW. |
| 00:21:35 | SHERROD BROWN'S POLICY OF
OVERREGULATION ARE KILLING |
| 00:21:42 | MANUFACTURERS IN THIS STATE.
OVER THE LAST DECADE WE HAVE |
| 00:21:46 | LOST OVER 500,000 JOBS AND 3500
FACTORIES. |
| 00:21:51 | THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
A LOT OF THEM HAVE GONE TO |
| 00:21:55 | PLACES LIKE CHINA, INDIA, MEXICO
AND HE IS ONE OF THE MAIN |
| 00:21:59 | POLITICIANS' RESPONSE WILL BORE
THOSE PROPERTIES TO SEND JOBS |
| 00:22:02 | AWAY FROM OUR STATE AND COUNTRY.
THOSE ARE FACTS. |
| 00:22:06 | IF THEY BIASED MEDIA
ORGANIZATION WANTS TO DISAGREE, |
| 00:22:11 | THAT IS THEIR PREROGATIVE, BUT
THE FACTS ARE ON OUR SIDE IN WE |
| 00:22:14 | WILL CONTINUE TO TELL THAT A
GOOD MIX OF DEMOCRATS, |
| 00:22:19 | REPUBLICANS, AND INDEPENDENTS
WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT US. |
| 00:22:21 | >> TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.
YOU WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ROMNEY |
| 00:22:26 | PICK AS A VICE-PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE? |
| 00:22:29 | GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE, SENATOR
RUBIO, YOU? |
| 00:22:32 | >> I THINK ROB PORTMAN NEEDS TO
BE ONE OF THE TOP CONTENDERS. |
| 00:22:38 | HE IS AN INCREDIBLE FORCE ON THE
ECONOMY AND ON BUDGETARY ISSUES. |
| 00:22:46 | THERE IS NO ONE HAS QUALIFIED AS
HIM UNLESS IT IS PAUL RYAN. |
| 00:22:48 | HE WILL ABSOLUTELY BE IN THE TOP
TIER. |
| 00:22:51 | >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
CAMPAIGN AND THE FIELD THAT HAS |
| 00:22:55 | BEEN CALLED ONE OF THE WEAKEST
IN HISTORY, DO YOU EVER WISH YOU |
| 00:23:00 | HAVE MADE THE DECISION TO JUMP
IN? |
| 00:23:04 | >> I THINK I HAVE HAD MY TURN.
THE MASOCHISM RUNS IN MY FAMILY, |
| 00:23:10 | BUT NOT AS STRONG AS YOU MIGHT
THINK. |
| 00:23:13 | I AM HAPPY WITH THE CAMPAIGN WE
RAN IN 2008. |
| 00:23:19 | WHAT I WANT TO DO IS THE BOAT MY
ENERGY TO ELECTING MITT ROMNEY |
| 00:23:26 | AND THIS NEXT GENERATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. |
| 00:23:29 | TRAVELED TO NORTHEAST OHIO TO
STUMP WITH ANOTHER LIKELY V.P. |
| 00:23:33 | CONTENDER -- NEW JERSEY GOV.
CHRIS CHRISTIE. |
| 00:23:36 | MANDEL APPEARED LAST MONTH WITH
STILL ANOTHER POSSIBLE VP |
| 00:23:38 | FRONTRUNNER, FLORIDA SEN. MARCO
RUBIO. |
| 00:23:40 | BOTH ARE CONSIDERED RISING
STARS IN THE GOP AND ARE |
| 00:23:44 | FAVORITES OF TEA PARTY VOTERS AS
WELL. |
| 00:23:46 | THE DUAL CAMPAIGN APPEARANCES
THIS WEEK WITH MCCAIN AND |
| 00:23:50 | CHRISTIE DIDN'T GO UNNOTICED BY
THE CAMPAIGN OF INCUMBENT |
| 00:23:53 | DEMOCRATIC SENATOR SHERROD
BROWN. |
| 00:23:55 | A SPOKESMAN BLASTED MANDEL FOR
HIS POLICIES ON TAX CUTS AND |
| 00:24:00 | THE ECONOMY AND FOR RECENT
STORIES ABOUT MANDEL HIRING |
| 00:24:02 | FRIENDS WITH LITTLE EXPERIENCE
INTO THE TREASURER'S OFFICE IN A |
| 00:24:05 | STATEMENT:
>> JOSH MANDEL CAN IGNORE HIS |
| 00:24:08 | JOB AND THROW AS MANY VIP
FUNDRAISERS AS HE WANTS, BUT IT |
| 00:24:11 | DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT HE
SURROUNDED HIMSELF WITH |
| 00:24:15 | POLITICAL CRONIES IN THE
TREASURER'S OFFICE, CAN'T BE |
| 00:24:19 | TRUSTED, AND ISN'T ON THE SIDE
OF OHIO'S MIDDLE CLASS. |
| 00:24:22 | >> THURSDAY WAS HOLOCAUST
REMEMBRANCE DAY, AND IT WAS |
| 00:24:26 | COMMEMORATED FOR THE 32ND YEAR
AT THE STATEHOUSE THIS WEEK. |
| 00:24:28 | THIS YEAR'S FEATURED SPEAKER WAS
WERNER COPPEL , A CINCINNATI |
| 00:24:37 | RESIDENT WHO CAME TO OHIO FROM
GERMANY IN 1945, AFTER ESCAPING |
| 00:24:39 | A DEATH MARCH WHILE A PRISONER
OF THE AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION |
| 00:24:43 | CAMP.
THE KASICH ADMINISTRATION IS IN |
| 00:24:45 | THE PROCESS OF CREATING A
PERMANENT HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL AT |
| 00:24:50 | THE STATEHOUSE.
GOV. JOHN KASICH WAS AMONG THOSE |
| 00:24:52 | WHO SPOKE AT THE EVENT, SAYING
HE'S MAKING GOOD ON A PROMISE |
| 00:24:54 | HE OFFERED UP LAST YEAR.
>> ONE YEAR AGO I SAID THAT WE |
| 00:24:57 | NEEDED TO HAVE
A MEMORIAL. |
| 00:25:02 | ONE YEAR LATER, WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE A MEMORIAL ON THE GROUNDS |
| 00:25:07 | OF THIS STATE HOUSE.
IT WILL BE THE FIRST MEMORIAL |
| 00:25:10 | RECOGNIZING MAN'S INHUMANITY TO
MAN IN THE UNITED STATES OF |
| 00:25:16 | AMERICA.
>> KASICH'S SPOKESMAN, ROB |
| 00:25:18 | NICHOLS, SAYS THIS MEMORIAL IS
ACTUALLY THE FIRST OF ITS KIND |
| 00:25:20 | AT A STATEHOUSE.
THE MEMORIAL THAT WILL BE BUILT |
| 00:25:22 | ON THE STATEHOUSE LAWN WILL BE
MADE POSSIBLE BY PRIVATE |
| 00:25:25 | DONATIONS AND STATE FUNDS.
AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK. |
| 00:25:27 | FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT OHIO
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