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. |
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