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00:00:00>> SUPPORT FOR "THE STATE OF
OHIO" COMES FROM THE LAW OFFICES
00:00:02OF PORTER, WRIGHT, MORRIS &
ARTHUR LLP., HELPING BUSINESSES
00:00:06AND INDIVIDUALS SOLVE COMPLEX
LEGAL PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT OHIO,
00:00:09ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND
THE WORLD -- ON THE WEB AT
00:00:12PORTERWRIGHT.COM.
AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
00:00:16ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING
131,000 TEACHERS, SUPPORT
00:00:19PROFESSIONALS AND HIGHER
EDUCATION FACULTY WHO ARE
00:00:23WORKING FOR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
FOR EVERY CHILD, ONLINE AT
00:00:25OHEA.ORG.
>> A CONTROVERSIAL BILL THAT
00:00:36SOME SUSPECT COULD HAVE
LEGALIZED DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
00:00:38A PARTICULAR GROUP IS PULLED
BACK.
00:00:40AND JOHN KASICH'S FOURTH STATE
OF THE STATE SPEECH KICKS OFF
00:00:42HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN A
BIG WAY, AS HIS CRITICS BOTH
00:00:44BLAST AND PRAISE HIM.
ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
00:00:46OHIO".
>> A BILL INTRODUCED IN OHIO
00:00:54THAT DREW COMPARISON TO THE
CONTROVERSIAL SO-CALLED
00:00:57"RELIGIOUS FREEDOM" BILL THAT
WAS VETOED IN ARIZONA WAS
00:01:00WITHDRAWN BY ITS SPONSORS THIS
WEEK.
00:01:03REPRESENTATIVES BILL PATMON, A
DEMOCRAT OF CLEVELAND, AND TIM
00:01:06DERICKSON, A REPUBLICAN OF
OXFORD, PULLED THEIR BILL AFTER
00:01:09CONCERNS WERE RAISED THAT IT
WOULD ALLOW BUSINESSES TO ASSERT
00:01:12RELIGIOUS OBJECTIONS IN REFUSING
TO SERVE GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL
00:01:16OR TRANSGENDER CUSTOMERS.
THE LAWMAKERS SAID THEY PUSHED
00:01:20THE BILL TO PROTECT PEOPLE WHO
WANT TO WEAR RELIGIOUS JEWELRY
00:01:23OR HEADWEAR ON THE JOB.
BUT PATMON SAID IN AN INTERVIEW
00:01:27WITH OUR JO INGLES THAT HE WAS
CONCERNED ABOUT THE BILL'S
00:01:30POTENTIAL UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES.
00:01:34>> GIVEN WHO I AM, THERE IS NO
WAY I CAN BE IN FAVOR OF
00:01:37DISCRIMINATION.
>> THE STATE'S LARGEST GAY
00:01:41RIGHTS GROUP, EQUALITY OHIO,
PRAISED THE MOVE, AS DID FREEDOM
00:01:43OHIO, THE GROUP THAT'S PUSHING A
MARRIAGE EQUALITY AMENDMENT FOR
00:01:45THE FALL BALLOT OVER THE
CONCERNS OF EQUALITY OHIO.
00:01:48SPEAKING OF, A QUINNIPIAC
UNIVERSITY POLL RELEASED THIS
00:01:51WEEK FINDS THAT TEN YEARS AFTER
VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED
00:01:53AN AMENDMENT BANNING SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE, A MAJORITY OF OHIOANS
00:01:57SUPPORT IT.
BUT THE POLL FINDS IT'S STILL
00:02:01CLOSE - WITH 50 PERCENT
SUPPORTING MARRIAGE EQUALITY AND
00:02:0544 PERCENT AGAINST SAME SEX
MARRIAGE.
00:02:09THE SURVEY ALSO FINDS THAT OHIO
VOTERS UNDER AGE 30
00:02:12OVERWHELMINGLY BACK THE IDEA
WHILE THOSE 65 AND OLDER MOSTLY
00:02:14OPPOSE IT.
THAT SAME POLL ALSO FINDS
00:02:19OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL
MARIJUANA.
00:02:23VOTERS SUPPORT THE USE OF
MEDICAL MARIJUANA 87 PERCENT TO
00:02:2411 PERCENT, WITH EACH GROUP
MEASURED SUPPORTING IT BY AT
00:02:28LEAST 78 PERCENT - AND THAT
INCLUDES ALL POLITICAL AND AGE
00:02:31GROUPS.
AND A BARE MAJORITY OF VOTERS -
00:02:3751% SAY THEY ALSO ARE OK WITH
ADULTS LEGALLY POSSESSING SMALL
00:02:41AMOUNTS OF POT FOR PERSONAL USE,
WITH 44% AGAINST THAT.
00:02:46OHIO LAWMAKERS HAVE APPROVED A
BILL SETTING FORTH WHEN
00:02:49PROVISIONAL BALLOTS WILL BE
COUNTED.
00:02:52THE HOUSE AND SENATE HAVE BOTH
AGREED ON A BILL TO REQUIRE
00:02:54PROVISIONAL BALLOTS CAST IN THE
WRONG PRECINCT, BUT RIGHT
00:02:57POLLING LOCATION - ALSO KNOWN AS
"RIGHT CHURCH, WRONG PEW" - TO
00:03:00BE COUNTED.
THAT GOES ALONG WITH A RECENT
00:03:03FEDERAL COURT RULING.
MEANWHILE, DEMOCRATS ARE FUMING
00:03:07OVER A DIRECTIVE FROM SECRETARY
OF STATE JON HUSTED SETTING A
00:03:10SCHEDULE FOR EARLY VOTING THIS
FALL.
00:03:13BOARDS OF ELECTIONS WOULD BE
OPEN FOR VOTING DURING REGULAR
00:03:17WEEKDAY HOURS AND FROM 8AM TILL
4PM ON THE TWO SATURDAYS
00:03:20PRECEDING THE ELECTION.
BUT THERE WILL BE NO IN-PERSON
00:03:24VOTING ON THE SUNDAY BEFORE THE
ELECTION.
00:03:26SENATOR NINA TURNER IS RUNNING
AGAINST HUSTED THIS FALL.
00:03:33>> THIS MEANS THAT WORKING
OHIOANS WON'T BE ABLE
00:03:35UTILIZE EARLY IN-PERSON VOTING,
AT A TIME WHEN OVER 400,000
00:03:45OHIOANS ARE UNEMPLOYED AND MANY
MIDDLE-CLASS FOLKS ARE STRINGING
00:03:49TOGETHER TWO AND THREE JOBS JUST
TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
00:03:50THIS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.
WE SHOULD BE MAKING IT EASIER
00:03:56FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE, NOT HARDER.
IT IS A SHAME THAT IT HAS BECOME
00:04:00HARDER AND HARDER AND HARDER TO
CAST A VOTE IN THE STATE OF
00:04:04OHIO.
>> THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES
00:04:10UNION SAID THAT COULD
POTENTIALLY DISENFRANCHISE
00:04:12AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTERS, WHO
OFTEN VOTE ON THAT FINAL SUNDAY
00:04:14THROUGH PROGRAMS ORGANIZED BY
CHURCHES.
00:04:16SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS WILL HAVE
TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER TO FIND
00:04:19OUT HOW MANY SNOW DAYS THEY'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE UP.
00:04:21THE SENATE PASSED A PLAN TO LET
SCHOOLS TAKE UP TO FOUR
00:04:25ADDITIONAL CALAMITY DAYS THIS
YEAR, BUT TEACHERS WOULD HAVE TO
00:04:28REPORT FOR WORK FOR ONE OF THOSE
DAYS.
00:04:30AND DISTRICTS MUST USE FOUR
CONTINGENCY DAYS FIRST.
00:04:34THE HOUSE REJECTED THOSE
CHANGES, SO A CONFERENCE
00:04:37COMMITTEE WILL WORK OUT THE
DIFFERENCES.
00:04:40BUT IT COULD BE AT LEAST ANOTHER
WEEK BEFORE THE CHAMBERS WILL
00:04:41VOTE.
THE LAWYERS GOT DRILLED BY THE
00:04:45JUSTICES OF THE OHIO SUPREME
COURT THIS WEEK, AS THEY HEARD A
00:04:47CASE THAT COULD DECIDE THE POWER
OF STATE-LEVEL REGULATIONS ON
00:04:49OIL AND GAS DRILLING TO
SUPERSEDE LAWS PASSED BY LOCAL
00:04:52COMMUNITIES.
BECK ENERGY HAD RECEIVED STATE
00:04:56PERMISSION TO DRILL ON PRIVATE
PROPERTY IN THE AKRON SUBURB OF
00:05:01MUNROE FALLS IN 2011, BUT MUNROE
FALLS SUED, SAYING THE COMPANY
00:05:05ILLEGALLY SIDESTEPPED LOCAL
ORDINANCES.
00:05:08THE STATE SAYS THE OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
00:05:12HAS THE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE
DRILLING, BUT MUNROE FALLS SAYS
00:05:15CITIES HAVE THE RIGHT TO IMPOSE
RESTRICTIONS.
00:05:19>> THE PROBLEM THAT I SEE IS
THIS STATUTE IGNORES LOCAL
00:05:28ZONING.
IT SAYS THE STATE CAN IGNORE
00:05:30LOCAL ZONING, AND I HAVE TO
ADMIT, I AM FROM GEAUGA COUNTY,
00:05:40AND WE HAVE A RATHER PRECISE
HISTORY HERE WHERE THE LOCAL
00:05:41COMMUNITY DID NOT WANT DRILLING
IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:05:49THEY GOT DRILLING IN A
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE
00:05:52HOUSE WAS BLOWN OFF OF ITS
FOUNDATIONS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD
00:05:55SEIZED TO EXIST AS WE KNEW IT.
SO ARE YOU NOT CHALLENGING THE
00:06:00CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE WORD
EXCLUSIVE AND LOCATION?
00:06:05YOU ARE NOT CHALLENGING THAT?
>> IF THE COURT DETERMINED THAT
00:06:13A PREEMPTION ANALYSIS IS
TRIGGERED, WHICH I DO NOT THINK
00:06:16IT IS, THEN YES,
CONSTITUTIONALITY IS IN
00:06:19QUESTION.
BUT THE ANALYSIS IS NOT
00:06:20TRIGGERED HERE BECAUSE I WOULD
DISAGREE WITH YOUR ASSESSMENT
00:06:23THAT THE OIL AND GAS STATUTE
EXPRESSLY PREEMPTS OR SAYS
00:06:30ANYTHING ABOUT PREEMPTING LOCAL
ZONING.
00:06:31>> I AM USING THE TWO WORDS IN
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, EXCLUSIVE
00:06:37AND LOCATION.
IF THE STATE IS GIVEN EXCLUSIVE
00:06:40CONTROL OVER THE LOCATION OVER
BUILDING A STRUCTURE OR WELL,
00:06:45ISN'T ZONING GONE?
>> NO, YOUR HONOR.
00:06:50THE LANGUAGE HAS TO BE READ IN
CONTEXT.
00:06:51>> IS THERE ANY RIGHT OF APPEAL
OF GRANTING A PERMIT?
00:06:54>> THERE IS NOT AN
ADMINISTRATIVE RIGHT TO APPEAL
00:06:59THE GRANT OF A PERMIT IN THIS
SITUATION.
00:07:03THE REMEDY THAT THE
MUNICIPALITIES HAVE IS A
00:07:08POLITICAL REMEDY TO THE
LEGISLATURE, --
00:07:13>> SO THERE IS -- THIS IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT PERMITTING
00:07:22PROCESS.
UNLIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE
00:07:26LOCATION OF WINDMILLS, WHICH
GOES THROUGH THE COMMISSION, FOR
00:07:31THOSE WHO OBJECT, THERE IS NO
PLACE TO GO.
00:07:34IN TERMS OF COURTS, THERE IS NO
ACCESS TO COURTS, PERIOD.
00:07:46>> BECAUSE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
DECIDED IN 2004 TO GIVE THE
00:07:52STATE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE
AUTHORITY --
00:07:56>> TO BE GOD IN THIS CASE.
THE DIRECTOR OF NATURAL
00:08:04RESOURCES IS GOD IN THIS CASE.
>> PRO- AND ANTI-DRILLING FORCES
00:08:08SEE THE OHIO CASE AS POTENTIALLY
PRECEDENT-SETTING.
00:08:10IT'S BEEN 78 YEARS SINCE OHIO -
A PERENNIAL SWING STATE AND THE
00:08:13HOME OF EIGHT PRESIDENTS - HAS
HOSTED A MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY
00:08:15CONVENTION.
NOW, THREE OHIO CITIES ARE ON
00:08:18THE SHORT LIST OF EIGHT UNDER
CONSIDERATION FOR THE 2016
00:08:21REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
CONVENTION.
00:08:25RNC CHAIR REINCE PREIBUS TWEETED
OUT CONGRATULATIONS ON THURSDAY:
00:08:30WITH THREE OHIO CITIES AMONG THE
EIGHT FINALISTS IT WOULD BE EASY
00:08:33TO THINK THAT OHIO'S ODDS ARE
GOOD, BUT IT'S WIDELY BELIEVED
00:08:37THAT LAS VEGAS IS THE
FRONT-RUNNER.
00:08:40MEANWHILE ON THURSDAY, A
COALITION OF HIGH-PROFILE
00:08:42DEMOCRATS HOSTED A RECEPTION IN
WASHINGTON FOR MEMBERS OF THE
00:08:44DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO
SELL THEM ON COLUMBUS.
00:08:47THAT GROUP INCLUDES US SENATOR
SHERROD BROWN, REPRESENTATIVES
00:08:50JOYCE BEATTY AND TIM RYAN,
FORMER GOV. TED STRICKLAND AND
00:08:54OHIO DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR
CHRIS REDFERN.
00:08:57AND A GROUP OF NORTHEAST OHIO
DEMOCRATS HAS ALSO FORMED A
00:09:00COMMITTEE TO PUSH CLEVELAND AS A
CONVENTION SITE.
00:09:04THE DNC HAD WRITTEN TO MAYORS OF
MORE THAN 30 CITIES, INCLUDING
00:09:07CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS AND
CINCINNATI, ASKING ALL THREE TO
00:09:10SUBMIT BIDS TO HOST DEMOCRATS IN
THE SUMMER OF 2016.
00:09:15OHIO HAS HOSTED FIVE POLITICAL
CONVENTIONS - THE DEMOCRATS HELD
00:09:19TWO IN CINCINNATI IN THE 1800S,
AND THE REPUBLICANS HELD ONE IN
00:09:23CINCINNATI IN 1876 AND TWO IN
CLEVELAND IN THE EARLY 1900S.
00:09:28BY THE WAY, NO REPUBLICAN IN HAS
EVER WON THE WHITE HOUSE WITHOUT
00:09:31WINNING OHIO, AND IT'S BEEN MORE
THAN HALF A CENTURY SINCE A
00:09:34DEMOCRAT WON THE PRESIDENCY
WITHOUT OHIO - THAT WAS JOHN F.
00:09:37KENNEDY.
GOV. JOHN KASICH GAVE HIS FOURTH
00:09:40STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH THIS
WEEK IN MEDINA, AND AS PERHAPS
00:09:44IS FITTING FOR AN ELECTION YEAR,
IT WAS UNLIKE ANY OTHER HE'S
00:09:47DELIVERED.
AT A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR, IT WAS
00:09:50JOHN KASICH'S SHORTEST STATE OF
THE STATE.
00:09:53MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN OR
HEARD IT LIVE ON OHIO'S PUBLIC
00:09:55RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS.
AND IN A MOVE THAT APPARENTLY
00:09:59WAS FORESHADOWING WHAT WAS TO
COME AT THE END, MUCH OF THE
00:10:02SPEECH TOUCHED ON INSPIRATIONAL
THEMES OF LIFTING UP, LOOKING
00:10:06FORWARD AND SURVIVING TOUGH
TIMES.
00:10:10>> EVERY OHIOAN DESERVES A
CHANCE AND AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
00:10:13TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOD-GIVEN
POTENTIAL, AND THAT'S THE OHIO
00:10:16THAT WE'RE REBUILDING FOR
EVERYONE.
00:10:19EVERYONE.
ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE HELPED
00:10:22OHIO MOVE UP TO HIGHER, MORE
SOLID GROUND.
00:10:24AND IF YOU LOOK - IF YOU LOOK,
THE CLOUDS ARE BEGINNING TO MOVE
00:10:28APART.
THE SUN IS BEGINNING TO BREAK
00:10:33THROUGH AND TO SHINE ITS BRIGHT
LIGHT ON THAT SUMMIT.
00:10:38IF YOU LOOK, YOU CAN SEE IT.
WE'VE GOT MUCH FURTHER TO GO,
00:10:43BUT THE SUCCESS WE HAVE GIVES US
THE CONFIDENCE TO CLIMB HIGHER.
00:10:48WE ARE NOT HOPELESS.
WE ARE HOPEFUL.
00:10:50WE ARE NOT WANDERING.
WE HAVE DIRECTION, AND WE NEED
00:10:52TO KEEP GOING TO ADVANCE THE
STATE OF OHIO.
00:10:57>> KASICH REVIEWED WHAT HE SEES
AS HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS - HIS TAX
00:11:00CUTS, THE SHORING UP OF THE
STATE'S RAINY DAY SAVINGS
00:11:03ACCOUNT, THE PLAN TO LEVERAGE
THE OHIO TURNPIKE TO RAISE FUNDS
00:11:06FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS,
HELP FOR PEOPLE WITH
00:11:09DISABILITIES, MENTAL ILLNESS AND
DRUG ADDICTION, AND THE
00:11:12CRACKDOWN ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
AND HE ALSO BROUGHT UP WHAT WILL
00:11:16LIKELY BE A BIG ISSUE FOR
DEMOCRATS IN THIS CAMPAIGN YEAR
00:11:18- JOBSOHIO.
>> THE REASON THAT JOBSOHIO
00:11:23EXISTS IS IN ITS NAME.
BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT JOBS.
00:11:26WE ALL WANT OHIOANS TO HAVE GOOD
JOB OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE GOOD
00:11:29JOBS PROVIDE PAYCHECKS AND THEY
STRENGTHEN OUR FAMILIES AND OUR
00:11:32COMMUNITIES.
THOSE PAYCHECKS BELONG TO THE
00:11:36PEOPLE WHO EARN THEM, NOT TO THE
GOVERNMENT.
00:11:40THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO TRY AND
GROW AN ECONOMY.
00:11:42THE OLD WAY, WHERE GOVERNMENT
TAKES YOUR MONEY AND TRIES TO
00:11:47PRETEND IT'S SMARTER THAN YOU
AND IT SPENDS YOUR MONEY FOR
00:11:50YOU.
WELL, WE'VE SEEN THAT WAY FAIL
00:11:54TIME AND AGAIN.
AND THEN THERE'S THE NATURAL WAY
00:11:58TO GROW AN ECONOMY.
WHEN YOU GET TO KEEP MORE OF
00:12:02YOUR OWN MONEY AND YOU CAN USE
IT TO CONTROL YOUR OWN FUTURE
00:12:05AND TO HELP YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR
COMMUNITY.
00:12:08THAT IS OUR BASIC PHILOSOPHY.
>> KASICH ALSO OUTLINED SEVERAL
00:12:13PROPOSALS FOR THIS YEAR.
ONCE AGAIN, THE STATE INCOME TAX
00:12:17WAS A TARGET - HE SAID HE WANTS
THE TOP INCOME TAX RATE TO BE
00:12:20BELOW 5 PERCENT, WHICH HE SAID
WOULD BE A WAY TO GROW JOBS
00:12:23WHILE KEEPING THE STATE'S FISCAL
HOUSE IN ORDER.
00:12:27AND HE ALSO CLAIMED THAT WOULD
STOP THE FLOW OF MONEY OUT OF
00:12:30OHIO TO LOWER-TAX STATES, WHICH
HE SAID HAS TOTALED 12 BILLION
00:12:34DOLLARS SINCE 1995.
HE SAID HE WANTED TO PUT 35
00:12:38MILLION DOLLARS IN NEW TOBACCO
SETTLEMENT MONEY INTO PROGRAMS
00:12:42TO HELP TOBACCO USERS QUIT.
KASICH SAID HE WANTS TO PROMOTE
00:12:45VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, AND WANTS
MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGH
00:12:49SCHOOL STUDENTS TO TAKE COLLEGE
COURSES FOR CREDIT.
00:12:52AND HE TALKED ABOUT ONE PROGRAM
DESIGNED TO DEAL WITH THE
00:12:55DROPOUT RATE, NOW AT 24,000
STUDENTS EACH YEAR.
00:13:01>> AND WE'RE GOING TO LAUNCH A
NEW INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY
00:13:04CONNECTORS.
IT'S AN INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT
00:13:06THE BEST IDEAS IN OUR STATE FOR
BRINGING TOGETHER SCHOOLS,
00:13:12PARENTS, COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS, FAITH-BASED
00:13:16GROUPS, BUSINESS LEADERS, AND,
OF COURSE, OUR STUDENTS IN
00:13:21MENTORING EFFORTS BASED ON
PROVEN PRACTICES.
00:13:25WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU, THE
LEGISLATURE, TO TAKE THE $10
00:13:28MILLION FROM CASINO RECEIPTS,
AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO
00:13:32CREATE A PROGRAM THAT WILL GIVE
THESE COMMUNITIES A $3 MATCH FOR
00:13:36EVERY DOLLAR THEY PUT IN TO
BUILD THESE MENTORING EFFORTS.
00:13:42>> THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE LATER
CLARIFIED THAT THE MONEY FOR THE
00:13:45PROGRAM WOULD COME FROM CASINO
LICENSING FEES, NOT REVENUES.
00:13:48KASICH ALSO SAID HE WANTS TO
HELP MINORITY COMMUNITIES AND
00:13:50PEOPLE IN POVERTY, BUT DIDN'T
PUT FORWARD ANY SPECIFIC IDEAS.
00:13:53KASICH STARTED TO CONCLUDE HIS
ADDRESS AS HE HAS OTHER BIG
00:13:58SPEECHES - BY BLASTING PARTISAN
EFFORTS TO CRITICIZE HIM.
00:14:03AND HE ALSO SEEMED TO TAKE ON
THE SUSPICIONS THAT HE WANTS TO
00:14:06RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
>>
00:14:11WE KNOW WE CAN ACCOMPLISH
GREATER THINGS WHEN WE PULL
00:14:15TOGETHER, INSTEAD OF PUSHING
AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.
00:14:17BECAUSE IN OUR UNITY IS OUR
STRENGTH.
00:14:19SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO
DIVIDE US.
00:14:21IT'S UNAVOIDABLE.
PLEASE DON'T LET POLITICS-H.G.
00:14:24BLAKE DIDN'T-PLEASE DON'T LET
THE FACT THAT WE'RE IN AN
00:14:28ELECTION YEAR MAKE US WEAK, TOO
PARTISAN, NOT WILLING TO TAKE ON
00:14:33BIG ISSUES.
HERE'S HOW I SEE IT.
00:14:39IF YOU VOTED FOR ME OR IF YOU
DIDN'T, I'M YOUR GOVERNOR.
00:14:46IF YOU'RE A CEO OR IF YOU'RE
UNEMPLOYED, I'M YOUR GOVERNOR.
00:14:52IF YOU'RE LIVING IN YOUR OWN
HOUSE OR YOU'RE LIVING UNDER A
00:14:56BRIDGE OR IF YOU'RE AN HONOR
STUDENT OR IF YOU'RE AN INMATE,
00:14:58I'M YOUR GOVERNOR.
I'M THE GOVERNOR OF ALL OF OHIO,
00:15:02AND IT'S MY DUTY TO SERVE
EVERYONE.
00:15:06THIS IS MY LIFE AND THIS IS MY
MISSION.
00:15:09NONE OF US KNOW HOW LONG WE HAVE
ON THIS EARTH, BUT FOR AS LONG
00:15:12AS I'M HERE, I'M GOING TO DO
EVERYTHING I CAN TO BRING PEOPLE
00:15:14TOGETHER AND LIFT OUR STATE.
>> BUT THE MOMENT THAT STOOD OUT
00:15:20IN THIS MOST UNUSUAL SPEECH DID
SO FOR ONE REASON.
00:15:22AND IT WASN'T A POLITICAL ONE.
>> LAST YEAR, THE WORLD HEARD A
00:15:27STORY THAT WORDS COULD BARELY
DESCRIBE.
00:15:32IT IS A STORY OF HURT BEYOND
ANYTHING WE CAN IMAGINE, BUT IT
00:15:37FORTUNATELY DOESN'T END THERE.
IT IS ALSO A STORY OF THREE
00:15:44WOMEN WHO FOUND AN INNER
STRENGTH AND A COURAGE THAT
00:15:48BROUGHT THEM THROUGH AND
SUSTAINED THEM.
00:15:50NO ONE RESCUED THEM.
THEY RESCUED THEMSELVES, FIRST
00:15:56BY STAYING STRONG AND BY
STICKING TOGETHER, AND THEN BY
00:16:00LITERALLY BREAKING OUT INTO
FREEDOM.
00:16:05IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT COURAGE
THAT I'M HUMBLED TO PRESENT THE
00:16:092014 OHIO COURAGE MEDALS TO
AMANDA BERRY, GINA DEJESUS, AND
00:16:15MICHELLE KNIGHT, THREE
EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN WHO, DESPITE
00:16:19HAVING THE WORST IN THE WORLD
THROWN AT THEM, ROSE ABOVE IT
00:16:22AND EMERGED AS VICTORS, NOT AS
VICTIMS.
00:16:28>> IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THE
THREE CLEVELAND WOMEN HELD
00:16:33CAPTIVE FOR OVER A DECADE BY
ARIEL CASTRO WERE SEEN TOGETHER
00:16:35PUBLICLY SINCE THEIR ESCAPE.
THE CROWD APPLAUDED FOR MORE
00:16:41THAN TWO MINUTES.
IT WAS A BOLD MOVE, AND
00:16:42INSTANTLY VAULTED THE SPEECH
INTO THE NATIONAL HEADLINES.
00:16:45AND IT PUT EVEN SOME OF HIS
HARSHEST CRITICS INTO THE UNIQUE
00:16:47POSITION OF PRAISING HIM FOR A
MOMENT IN WHAT IS ARGUABLY HIS
00:16:52FIRST BIG SPEECH OF HIS
RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
00:16:56BUT WHILE THOSE DEMOCRATS LAUDED
THE COURAGE AWARD RECIPIENTS,
00:17:00THEY SOUNDED OFF ABOUT MANY OF
THE OTHER IDEAS IN THE STATE OF
00:17:02THE STATE ADDRESS.
HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER TRACY
00:17:05MAXWELL HEARD OF COLUMBUS SAYS
SHE WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THE
00:17:08SPEECH OVERALL.
>> DISAPPOINTED IN TERMS OF THE
00:17:12SPECIFICS IN THE DIRECTION THE
GOVERNOR WAS GOING TO GO.
00:17:14I'M HEARING MORE ABOUT TRICKLE
DOWN ECONOMICS - HEARING A LOT
00:17:16ABOUT TAX CUTS BUT NOT ANY THAT
ARE DIRECTED TOWARD THE MIDDLE
00:17:19CLASS - I HEARD THAT HE
RECOGNIZED THAT WAS A NEED BUT
00:17:21IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
MAKE THOSE TAX CUTS FOR THE TOP
00:17:241%-I'M NOT SURE HOW WE'RE GOING
TO CREATE THAT DISPOSABLE INCOME
00:17:27THAT'S GOING TO STIMULATE THE
ECONOMY AND CAUSE BUSINESSES TO
00:17:30CREATE MORE JOBS.
>> IN THE OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC
00:17:35PRESS CONFERENCE RESPONDING TO
THE SPEECH, SENATE MINORITY
00:17:36LEADER JOE SCHIAVONI OF THE
YOUNGSTOWN AREA SAID THE
00:17:38GOVERNOR MADE A LOT OF GRAND
ASSESSMENTS, BUT THAT REALITY
00:17:41DOESN'T ALWAYS LINE UP WITH HIS
CLAIMS ABOUT HIS ECONOMIC
00:17:44ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
>> IF YOU TALK TO EVERYDAY
00:17:49MIDDLE CLASS OHIOANS
, THEY ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
00:17:56THE STRUGGLES THEY ARE HAVING.
HE IS TALKING ABOUT NOT
00:17:59FORGETTING MENTAL ILLNESS AND
ADDICTION THAT IF YOU TALK TO
00:18:00THE FOLKS THAT ARE SPECIALISTS
IN THIS FIELD, THEY WILL EXPLAIN
00:18:05TO YOU THE PROBLEMS WE ARE
HAVING, THAT WE DO NOT HAVE BEDS
00:18:08TO TREAT, THE ADEQUATE RESOURCES
TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS.
00:18:12AND HE IS TALKING ABOUT
BALANCING THE BUDGET, AS IF THAT
00:18:16IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEW, NOT
MANDATED BY LAW.
00:18:18TO BALANCE THE BUDGET ON THE
BACKS OF SENIORS, HOMEOWNERS,
00:18:24SCHOOLS, AND SAFETY FORCES.
WHEN HE IS TALKING ABOUT HELPING
00:18:27THE POOR, AND THEN WE ARE
CUTTING SNAP BENEFITS.
00:18:30THAT IS WHERE THE ACTION DO NOT
MATCH THE WORDS.
00:18:33>> DEMOCRATIC REP. JOHN ROGERS
OF MENTOR SAID HE WAS INTERESTED
00:18:35IN THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSALS ON
EARLY EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL
00:18:37EDUCATION, BUT WONDERED WHERE
THE MONEY WOULD COME FROM TO DO
00:18:39THOSE THINGS.
AND HE ALSO BROUGHT UP KASICH'S
00:18:42CLAIMS ABOUT CUTTING BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN TAXES OVER THE LAST
00:18:44THREE YEARS.
>> HE DID.
00:18:48BUT HE ALSO CUT
$2 BILLION IN EDUCATION FUNDING
00:18:54AND ANOTHER BILLION DOLLARS IN
LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING, SO
00:18:58WHILE HE CUT THAT, IN REALITY,
IT IS A TAX SHIFT.
00:19:00YOU HAVE GONE BACK TO THE
COMMUNITIES AND THE QUESTION
00:19:05BECOMES HOW DO YOU OFFSET YOUR
LOSSES IN REVENUE?
00:19:08EITHER YOU CUT YOUR SERVICES OR
ASK FOR MORE TAXES.
00:19:13THE SAME THING WITH COOLS.
EITHER CUT TEACHERS OR GO BACK
00:19:17AND ASK FOR MORE PROPERTY TAXES.
A LOT OF GOOD THINGS BUT ALL OF
00:19:20THINGS THAT CONCERN ME.
WE SHALL SEE HOW IT PANS OUT.
00:19:22>> DEMOCRATIC SENATOR BOB HAGAN
OF YOUNGSTOWN TOLD OUR ANDY CHOW
00:19:25THAT THE SPEECH WAS FULL OF
PROMISES HE'S HEARD BEFORE, AND
00:19:28MORE THAN A LITTLE SMOKE AND
MIRRORS.
00:19:30>> I THINK HE'S USING A LOT OF
WHAT WE THOUGHT AS DEMOCRATS
00:19:35WERE PROGRAMS THAT WOULD WORK,
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION,
00:19:40PROGRAMS THAT WERE OFFERED AND
CONTINUOUSLY OFFERED BY
00:19:43DEMOCRATS, BUT AGAIN, DOESN'T
HAVE THE MONEY.
00:19:45YOU CANNOT CUT TAXES FIVE
PERCENT, SEVEN PERCENT.
00:19:49GO BACK TO WHAT TAFT DID.
21% TAX CUT, NO JOBS CREATED.
00:19:54HE CUT EDUCATION AND THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT FUND.
00:20:01COME ON.
IT IS HOUDINI POLITICS.
00:20:04FIRST YOU HAVE IT AND THEN YOU
DO NOT.
00:20:05>> THE IDEA OF BRINGING THE TAX
RATE BELOW FIVE PERCENT AND IN
00:20:10PUTTING THESE PROGRAMS, IT
CANNOT WORK?
00:20:12>> I DO NOT GET HOW IT CAN.
HE IS LOOSE WITH THE GAS AND OIL
00:20:19INDUSTRY BY MAKING PROMISES --
WE KNOW HE IS IN BED WITH THEM.
00:20:24HE WILL ONLY ASK TWO PERCENT,
AND THEN HE PLAYS GAMES WITH THE
00:20:27REPUBLICANS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THOSE OF US IN THE EASTERN PART
00:20:31OF THE STATE WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE GET OUR DOLLARS OUT OF THAT
00:20:33DRILLING, OUT OF WHAT WE THINK
WE DESERVE.
00:20:38QUITE FRANKLY, WE WERE TONE DEAF
ON THAT.
00:20:41>> AND DEMOCRATIC SEN. LOU
GENTILE OF STEUBENVILLE SAYS HE
00:20:44THINKS THE GOVERNOR LEFT SOME
THINGS OUT OF THE SPEECH, SUCH
00:20:46AS AN INCREASE IN THE SEVERANCE
TAX ON OIL AND GAS DRILLERS AND
00:20:49HIS VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF
MANUFACTURING IN OHIO.
00:20:51AND HE ALSO WAS A BIT CONCERNED
ABOUT KASICH'S MESSAGE ABOUT
00:20:55BEING UNIFIED.
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT,
00:21:00ESPECIALLY TODAY
THAT WE STAND OUR GROUND ON THE
00:21:04ISSUES WE CARE ABOUT.
I WOULD SAY BACK TO THE GOVERNOR
00:21:09, I SHOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO
SET ASIDE MY BELIEFS OR MY
00:21:11FEELINGS OR THE CONSTITUENCIES I
SERVED.
00:21:15SO THERE WILL BE ISSUES THAT WE
DISAGREE ON.
00:21:17THAT IS WHAT MAKES THIS A GREAT
DEMOCRACY, WHY WE HAVE A GREAT
00:21:21STATE IN THE NATION, BECAUSE WE
CAN BRING THOSE OPINIONS TO THE
00:21:25FRONT AND ARGUE ABOUT THEM.
I SUSPECT THAT WILL CONTINUE.
00:21:28I WOULD SAY THIS HIM INTO --,
TWO, THERE ARE ISSUES THAT THE
00:21:36DEMOCRATS HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD.
I HAVE A BILL THAT IS BIPARTISAN
00:21:38WITH FRANK LAROSE, TO MAKE SURE
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE
00:21:44PROVIDING ACADEMIC CREDITS.
BILL 13.
00:21:47NO MENTION OF HOW MANY DEMOCRAT
BILLS WILL BE PASSED IN THE
00:21:52UPCOMING GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
SO I WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE
00:21:54THOSE EFFORTS I HAVE.
IT IS A TWO WAY STREET.
00:21:58IF THE GOVERNOR IS GOING TO TALK
ABOUT US NOT BEING POLITICAL,
00:22:02THEY NEED TO DEMONSTRATE A
WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH US AS
00:22:04WELL.
>> BUT REPUBLICAN REP. LYNN
00:22:05WACHTMANN FROM NAPOLEON IN
NORTHWEST OHIO GAVE THE SPEECH A
00:22:07RAVE REVIEW, SAYING IT WAS THE
MOST UPLIFTING ONE OF THE MORE
00:22:09THAN 30 STATE OF THE STATE
SPEECHES HE'S HEARD AS A
00:22:11LAWMAKER.
AND HE LIKED THE GOVERNOR'S IDEA
00:22:14OF CUTTING THE STATE INCOME TAX.
>> LOWERING THE INCOME TAX
00:22:19AND ALL TAXES IS CRITICAL FOR
FUTURE JOB DEVELOPMENT.
00:22:25THE GOVERNOR IS RIGHT ON TARGET.
WHEN YOU RAISE TAXES, YOU HURT
00:22:30PEOPLE, WHEN YOU LOWER TAXES,
YOU LIFT PEOPLE UP AND ALLOW
00:22:33THEM TO KEEP MORE OF THEIR
MONEY, TAKE THEIR OWN
00:22:37INITIATIVE, MAKE THEIR OWN
INVESTMENT, INSTEAD OF PERMIT
00:22:39DETERMINING THEIR FUTURE.
ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT
00:22:43AMERICA IS THAT INDIVIDUAL
HARD-WORKING AND SELF-WORTH
00:22:45INITIATIVES AND INTEGRITY,
HONESTY, THAT IS WHAT MAKES
00:22:50AMERICA GREAT, NOT SOMEBODY
DOING SOMETHING ELSE WITH YOUR
00:22:52MONEY THAT THEY THINK IS BETTER
FOR YOU.
00:22:54>> REPUBLICAN REP. DAVE HALL OF
MILLERSBURG IN MEDINA COUNTY WAS
00:22:58EXCITED THE SPEECH WAS IN HIS
HOME COUNTY, BUT HE SOUNDED A
00:23:00BIT NONCOMMITTAL ABOUT SOME OF
KASICH'S PROPOSALS THAT WOULD
00:23:02REQUIRE THE LEGISLATURE'S HELP.
>> I THINK WHERE HE'S GOING
00:23:08HE IS HITTING EVERY AREA.
YOU LOOK AT HIS TOPICS IN THE
00:23:14DISCUSSION HE IS DEALING WITH,
YOU ARE TALKING ALL AREAS.
00:23:18IT WILL BE ALL HANDS ON DECK
WITH HOUSE AND SENATE.
00:23:21>> HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO GET
INCOME TAX BELOW FIVE PERCENT,
00:23:26ONE OF HIS GOALS?
>> THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE
00:23:31WILL BE ATTACKING AND LOOKING
AT.
00:23:32I KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT
DIFFERENT AREAS OF WHERE WE CAN
00:23:35GET THAT, FROM A SEVERANCE TAX
TO ALL THE AREAS -- ALL OF THE
00:23:41ABOVE.
I LOOK AT IT FROM THE FINANCE
00:23:44COMMITTEE.
DOUG JUST -- >> AND ALSO
00:23:50REACTING TO THE SPEECH WAS
KASICH'S LIKELY DEMOCRATIC
00:23:53OPPONENT THIS FALL, CUYAHOGA
COUNTY EXECUTIVE ED FITZGERALD.
00:23:55THOUGH FITZGERALD SAW THE SPEECH
AT A WATCH PARTY IN HIS HOME
00:23:57COMMUNITY OF LAKEWOOD, HE
RECORDED A SERIES OF SHORT
00:23:59VIDEOS AS A REBUTTAL TO THE
SPEECH EARLIER IN THE DAY -
00:24:02BEFORE ANYONE HAD SEEN OR HEARD
ANY OF THE SPEECH.
00:24:04ONE OF THOSE VIDEOS FOCUSED ON
EDUCATION, WHICH WAS A BIG PART
00:24:07OF KASICH'S SPEECH.
>> GOV. KASICH CUT OVER $518
00:24:12MILLION IN
K-12 EDUCATION, AND THEN TOLD US
00:24:19EDUCATORS WHERE THE PROBLEM.
THE GOVERNOR'S EDUCATION
00:24:24SOLUTIONS, MORE MANDATES FROM
COLUMBUS, HIS EDUCATION AGENDA
00:24:30IS A FUNDAMENTAL THREAT TO
OHIO'S FUTURE ECONOMIC VIABILITY
00:24:33AND POTENTIAL.
WE MUST INVEST AND INVEST WISELY
00:24:39IN THE EDUCATION OF OUR
CHILDREN.
00:24:40OTHERWISE, THEY WILL NEVER BE
PREPARED FOR THE JOBS 10 AND 20
00:24:44YEARS FROM NOW.
IF WE DO NOT HAVE AN EDUCATED
00:24:48WORKFORCE, BUSINESS WILL NOT
INVEST IN OHIO.
00:24:51THE SOLUTION IS NOT AS GOVERNOR
KASICH HAS DONE, OUTSOURCING THE
00:24:55TEACHING OF OUR CHILDREN AND THE
MANAGEMENT OF OUR SCHOOLS TO
00:25:00FOR-PROFIT, UNPROVEN, AND FAILED
CORPORATIONS.
00:25:02OUR SCHOOLS ARE STRONGER WHEN
LOCAL COMMUNITIES PARTNER WITH
00:25:08PARENTS, EDUCATORS, BUSINESS,
AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.
00:25:10NOT AS JOHN KASICH HAS DONE, BY
PUSHING TO THE SIDE OF LOCAL
00:25:15EXPERTISE IN FAVOR OF HIS CHOSEN
CORPORATE FRIENDS.
00:25:18>> ANOTHER FITZGERALD VIDEO
CALLED OUT KASICH FOR THE
00:25:21CLOSING OF THE ORMET ALUMINUM
SMELTING PLANT IN HANNIBAL ALONG
00:25:23THE OHIO RIVER IN SOUTHEAST
OHIO, WHICH HAS LED TO HUNDREDS
00:25:25OF JOB LOSSES.
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SAYS MORE
00:25:31DETAILS FROM IDEAS IN THE STATE
OF THE STATE SPEECH WILL BE
00:25:34RELEASED IN THE BUDGET UPDATE
CALLED THE MID-BIENNIUM REVIEW,
00:25:38WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE UNVEILED
IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
00:25:41AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
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