| 00:00:38 | >> LAWMAKERS HEAD HOME AFTER
PASSING A PASSEL OF BILLS, AND |
| 00:00:40 | THE GOVERNOR LAUDS THE
LEGISLATURE FOR BIPARTISANSHIP. |
| 00:00:42 | AND WHAT'S DOWN THE ROAD FOR
ODOT? |
| 00:00:44 | TWO STATEHOUSE VETERANS OFFER
THEIR VIEW. |
| 00:00:48 | ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
OHIO". |
| 00:00:49 | AN OHIO MAN IS STILL FACING
EXECUTION ON WEDNESDAY, AND HIS |
| 00:00:56 | FATE IS IN THE HANDS OF A
CLEVELAND JUDGE. |
| 00:00:58 | CUYAHOGA COUNTY JUDGE STUART
FRIEDMAN HAS BEEN CONDUCTING A |
| 00:01:03 | COMPETENCY HEARING FOR 53 YEAR
OLD ABDUL HAMIN AWKAL, |
| 00:01:06 | CONVICTED OF KILLING HIS
ESTRANGED WIFE AND BROTHER IN |
| 00:01:09 | LAW IN THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN
1992. |
| 00:01:11 | AWKAL RECEIVED A LAST-MINUTE
REPRIEVE FROM GOV. |
| 00:01:15 | JOHN KASICH LAST WEEK.
ONE DEATH PENALTY OPPONENT WHO |
| 00:01:21 | TESTIFIED SAID AWKAL FEELS
REMORSE, AND THAT AWKAL THINKS |
| 00:01:24 | THE CIA IS PLOTTING AGAINST HIM.
BUT THE OHIO PAROLE BOARD VOTED |
| 00:01:29 | 8-1 LAST MONTH AGAINST
RECOMMENDING MERCY, WITH MOST |
| 00:01:32 | MEMBERS CONCLUDING THAT AWKAL
PLANNED THE SHOOTINGS. |
| 00:01:34 | IT WAS ANOTHER BUSY WEEK FOR
GOV. |
| 00:01:36 | KASICH, WHO SIGNED ANOTHER
BATCH OF BILLS AND SPENT SOME |
| 00:01:38 | TIME OUTSIDE OF HIS OFFICE
TALKING ABOUT THEM. |
| 00:01:41 | HE SIGNED THE SWEEPING MIDTERM
BUDGET UPDATE BILL WHICH TRIMS |
| 00:01:46 | STATE SPENDING BY 13.6 MILLION.
BUT HE TOOK OUT $30 MILLION |
| 00:01:51 | THAT LAWMAKERS HAD SET ASIDE
FOR BONUSES TO HIGH-QUALITY |
| 00:01:54 | NURSING HOMES AND STRIKING A
NUMBER OF OTHER PROVISIONS. |
| 00:01:57 | AND HE MADE A RARE APPEARANCE
IN THE OHIO SENATE ON WEDNESDAY |
| 00:02:01 | TO THANK THE REPUBLICAN-
DOMINATED BODY FOR PASSING THAT |
| 00:02:04 | BILL AND SEVERAL OTHERS, WHILE
ALSO ASKING DEMOCRATS WHO OPPOSE |
| 00:02:07 | HIM TO COME SEE HIM.
BUT DEMOCRATS SAY THEY HAVE |
| 00:02:11 | COME TO SEE HIM, ABOUT THEIR
JOBS BILL, BUT THAT HE DIDN'T |
| 00:02:13 | TAKE ANY OF THEIR SUGGESTIONS.
THE GOVERNOR ALSO SIGNED THE |
| 00:02:18 | PACKAGE OF NEW REGULATIONS ON
OIL AND GAS DRILLERS IN OHIO - |
| 00:02:21 | HE TOOK THAT SIGNING CEREMONY
TO AKRON, ON THE EDGE OF |
| 00:02:23 | FRACKING COUNTRY.
AND KASICH ALSO SIGNED A BILL |
| 00:02:27 | CREATING NEW RULES FOR CASINOS,
BINGO HALLS AND THE SLOTS-LIKE |
| 00:02:31 | VIDEO LOTTERY TERMINALS THAT ARE
COMING TO OHIO'S SEVEN HORSE |
| 00:02:33 | RACETRACKS.
LAWMAKERS WERE BACK AT THE |
| 00:02:35 | STATEHOUSE FOR WHAT WERE LIKELY
THEIR FINAL VOTING SESSIONS |
| 00:02:37 | BEFORE THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
THEY APPROVED THE EDUCATION |
| 00:02:39 | PORTION OF THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
UPDATE - IT INCLUDES THE SO- |
| 00:02:42 | CALLED THIRD GRADE READING
GUARANTEE, WHICH ALLOWS FOR |
| 00:02:45 | KIDS IN THIRD GRADE WHO DON'T
MEET READING SKILLS STANDARDS TO |
| 00:02:48 | FACE THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING
HELD BACK FOR UP TO TWO SCHOOL |
| 00:02:51 | YEARS.
THEY ALSO PASSED THE BLUEPRINT |
| 00:02:54 | THAT LEADERS IN CLEVELAND SAY
WILL IMPROVE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL |
| 00:02:57 | SYSTEM - IT MAKES SOME
CONTROVERSIAL CHANGES IN THE |
| 00:03:00 | CONTRACT WITH THE CLEVELAND
TEACHERS' UNION AND ALSO ALLOWS |
| 00:03:04 | FOR LEVY MONEY TO BE SHARED
WITH CERTAIN CHARTER SCHOOLS |
| 00:03:06 | THAT PARTNER WITH THE DISTRICT.
THE BILL HAD THE SUPPORT OF GOV. |
| 00:03:10 | KASICH AND SOME DEMOCRATS, BUT
OTHERS RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT |
| 00:03:13 | THE CHARTER SCHOOL PROVISION.
AMONG THE OTHER BILLS |
| 00:03:18 | LEGISLATORS PASSED AND SENT ON
TO THE GOVERNOR: |
| 00:03:19 | A PACKAGE TO CURB "COLLATERAL
SANCTIONS" THAT MAKE IT |
| 00:03:23 | DIFFICULT FOR EX-CONVICTS TO
FIND JOBS, WHICH INCLUDES |
| 00:03:26 | ALLOWING FORMER FELONS TO GET
WORK CERTIFICATES OR LICENSES, |
| 00:03:28 | PERMITTING COMMUNITY SERVICE
INSTEAD OF FINES OR DRIVERS' |
| 00:03:32 | LICENSE SUSPENSIONS, AND
ADJUSTING CHILD SUPPORT |
| 00:03:35 | PAYMENTS WHEN A PARENT'S
EARNINGS FALL SHORT BECAUSE OF |
| 00:03:38 | HIS OR HER CRIMINAL RECORD; A
BILL THAT INCREASES PENALTIES |
| 00:03:42 | FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND
CREATES A FUND TO HELP VICTIMS, |
| 00:03:45 | WHICH WOULD HELP VICTIMS TO HAVE
THEIR RECORDS EXPUNGED IF THEY |
| 00:03:49 | HAVE PROSTITUTION OR
SOLICITATION CHARGES AS A RESULT |
| 00:03:53 | OF BEING TRAFFICKED; A MEASURE
RENAMING THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF |
| 00:03:57 | DEVELOPMENT AS THE OHIO
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AGENCY, |
| 00:04:00 | WHICH ALSO FINE-TUNES THE
PRIVATE JOBS CREATING AGENCY |
| 00:04:04 | JOBSOHIO AND ESTABLISHES A
STATE TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD; A |
| 00:04:05 | PLAN THAT AIMS TO CURB THE THEFT
OF SCRAP METAL BY REQUIRING |
| 00:04:09 | DEALERS TO PHOTOGRAPH ANYONE WHO
SELLS THEM SCRAP; AND A PROPOSAL |
| 00:04:13 | TO CONVEY THE POTENTIALLY
LUCRATIVE LAND-GRANT STATUS ON |
| 00:04:17 | CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY, WHICH
COULD ALLOW CENTRAL STATE ACCESS |
| 00:04:22 | TO MILLIONS IN FEDERAL FUNDING
AS PART OF THE NATION'S |
| 00:04:26 | EXPANDED NETWORK OF PUBLICLY
FUNDED LAND-GRANT COLLEGES. |
| 00:04:28 | TO CAP THE WEEK, THE GOVERNOR
MET WITH REPORTERS IN A LENGTHY |
| 00:04:34 | SESSION AT THE GOVERNOR'S
RESIDENCE, FLANKED BY SENATE |
| 00:04:36 | PRESIDENT TOM NIEHAUS AND HOUSE
SPEAKER BILL BATCHELDER. |
| 00:04:38 | ONCE AGAIN THE GOVERNOR PRAISED
THE REPUBLICAN-RUN LEGISLATURE |
| 00:04:43 | FOR SUPPORTING HIS MID-BIENNIUM
REVIEW AND PASSING MOST OF THE |
| 00:04:46 | IDEAS HE INITIALLY PROPOSED
BACK IN MARCH - SAVE FOR HIS |
| 00:04:50 | SEVERANCE TAX PROPOSAL ON OIL
AND NATURAL GAS DRILLERS TO FUND |
| 00:04:52 | AN INCOME TAX CUT.
AND ONCE AGAIN HE TALKED ABOUT |
| 00:04:56 | THE BIPARTISANSHIP HE SAW IN
SOME OF THE RECENTLY PASSED |
| 00:04:59 | LEGISLATION.
THE GOVERNOR WAS ASKED WHY HE |
| 00:05:02 | DIDN'T INVITE THE LEADERS OF
MINORITY DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE |
| 00:05:05 | AND SENATE TO JOIN HIM FOR THIS
WRAP-UP PRESS CONFERENCE. |
| 00:05:07 | >> WE DID NOT INVITE THEM TO
THIS BECAUSE WE INVITED THE |
| 00:05:15 | LEADERS, THE ONES WHO ARE THE
FOUR MEN WHO PASSED THIS |
| 00:05:20 | THROUGH.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WHEN IT CAME |
| 00:05:25 | TO A LOT OF THESE LEGISLATIVE
ISSUES, THERE IS A CASE WHERE |
| 00:05:30 | THEY WERE CONSULTED.
IN THE CLEVELAND SCHOOL PLAN, |
| 00:05:34 | THE VOTE IN THE HOUSE WAS 78.
YOU HAD THE LEADER OF THE HOUSE |
| 00:05:39 | SUPPORTING IT.
YOU NORMALLY INVITE THE SPEAKER |
| 00:05:45 | AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.
IF THAT SHOULD CHANGE, THAT IS |
| 00:05:48 | WHO WILL BE AT THE NEXT
CONFERENCE. |
| 00:05:50 | >>
ONE BILL THAT IS NOT ON ITS WAY |
| 00:05:56 | TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK IS THE
ONE THAT WOULD CREATE THE |
| 00:05:57 | STRICTEST BAN ON ABORTION IN THE
COUNTRY, THE SO-CALLED HEARTBEAT |
| 00:05:59 | BILL, WHICH WOULD BAN ABORTION
AFTER A FETAL HEARTBEAT IS |
| 00:06:01 | DETECTED.
THE HEARTBEAT BILL PASSED THE |
| 00:06:03 | HOUSE LAST JUNE, AND IF IT
DOESN'T PASS THE SENATE BY THE |
| 00:06:05 | END OF THE YEAR, IT'S DEAD FOR
THIS SESSION. |
| 00:06:06 | THE BILL IS BACKED BY A
COALITION OF PRO-LIFE ACTIVISTS, |
| 00:06:09 | BUT OHIO RIGHT TO LIFE IS ON
RECORD AS OPPOSING IT ON |
| 00:06:12 | CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS.
REPUBLICAN SENATE PRESIDENT TOM |
| 00:06:16 | NIEHAUS HAS TAKEN HEAT FROM
HEARTBEAT BILL SUPPORTERS FOR |
| 00:06:19 | NOT MOVING THE MEASURE IN HIS
CHAMBER. |
| 00:06:20 | BUT NIEHAUS SAYS HE WANTS A
COMPROMISE BETWEEN BOTH SIDES. |
| 00:06:24 | THIS WEEK, SUPPORTERS SAID
THEY'D COME UP WITH A DEAL. |
| 00:06:27 | REPUBLICAN LYNN WACHTMANN OF
NAPOLEON IN NORTHWEST OHIO |
| 00:06:32 | SPONSORED THE BILL IN THE
HOUSE, AND WAS IN FRONT OF THE |
| 00:06:35 | STATEHOUSE THIS WEEK WITH OTHER
HEARTBEAT BILL BACKERS AS THEY |
| 00:06:38 | HELD DOWN A HUGE INFLATABLE
BALLOON IN THE SHAPE OF A HEART. |
| 00:06:40 | HE SAID THE DEAL COULD SATISFY
BOTH THOSE PUSHING THE HEARTBEAT |
| 00:06:45 | BILL AS WELL AS OHIO RIGHT TO
LIFE. |
| 00:06:46 | >> THE NEW LANGUAGE THAT THE
FOLKS WORKED ON THE LAST FEW |
| 00:06:50 | DAYS
DOES A BETTER JOB OF SEPARATING |
| 00:06:56 | THE IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE BILL,
WHICH WOULD PROTECT THE ENTIRETY |
| 00:07:02 | OF THE BILL, HOPEFULLY, FROM A
BAD COURT DECISION. |
| 00:07:04 | >> BUT FOR OHIO RIGHT TO LIFE,
THIS BILL BRINGS NO REAL CHANGE |
| 00:07:07 | FROM THE HEARTBEAT BILL THE
GROUP OFFICIALLY OPPOSES. |
| 00:07:08 | PRESIDENT MIKE GONIDAKIS, WHO'S
ALSO A LAWYER, SAYS THE |
| 00:07:11 | LANGUAGE ON SEVERABILITY IS
UNNEEDED UNDER OHIO LAW. |
| 00:07:13 | GONIDAKIS SAYS HE HASN'T SEEN A
NEW VERSION OF THE BILL, AND |
| 00:07:19 | THAT THERE'S BEEN NO MEETING TO
DISCUSS IT, BUT HIS |
| 00:07:22 | ORGANIZATION STILL HAS BIG
PROBLEMS WITH THE MEASURE. |
| 00:07:23 | >> AS THE BILL IS CURRENTLY
DRAFTED, THE SUBSTITUTE |
| 00:07:26 | VERSION, THERE'S NUMEROUS
CONCERNS, WHETHER IT BE AN |
| 00:07:29 | INFORMED CONSENT, POWERS GIVEN
TO STATE OFFICIALS OR OBVIOUSLY |
| 00:07:32 | THE BAN PORTION.
SO, A LOT OF ISSUES THAT NEED TO |
| 00:07:36 | BE ADDRESSED.
>> WACHTMANN SAYS HE'S STILL |
| 00:07:38 | OPTIMISTIC THE HEARTBEAT BILL
WILL BE PASSED BY YEAR'S END. |
| 00:07:40 | IN THE MEANTIME, ITS BACKERS,
LED BY JANET FOLGER PORTER WITH |
| 00:07:44 | THE NATIONAL ANTI-ABORTION
GROUP FAITH 2 ACTION, CONTINUE |
| 00:07:47 | TO HOLD RALLIES AT THE
STATEHOUSE AND TAKE OUT FULL |
| 00:07:50 | PAGE ADS CALLING OUT INDIVIDUAL
REPUBLICAN SENATORS WHO ARE |
| 00:07:53 | ANTI-ABORTION AS "RINOS" -
"REPUBLICANS IN NAME ONLY" - |
| 00:07:58 | ACTIONS THAT HAVE IRRITATED EVEN
SOME WHO SUPPORT THEIR CAUSE. |
| 00:08:01 | WACHTMANN IS AMONG THOSE WHO
HAVE CRITICIZED THEIR STRATEGY, |
| 00:08:06 | BUT PORTER SAID SHE'S NOT
CONCERNED. |
| 00:08:07 | >> YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT THE
SENATE SAID THAT THEY |
| 00:08:11 | OR ARE GOING TO PASS THE PART B
BILL. |
| 00:08:16 | AT THAT POINT, YOU DO NOT HAVE A
LOT TO LOSE. |
| 00:08:19 | BY TAKING THE MESSAGE DIRECTLY
TO THE DISTRICT AND |
| 00:08:22 | COMMUNICATING TO THEM THE
ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT RAN ON |
| 00:08:24 | PROTESTS LIKE PROMISES, THAT ARE
PART OF THE PRO-LIKE REPUBLICAN |
| 00:08:28 | PARTY, ARE HOLDING UP THE MOST
PRO-LIFE BILL. |
| 00:08:30 | WHAT IS EXCITING TO ME, WE ARE
IN THIS LAST WEEK OF SESSIONS |
| 00:08:35 | BEFORE THE RECESS.
BUT I AM MOST ANXIOUS TO DO IS |
| 00:08:38 | RUN THANK YOU ADDS.
I CANNOT WAIT TO RUN THINGS YOU |
| 00:08:42 | THAT WHEN THE SENATE RUNS THE
MOST PRO-LIFE BILL. |
| 00:08:45 | AS YOU CAN TELL, WE ARE NOT
GOING TO GO AWAY UNTIL THE BILL |
| 00:08:48 | IS CAST AND BABIES ARE
PROTECTED. |
| 00:08:50 | I CARE MORE ABOUT PROTECTING
BABIES THAN MAKING FRIENDS IN |
| 00:08:54 | THE SENATE.
>> MEANWHILE, THE BILL'S |
| 00:08:55 | STRONGEST OPPONENTS - THOSE WHO
SUPPORT ABORTION RIGHTS - ARE |
| 00:08:57 | ALSO STILL WATCHING IT, SAYING
THEY'RE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE |
| 00:08:59 | THEIR SUPPORTERS IF THE BILL
MOVES IN THE SENATE. |
| 00:09:00 | NOT ONLY WOULD THE HEARTBEAT
BILL HAVE TO START ALL OVER IN |
| 00:09:03 | THE NEXT SESSION IF IT DOESN'T
PASS THIS ONE, THE ENTIRE OHIO |
| 00:09:05 | HOUSE AND HALF THE OHIO SENATE
IS ON THE BALLOT THIS FALL. |
| 00:09:08 | AND THAT PUTS PRESSURE ON BOTH
SUPPORTERS AND OPPONENTS, SINCE |
| 00:09:15 | THERE COULD BE CHANGES IN THE
MAKEUP OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| 00:09:17 | NEXT YEAR.
AS WE'VE BEEN REPORTING HERE |
| 00:09:20 | FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS, THE
OHIO DEPARTMENT OF |
| 00:09:23 | TRANSPORTATION HAS HIT A BAD
STRETCH OF ROAD THIS YEAR. |
| 00:09:25 | ODOT REVEALED IN JANUARY THAT A
1.6 BILLION DOLLAR HOLE IN ITS |
| 00:09:30 | CONSTRUCTION BUDGET WAS GOING
TO FORCE DELAYS OF YEARS OR |
| 00:09:33 | EVEN DECADES IN DOZENS OF MAJOR
PROJECTS THAT COMMUNITIES WERE |
| 00:09:36 | COUNTING ON.
THE AGENCY THEN STARTED MAKING |
| 00:09:40 | CHANGES - TRIMMING ITS PAYROLL
BY 400 POSITIONS, CHANGING |
| 00:09:43 | BUDGETING POLICIES, ASKING FOR
COST-SAVINGS ON PROJECTS AND |
| 00:09:47 | TRYING TO FIND NEW REVENUE FROM
PRIVATIZATION OF REST AREAS AND |
| 00:09:50 | NAMING RIGHTS FOR BRIDGES.
THOSE MOVES HAVE SAVED ODOT |
| 00:09:54 | ENOUGH THAT ITS TRANSPORTATION
REVIEW ADVISORY COUNCIL, OR |
| 00:09:57 | TRAC, LAST WEEK VOTED TO MOVE
UP MOST OF THOSE DELAYED |
| 00:10:00 | PROJECTS - BUT THEY STILL WON'T
BE BUILT ON THE TIMEFRAME THAT |
| 00:10:04 | CITIES AND COUNTIES HAD
INITIALLY PLANNED FOR. |
| 00:10:06 | AND THERE'S A REAL ISSUE OF
WHETHER THOSE KINDS OF SAVINGS |
| 00:10:11 | CAN BE WRUNG OUT YEAR OVER YEAR
TO KEEP ODOT ROLLING, AND IF |
| 00:10:15 | NOT, WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO BE DONE.
HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE |
| 00:10:19 | OF ODOT AS THEY SEE IT ARE TWO
VETERANS OF STATE GOVERNMENT. |
| 00:10:21 | REP. REX DAMSCHRODER IS A
REPUBLICAN FROM FREMONT AND IS |
| 00:10:26 | ON HIS SECOND TOUR OF DUTY IN
THE OHIO HOUSE OF |
| 00:10:28 | REPRESENTATIVES.
HE CHAIRS THE HOUSE |
| 00:10:31 | TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
GENE KREBS IS A FORMER STATE |
| 00:10:34 | REPRESENTATIVE FROM PREBLE
COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO AND IS |
| 00:10:37 | THE SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND POLICY |
| 00:10:38 | AT GREATER OHIO, A THINK TANK
THAT WORKS ON ISSUES RELATED TO |
| 00:10:41 | TRANSPORTATION, GROWTH AND LAND
USE. |
| 00:10:42 | >> GENE, STATE OFODOT SPEECH
THAT THE DIRECTOR GAVE WEEKS |
| 00:10:55 | AGO, HE AND CHIEF TALKED ABOUT
THE CHANGES MADE AT 0 DOT. |
| 00:11:00 | SUMMER TECHNICAL, LIKE THIS IDEA
OF CARRYING OVER MONEY YEAR- |
| 00:11:03 | OVER-YEAR.
SOME OF THEM ARE MORE |
| 00:11:05 | CONCEPTUAL, PRIVATIZING 104 REST
AREAS, CREATING SPONSORSHIP |
| 00:11:09 | OPPORTUNITIES.
WE HAD AN EASY WINTER THIS |
| 00:11:12 | WINTER, SO WE HAVE LOST MONEY
SPENT ON SALT. |
| 00:11:15 | HOW MUCH OF THIS CAN BE REPEATED
OVER TIME AND HOW CAN THESE |
| 00:11:19 | KINDS OF SAVING BE BROUGHT HERE
OVER YEAR? |
| 00:11:21 | YOU HAVE TOLD ME BEFORE YOU DO
NOT THINK IT CAN BE DONE. |
| 00:11:25 | >> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO
COMMEND THE DIRECTOR FOR HAVING |
| 00:11:28 | COME OUT A AND SAIDODOT FACES
TIRES IT -- AND SAID ODOT FACES |
| 00:11:37 | A DIRE SITUATION.
I HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR |
| 00:11:40 | YEARS.
A MOMENT HE DID THAT, THAT |
| 00:11:42 | CHANGE THE GAME.
HE HAD DONE A GOOD JOB A LOT OF |
| 00:11:45 | HIS REFORMS.
THE DIFFICULTY IS, AS OHIOANS |
| 00:11:50 | CONTINUE TO TRADE IN HOMERS FOR
HONDAS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO |
| 00:11:57 | DECLINE OUR GASOLINE USAGE.
AND REMEMBER, IT IS A TAX PER |
| 00:12:01 | GALLON.
EVERY TIME YOU TRADE IN A 20- |
| 00:12:05 | MILE PER GALLON CAR FOR A 30-MPG
CAR, ALL THESE FACTORS HAVE |
| 00:12:10 | COMBINED.
HAVING SAID THAT, SOME OF THE |
| 00:12:13 | OTHER THINGS -- USING UP WHAT
YOUR POLITICAL TRIPS I HAVE HERE |
| 00:12:19 | -- GETTING ODOT TO BE A TARGETED
AGENCY, ONE OF THE FIRST FOUR |
| 00:12:25 | UNDER THE SENATE BILL FROM
SENATOR SCHAFFER. |
| 00:12:28 | VIRGINIA DID ONE, THEY FOUND
$630 MILLION OF SAVINGS. |
| 00:12:33 | >> BUT THAT WAS IN ONE YEAR.
>> ONE YEAR. |
| 00:12:36 | THEY ARE DIFFERENT IN STRUCTURE
THAN WE ARE. |
| 00:12:39 | >> IF ODOT DOES THAT, HOW MUCH
DO YOU EXPECT TO FIND? |
| 00:12:45 | THIS WOULD BE ONE-TIME MONEY.
>> LET ME DEPRESSED THE |
| 00:12:49 | LISTENERS AND VIEWERS OUT HERE.
EVERY YEAR, ODOT HAS A DECLINE. |
| 00:12:54 | INFLATION OF THEIR CORE
MATERIALS AND THE DECLINE OF GAS |
| 00:13:00 | TAX REVENUES.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT 7% DECLINE OF |
| 00:13:03 | PURCHASING POWER AT ODOT EVERY
YEAR. |
| 00:13:10 | WE WOULD HAVE TO RAISE THE GAS
TAX TWO PENNIES A YEAR YEAR |
| 00:13:14 | AFTER YEAR JUST TO MAINTAIN THE
STATUS QUO. |
| 00:13:15 | IF YOU WANT TO START FIXING A
LOT OF THESE BRIDGES AND |
| 00:13:19 | OVERPASSES THAT HAVE HIT THEIR
50-YEAR EDGE OF THE LESS THAN, |
| 00:13:25 | -- LET STAND, WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT DECADES. |
| 00:13:28 | THIS WILL NOT INCREASE THE GAS
TAX. |
| 00:13:31 | JIM MCGREGOR WAS BEATING HIS
REELECTION CAMPAIGN FOUR YEARS |
| 00:13:37 | AGO, PRIMARILY ON THE SUPPORT
FOR THE GAS TAX. |
| 00:13:40 | >> YOU WERE THERE IN THE
AUDIENCE FOR THAT STATE OF ODOT |
| 00:13:47 | SPEECH.
YOU AND ERIC KEARNEY WERE |
| 00:13:52 | SUGGESTING MAYBE IT IS TIME TO
TALK ABOUT RAISING THE GAS TAX. |
| 00:13:55 | DO YOU THINK IT IS TIME TO TALK
ABOUT THE GAS TAX? |
| 00:13:57 | >> LET ME SAY THIS.
IF MY CHOICE IS DRIVING ON A |
| 00:14:02 | ROAD FULL OF POTHOLES WITH MY
NEW CAR WHICH I DO NOT HAVE, OR |
| 00:14:07 | PAYING MORE IN THE GAS TAX, I
WOULD PAY MORE IN THE GAS TAX |
| 00:14:11 | AND HAVE A NICE HIGHWAY IN FRONT
OF ME. |
| 00:14:13 | ON MY WAY DOWN HERE TODAY, GAS
JUST WENT UP 20 CENTS OVERNIGHT. |
| 00:14:18 | THE NEXT GUEST ASIAN AFTER I
FILLED UP, IT WAS STILL $4.59. |
| 00:14:24 | >> YOU MEAN $3.59?
>> YES, I'M SORRY. |
| 00:14:30 | IT WENT UP 20 CENTS.
IT CHANGES. |
| 00:14:34 | 20 CENTS OVERNIGHT, JUST LIKE
THAT. |
| 00:14:36 | UP, DOWN, UP, DOWN.
IF WE CANNOT COME UP WITH ANY |
| 00:14:43 | KIND OF SOLUTION, BEFORE I DRIVE
MY NEW CAR -- AND THAT IS |
| 00:14:49 | $50,000 -- IF I START DRIVING IT
AND I HAVE THE CHOICE TO PAY |
| 00:14:52 | MORE IN THE GAS TAX AND DRIVE ON
A GOOD ROAD, COMPARED TO |
| 00:14:58 | DRIVING THE NEW CAR ON IPOD
HILL-FILLED ROAD, I AM ONE |
| 00:15:02 | PERSON THAT WOULD BE IN FAVOR
FOR BUILDING A BETTER HIGHWAY. |
| 00:15:05 | IF YOU DO NOT LIKE IT, YOU DO
NOT HAVE TO DRIVE A CAR. |
| 00:15:08 | I AM NOT SAYING THAT I WANT TO
RAISE GAS TAXES. |
| 00:15:12 | I AM SAYING, IF THAT IS THE
ALTERNATIVE -- THERE ARE A LOT |
| 00:15:16 | OF STATES IN THE COUNTRY WHERE A
LOT OF THE ROADS ARE MISERABLE. |
| 00:15:19 | OHIO IS NOT THAT BAD RIGHT NOW.
I MADE A MAJOR EXCEPTION. |
| 00:15:24 | I DROVE ALL THE WAY TO ORLEANS
-- NEW ORLEANS AND BACK LAST |
| 00:15:29 | YEAR.
ALL PRETTY GOOD ROADS. |
| 00:15:33 | WE TOOK A DIFFERENT ROUTE COMING
BACK. |
| 00:15:35 | UNLIKE OUR TURNPIKE, I PAID NO
FEES AND HAVE GOOD HIGHWAYS THE |
| 00:15:41 | WHOLE WAY.
ANOTHER THING WE HAVE TO LOOK AT |
| 00:15:42 | IS OUR TURNPIKE.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT, I'M |
| 00:15:45 | SURE, IN ADDITIONAL FEES THAT WE
PAY FOR TO HAVE A GOOD ROAD. |
| 00:15:50 | I LIKE GOOD ROADS, AND I THINK A
LOT OF OHIOANS DO. |
| 00:15:55 | >> WE WILL GET TO THE TURNPIKE
IN A MINUTE. |
| 00:15:57 | GENE, YOU HAVE HEARD FOR A
WHILE, EVEN OUR GOOD ROADS WOULD |
| 00:16:03 | FALL INTO DISREPAIR IF ODOT DID
NOT CHANGE SOME THINGS. |
| 00:16:07 | DO YOU STILL HOLD ONTO THAT?
THERE IS NO APPETITE TO RAISE |
| 00:16:11 | THE GAS TAX.
>> WE ARE ALL OUT OF OUR |
| 00:16:16 | PLEASANT SOLUTIONS.
ALL OF OUR SOLUTIONS ARE OF WITH |
| 00:16:18 | SOLUTIONS.
INCREASING THE GAS TAX FROM A |
| 00:16:22 | MACRO ECONOMIC STANDPOINT, YOU
ARE INCREASING ACTIVITY, BUT |
| 00:16:25 | THAT ONE NETWORK LONG TERM.
PORTLAND, ORE. TRIED A VEHICLES |
| 00:16:30 | MILD TRAVEL TAX.
THEY HAD TO ABANDON THAT EARLY |
| 00:16:34 | BECAUSE EVEN IN THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF PORTLAND, THEY COULD |
| 00:16:37 | NOT TOLERATE BIG BROTHER LOOKING
TO SEE HOW MANY MILES THEY HAD |
| 00:16:40 | DERIVED.
>> THEY WOULD MOUNT A BOX IN |
| 00:16:44 | YOUR CAR AND A MONITOR HOW MUCH
YOU DROVE AND WHAT ROAD YOU'RE |
| 00:16:47 | USING.
>> WHAT I HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR |
| 00:16:52 | IS FOR ODOT TO TAKE AN AGNOSTIC
VIEW OF MOVING PEOPLE AND GOODS |
| 00:16:57 | IN THE MOST SAFE MANNER
POSSIBLE. |
| 00:17:01 | SOME TIME THAT MAYBE BY HIGHWAY,
BARGE, RAIL, SIDEWALK, BICYCLE. |
| 00:17:06 | I WILL GIVE YOU A CASE IN POINT.
AT THE INTERSTATE 77/71 SPLIT, |
| 00:17:14 | WE WILL BE SPENDING $1.5 BILLION
ON THE PROJECT. |
| 00:17:17 | THAT IS ALMOST THE ENTIRETY OF
OUR GAS TAX FROM ONE YEAR. |
| 00:17:21 | YET, THAT IS ONLY TO MOVE 20,000
CARS FOR 20 MINUTES EACH MORNING |
| 00:17:28 | AND AFTERNOON OFF THE HIGHWAY.
THAT IS THE WHOLE PROBLEM. |
| 00:17:31 | IF YOU COULD SEND $600 MILLION
TO DO SOME ALTERNATIVE |
| 00:17:42 | TRANSPORTATION, MOVE PEOPLE OR
GOODS THROUGH, YOU COULD SAVE |
| 00:17:47 | $900 MILLION.
>> BUT YOU HAVE TO GET PEOPLE TO |
| 00:17:48 | BUY INTO THAT AND THERE ARE A
LOT OF COSTS TO START IT UP. |
| 00:17:53 | >> THAT IS WHY I HAVE TO COMMEND
DIRECTOR RAY. |
| 00:17:54 | HE SAID WE ARE HAVING FISCAL
ISSUES. |
| 00:17:58 | IT IS LIKE GOING TO BE 12 STAGES
OF GRIEF. |
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