| 00:00:38 | >> THE STATE WANTS TO TRIPLE ITS
STAFF OF INSPECTORS FOR OIL AND |
| 00:00:39 | GAS WELLS IN OHIO.
PENSION REFORM GETS ROLLING IN |
| 00:00:42 | THE SENATE, BUT THE HOUSE IS
HOLDING UP A STOP SIGN. |
| 00:00:43 | EXOTIC ANIMAL OWNERS FIGHT FOR
WHAT THEY SAY ARE THEIR RIGHTS |
| 00:00:49 | TO KEEP POTENTIALLY LETHAL
CREATURES AS PETS. |
| 00:00:51 | AND THE HEAD OF A STATE AGENCY
TALKS ABOUT LIFE AFTER A 50% |
| 00:00:55 | BUDGET CUT.
ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF |
| 00:00:57 | OHIO".
OIL AND GAS FIELD INSPECTORS |
| 00:01:03 | ARE NOW WANTED AT THE OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL |
| 00:01:05 | RESOURCES, WHICH PLANS TO TRIPLE
ITS STAFF OF INSPECTORS TO KEEP |
| 00:01:08 | UP WITH THE INCREASE IN
DRILLING ACTIVITY AROUND THE |
| 00:01:11 | STATE.
ODNR HOPES TO HAVE 90 |
| 00:01:14 | INSPECTORS WORKING BY EARLY NEXT
YEAR. |
| 00:01:16 | IT CURRENTLY HAS MORE THAN 30.
DIRECTOR JAMES ZEHRINGER SAYS |
| 00:01:21 | THE DEPARTMENT HAS STARTED
HIRING AND TRAINING INSPECTORS |
| 00:01:23 | TO MAKE SURE SHALE WELLS ARE
BUILT AND INSPECTED PROPERLY. |
| 00:01:26 | THE STATE HAD MORE THAN 64,000
WELLS OPERATING IN 2011 AND |
| 00:01:31 | INSPECTED 18 PERCENT OF THOSE,
OR MORE THAN 11,000. |
| 00:01:33 | BUT THAT LEFT MORE THAN 50,000
WELLS UNCHECKED. |
| 00:01:37 | AS THE STATE CONTINUES TO
STRUGGLE WITH AN EPIDEMIC OF |
| 00:01:41 | PRESCRIPTION PAINKILLER ABUSE,
OHIO NOW HAS A NEW POLICY FOR |
| 00:01:45 | EMERGENCY ROOMS AND URGENT
CARES WHEN IT COMES TO |
| 00:01:47 | PRESCRIBING OPIATE PAIN KILLERS.
DR. TED WYMYSLO HEADS THE OHIO |
| 00:01:53 | DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND SAYS
IT'S AN AGREEMENT AMONG ALL |
| 00:01:58 | PARTIES THAT SHOULD BE FOLLOWED
IN THE FUTURE. |
| 00:02:01 | GOV. JOHN KASICH SAYS THAT HE
LIKES THE HEARINGS. |
| 00:02:14 | >> NOT ONLY SHOULD THE EMERGENCY
ROOM BE EXCITED ABOUT A QUARTER |
| 00:02:22 | IN WHICH THESE PROTOCOLS, WITH
THE URGENT CARE CENTERS CAME IN |
| 00:02:24 | AND SAID, CAN WE HELP, TOO?
THIS IS A BIG, BIG DEAL IN THIS |
| 00:02:30 | BATTLE BETWEEN TRYING TO STOP
THINGS FROM WHERE THERE ARE |
| 00:02:32 | DISPENSED.
THE WORK OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE A |
| 00:02:39 | DIFFERENCE BY REACHING AGREEMENT
WITH THE EMERGENCY ROOMS AND THE |
| 00:02:43 | URGENT CARE CENTERS.
THEY ARE TO BE COMPLICATE -- |
| 00:02:46 | COMPLEMENTED.
WE SHOULD CELEBRATE IT EVERY DAY |
| 00:02:50 | THAT WE ARE MAKING GREAT
PROGRESS IN THE MINTING THE |
| 00:02:53 | DISPENSING OF THESE DRUGS.
I HOPE YOU WOULD AGREE WITH ALL |
| 00:02:56 | OF THAT.
IT IS SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS. |
| 00:02:58 | <NO VIDEO><VIDEO OK>
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SAYS THE |
| 00:03:10 | DRUG OVERDOSE IS THE LEADING
CAUSE OF DEATH IN OHIO AND |
| 00:03:13 | PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE
RESPONSI<NO VIDEO><VIDEO OK>:; |
| 00:03:23 | ORDER TO OHIO'S GAMBLING LAWS
HAS CLEARED THE STATE SENATE, |
| 00:03:27 | BUT IT WON'T MAKE IT TO THE
GOVERNOR'S DESK IN TIME FOR THE |
| 00:03:28 | OPENING OF THE STATE'S FIRST
CASINO. |
| 00:03:30 | THE MEASURE MAKES DOZENS OF
CHANGES TO LAWS INVOLVING OHIO'S |
| 00:03:31 | FOUR NEW CASINOS, VIDEO LOTTERY
TERMINALS, HORSE RACING AND |
| 00:03:33 | OTHER FORMS OF GAMBLING, BUT THE
SENATE'S VERSION STRIPPED OUT A |
| 00:03:34 | PROVISION THAT WOULD HAVE
EXPANDED CHARITY CARD ROOMS |
| 00:03:36 | FROM ONE OHIO COUNTY TO ALL 88
COUNTIES. |
| 00:03:38 | SENATORS ALSO ADDED A ONE-YEAR
MORATORIUM ON NEW INTERNET |
| 00:03:43 | "SWEEPSTAKES" CAFES IN THE
STATE. |
| 00:03:45 | OTHER ITEMS INCLUDE LONGER
OPERATING HOURS FOR BINGO |
| 00:03:49 | PARLORS AND A
REQUIREMENT THAT THE STATE |
| 00:03:52 | COMPLETE A STUDY ON GAMBLING
ADDICTION PROBLEMS. |
| 00:03:54 | THE OHIO HOUSE REJECTED THE
SENATE'S CHANGES AND THAT SENDS |
| 00:03:59 | THE BILL TO A CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE. |
| 00:04:00 | MEANWHILE, THE MANAGEMENT OF
HORSESHOE CASINO CLEVELAND ARE |
| 00:04:03 | PUTTING THE FINAL TOUCHES ON
THE CASINO BEFORE IT OPENS NEXT |
| 00:04:06 | WEEK.
THE $350 MILLION PROJECT, HEADED |
| 00:04:09 | UP BY CLEVELAND CAVALIERS OWNER
DAN GILBERT, IS LOCATED IN THE |
| 00:04:12 | CITY'S OLD HIGBEE DEPARTMENT
STORE IN DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND. |
| 00:04:14 | ADDITIONAL SPACE WILL BE ADDED
LATER IN A SECOND CONSTRUCTION |
| 00:04:19 | PHASE.
THE NEXT CASINO TO OPEN WILL |
| 00:04:23 | LIKELY BE THE ONE IN TOLEDO
LATER THIS MONTH, FOLLOWED BY |
| 00:04:26 | THE FACILITIES IN COLUMBUS
AROUND THANKSGIVING AND |
| 00:04:29 | CINCINNATI NEXT YEAR.
NOW ON ITS WAY TO THE |
| 00:04:32 | GOVERNOR'S DESK - AND PERHAPS
THEN TO COURT |
| 00:04:33 | IS A MEASURE TO REPEAL A
CONTENTIOUS NEW ELECTION LAW |
| 00:04:37 | THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BEFORE
VOTERS THIS FALL. |
| 00:04:39 | THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED HOUSE
PASSED THE BILL, WHICH WOULD |
| 00:04:43 | ERASE AN ELECTION LAW PASSED
LAST SUMMER THAT REDUCES EARLY |
| 00:04:46 | VOTING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE
STATE AND WOULD LEAVE IN PLACE |
| 00:04:50 | THE OLD RULES GOVERNING OHIO
ELECTIONS. |
| 00:04:52 | BUT THE BILL REAFFIRMS A
SEPARATE CHANGE MADE LAST YEAR |
| 00:04:55 | IN A DIFFERENT BILL THAT ENDS
IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING ON THE |
| 00:05:00 | WEEKEND BEFORE ELECTION DAY.
THE OPPONENTS THAT PUT THE LAW |
| 00:05:04 | BEFORE VOTERS SAY THEY'LL GO TO
COURT TO STOP IT FROM BEING |
| 00:05:07 | REMOVED, SAYING IT'S NOT A REAL
REPEAL OF THE LAW AND THAT THEY |
| 00:05:11 | WON'T AGREE TO ITS REMOVAL FROM
THE BALLOT. |
| 00:05:12 | A BIG EDUCATION BILL THAT THE
GOVERNOR HAS CRITICIZED FOR |
| 00:05:17 | LOWERING STATE READING
STANDARDS HAS CLEARED THE OHIO |
| 00:05:19 | SENATE.
THE LEGISLATION PASSED DESPITE |
| 00:05:22 | WARNINGS FROM GOV.
JOHN KASICH THAT SENATORS |
| 00:05:25 | SHOULD NOT HAVE REMOVED A
REQUIREMENT THAT THIRD GRADERS |
| 00:05:27 | BE HELD BACK IF THEY TEST BELOW
THEIR READING LEVEL. |
| 00:05:30 | AND THE BILL DELAYS THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE TOUGHER |
| 00:05:34 | REMEDIATION STANDARD TO THE
2013-14 SCHOOL YEAR. |
| 00:05:36 | SUPPORTERS SAID HOLDING
CHILDREN BACK WHO HAVEN'T |
| 00:05:40 | BENEFITED FROM INTERVENTION
WOULD DAMAGE THEIR SELF-ESTEEM |
| 00:05:43 | AND HURT THEIR ABILITY TO
IMPROVE. |
| 00:05:45 | IT'S NOW HEADED TO THE HOUSE.
AND NOW THE LATEST IN PENSION |
| 00:05:50 | REFORM, WHICH WE'VE BEEN WEEKS.
SENATE LEADERS SAY THEY ARE |
| 00:05:54 | READY TO GO AHEAD AND PASS THE
CHANGES THAT THE MANAGEMENT OF |
| 00:05:58 | OHIO'S FIVE PUBLIC PENSION
FUNDS WANT. |
| 00:05:59 | BUT IT WON'T BE ON THE FAST
TRACK IN THE HOUSE. |
| 00:06:02 | REPUBLICAN SEN. PRESIDENT TOM
NIEHAUS WAS JOINED BY MINORITY |
| 00:06:07 | LEADER ERIC KEARNEY TO
DEMONSTRATE BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT |
| 00:06:10 | FOR THE BILLS THAT COVER FOUR
OF THE STATE'S FIVE PENSION |
| 00:06:12 | FUNDS.
LEGISLATION TO MAKE CHANGES IN |
| 00:06:15 | THE HIGHWAY PATROL'S RETIREMENT
FUND IS STILL BEING WORKED OUT. |
| 00:06:18 | HOUSE LEADERS INCLUDING REP.
KIRK SCHURING OF CANTON, WHO |
| 00:06:22 | WAS ON THIS SHOW LAST WEEK,
HAVE SAID THEY WANT TO SEE A |
| 00:06:25 | REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF THOSE
CHANGES FROM THE OHIO RETIREMENT |
| 00:06:27 | STUDY COUNCIL, WHICH ISN'T
EXPECTED TILL THIS SUMMER. |
| 00:06:31 | BUT NIEHAUS SAYS THE FUNDS HAVE
BEEN LOSING MONEY WHILE WAITING |
| 00:06:36 | FOR THESE CHANGES.
>> AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, |
| 00:06:47 | WE WILL BE REVISITING PLANS TO
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHANGES THAT |
| 00:06:49 | ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL AND IT IS
VERY LIKELY THAT IF THE STUDY |
| 00:06:53 | COMES BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS,
THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITY TO |
| 00:06:57 | RICHARD -- REVIEW THOSE.
WE DO NOT WANT TO WAIT FOR ONE |
| 00:06:59 | MORE STUDY WHEN WE KNOW THERE
ARE CHANGES WE CAN MAKE TODAY |
| 00:07:02 | THAT WILL HAVE A POSITIVE
IMPACT. |
| 00:07:04 | >> BUT REPUBLICAN HOUSE SPEAKER
BILL BATCHELDER SAYS THE |
| 00:07:12 | LEGISLATION WON'T MOVE IN HIS
CHAMBER FOR A WHILE. |
| 00:07:14 | >> DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO TAKE
IT UP UNTIL WE HAVE THE |
| 00:07:18 | RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OUTSIDE
PEOPLE AND THAT MAY COME THIS |
| 00:07:20 | SUMMER.
>> BUT BATCHELDER SAYS ONCE |
| 00:07:23 | THAT REPORT COMES IN, HE WILL
CALL BACK THE HOUSE TO PASS |
| 00:07:26 | LEGISLATION RIGHT AWAY.
LAST WEEK, THERE WAS A SOMEWHAT |
| 00:07:28 | SURPRISING SCENE GOING ON AT
THE COLUMBUS ZOO AS FIVE |
| 00:07:30 | ANIMALS THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN
AFTER THE EXOTIC ANIMAL TRAGEDY |
| 00:07:32 | IN ZANESVILLE LAST FALL WERE
RETURNED TO THE WIDOW OF THE |
| 00:07:36 | MAN WHO WAS FOUND DEAD NOT LONG
AFTER THOSE ANIMALS WERE |
| 00:07:39 | RELEASED FROM THEIR CAGES ON HIS
FARM. |
| 00:07:40 | MARIAN THOMPSON HAD ASKED THE
STATE TO LIFT THE QUARANTINE ON |
| 00:07:46 | THE TWO LEOPARDS, ONE BLACK
BEAR AND TWO MONKEYS THAT HAD |
| 00:07:48 | BEEN HELD AT THE ZOO SINCE
OCTOBER - THEY WERE THE ONLY |
| 00:07:51 | ANIMALS LEFT AFTER LAW
ENFORCEMENT SHOT MOST OF THE |
| 00:07:54 | ANIMALS THAT HAD BEEN FOUND
OUTSIDE THEIR CAGES. |
| 00:07:56 | THE SITUATION HAS ONCE AGAIN
LAUNCHED DISCUSSION ABOUT THE |
| 00:08:04 | PROPOSED BAN ON NEW OWNERSHIP
OF EXOTIC ANIMALS, WHICH IS NOW |
| 00:08:06 | IN THE HOUSE AFTER HAVING
PASSED THE SENATE ALMOST |
| 00:08:11 | UNANIMOUSLY.
THE MEASURE WOULD EFFECTIVELY |
| 00:08:14 | BAN ALL NEW OWNERSHIP OF EXOTIC
ANIMALS, AND PUTS NEW |
| 00:08:17 | REGULATIONS ON CURRENT OWNERS.
AND AS WAS THE CASE IN THE |
| 00:08:21 | SENATE, DOZENS OF OWNERS OF
EXOTIC ANIMALS ARE PACKING THE |
| 00:08:24 | HEARING ROOM TO SHARE THEIR
THOUGHTS ON WHAT SHOULD BE |
| 00:08:26 | CHANGED IN THAT BILL.
ROBERT SIDERS AND JOE |
| 00:08:30 | SCHREIBVOGEL ARE TWO OF THEM.
SIDERS OWNS REPTILES HAS |
| 00:08:33 | MANAGED SNAKE FARMS, AND NOW
RUNS THE AMERICAN VENOM |
| 00:08:36 | REGISTRY.
HE'S FURIOUS THAT THE BAN |
| 00:08:39 | REQUIRES REPTILE OWNERS
TO BUY PERMITS, WHICH WOULD |
| 00:08:43 | HELP FUND THE DUTIES THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WOULD |
| 00:08:46 | HAVE UNDER THE BAN.
>> NOBODY FROM THE REPTILE SIDE |
| 00:08:50 | OF THINGS ARE GOING TO PAY FOR
THESE PERMITS. |
| 00:08:57 | NO ONE.
85% OF THE MONEY THEY EXPECT TO |
| 00:09:00 | MAKE FROM THIS COME FROM REPTILE
PERMITS, IT IS NOT HAPPENING. |
| 00:09:04 | >> WHY?
>> BECAUSE IT IS |
| 00:09:08 | UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AND
IRRESPONSIBLE. |
| 00:09:10 | IT HAS ABSOLUTELY -- HOW MANY
REPTILES WERE IN DRANESVILLE? |
| 00:09:13 | >> HE
ANSWER IS ZERO - AND INDEED, |
| 00:09:23 | OF THE DOZENS OF ANIMALS
RELEASED IN THE ZANESVILLE |
| 00:09:26 | TRAGEDY AT TERRY THOMPSON'S FARM
LAST FALL, NONE WERE REPTILES. |
| 00:09:28 | >> BUT SOME OF THESE ANIMALS
ARE DANGEROUS. |
| 00:09:32 | WHY SHOULD THERE BE A FROM THE
RIGID PROCESS? |
| 00:09:35 | >> IN OHIO, NO ONE HAS EVER DIED
FROM A DOESN'T -- THEN A MISTAKE |
| 00:09:40 | GETTING OUT OF THE CAGE.
THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN |
| 00:09:43 | AND ARE THE OWNERS OF THAT
SNAKE. |
| 00:09:45 | I CHOSE TO TAKE THAT RISK.
IT IS MY PROBLEM. |
| 00:09:47 | >> DO YOU BELIEVE IS NOT A
DANGER LIKE THESE IN THE |
| 00:09:53 | SITUATION WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT
ANIMALS? |
| 00:09:54 | >> IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR IT TO BE
A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE IF IT HAS |
| 00:10:00 | NEVER BEEN AT A PUBLIC SAFETY
ISSUE. |
| 00:10:04 | OHIO HAS BEEN A STATE WITH 209
YEARS, NO VENOMOUS STAKE -- |
| 00:10:11 | SNAKE AS EVER ESCAPED ITS CAGE
AND KILLED ANYONE, EXCEPT THE |
| 00:10:15 | OWNER.
FOR THEM TO THINK FOR A MINUTE |
| 00:10:19 | THEY CAN TURN THIS INTO
SOMETHING THEY CAN WIN IN COURT |
| 00:10:21 | IS A JOKE>> JOE SCHREIBVOGEL
RUNS AN EXOTIC ANIMAL PARK IN |
| 00:10:25 | OKLAHOMA, BUT HAS BECOME A WELL-
KNOWN FIGURE TO EXOTIC ANIMAL |
| 00:10:27 | OWNERS IN OHIO FOR HIS REPEATED
TRIPS HERE TO WORK AGAINST THE |
| 00:10:30 | BAN.
HE'S ALSO THE HEAD OF THE |
| 00:10:33 | UNITED STATES ZOOLOGICAL
ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS NOT TO BE |
| 00:10:36 | CONFUSED WITH THE AMERICAN
ZOOLOGICAL |
| 00:10:38 | ASSOCIATION, THE ORGANIZATION
THAT MOST ACCREDITED ZOOS |
| 00:10:41 | BELONG TO AND WHICH SUPPORTS THE
BAN. |
| 00:10:43 | FOR HIM, THE ISSUE OF MONEY IS
A BIG ONE. |
| 00:10:46 | >> WITH MARIAN THOMPSON GETTING
HER ANIMALS BACK |
| 00:10:49 | THIS WEEK AND AS TO PUBLICLY
PUTTING A DOLLAR FIGURE OUT OF |
| 00:10:56 | HOW MUCH IT COST THEM TO TAKE
CARE OF FIVE ANIMALS SINCE |
| 00:11:02 | OCTOBER WAS $120,000.
$600,000 BUDGETED FOR THIS WHOLE |
| 00:11:07 | PROCESS IS NOT EVEN GOING TO
TOUCH TAKING CARE OF 5000-PLUS |
| 00:11:11 | ANIMALS.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT 6 MILLION- |
| 00:11:14 | PLUS DOLLARS.
WHO WILL PAY FOR THIS? |
| 00:11:17 | THE TAX DOLLARS.
THE VERY PEOPLE THEY WILL TAKE |
| 00:11:21 | THE ANIMALS AWAY FROM.
>> SCHREIBVOGEL ADMITS THERE |
| 00:11:23 | NEEDS TO BE SOME REGULATION,
BUT THEY CLAIM WHAT THIS BILL |
| 00:11:25 | DOES ISN'T RIGHT.
>> THERE'S IRRESPONSIBLE PET |
| 00:11:32 | OWNERS OUT THERE AND THEY NEED
TO BE TAKEN CARE OF, BUT THERE |
| 00:11:36 | IS A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY
CALLED THE ANIMAL WELFARE ACT |
| 00:11:41 | THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING
CARE OF THAT. |
| 00:11:43 | WHY DON'T THEY SPEND HALF AS
MUCH TIME MAKING THE FEDERAL |
| 00:11:48 | GOVERNMENT DO THEIR JOB?
>> BOTH ARE SUSPICIOUS |
| 00:11:57 | SCHREIBVOGEL ARE SUSPICIOUS OF
SEVERAL THINGS SURROUNDING THE |
| 00:11:59 | TRAGEDY IN ZANESVILLE, AND WANT
AN FBI INVESTIGATION INTO THAT |
| 00:12:01 | SITUATION.
AND THEY CONTINUE TO BE ANGRY AT |
| 00:12:03 | WHAT THEY FEEL IS A SLIGHT FROM
LAWMAKERS, WHO THEY SAY ARE |
| 00:12:05 | LISTENING TO GROUPS THEY CALL
ANIMAL RIGHTS EXTREMISTS, SUCH |
| 00:12:07 | AS THE HUMANE
SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES. |
| 00:12:08 | THEY HAVE A DIRE PREDICTION IF
THE BAN IS SIGNED INTO LAW. |
| 00:12:16 | >> IF THEY DO NOT SLOW DOWN AND
TAKE A DEEP BREATH, YOU THINK |
| 00:12:22 | THE RODNEY KING BEATINGS COST AN
OUTCRY IN CALIFORNIA? |
| 00:12:27 | YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A CIVIL ONE
IN OHIO. |
| 00:12:31 | PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DIE.
>> IT WILL GET UGLY BEFORE IT |
| 00:12:36 | GETS PRETTY.
IF YOU WERE HERE TO LISTEN TO |
| 00:12:39 | THE TESTIMONY OF THESE PEOPLE --
>> AND THIS RUN WILL BE MUCH |
| 00:12:46 | STRONGER BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE
FED UP. |
| 00:12:48 | YOU WILL HEAR TESTIMONY THIS
WEEK THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO |
| 00:12:51 | ADMIT THEY WILL SHOOT PEOPLE.
>> IT SHOULD NOT GET AS UGLY AS |
| 00:12:57 | IT MIGHT.
>> SHE SUPPORTS THE BAN. |
| 00:13:03 | >> OHIO IS ONE OF A HANDFUL OF
STATES WITH NO REGULATION |
| 00:13:07 | WHATSOEVER ON THE OWNERSHIP OF
DANGEROUS AND WILD EXOTIC |
| 00:13:11 | ANIMALS.
IN OHIO, -- I HAVE TO HAVE A |
| 00:13:15 | LICENSE FOR MY DOG BUT I CAN
HAVE 3 PLUMAS RUNNING AROUND IN |
| 00:13:19 | MY BACKYARD.
WE SEE SENATE BILL 310 AS COMMON |
| 00:13:24 | SENSE, MAKING SURE THE ANIMALS
ARE SAFE AND COMMUNITIES ARE |
| 00:13:26 | SAFE.
>> YOU HAVE SOME OF THESE FOLKS |
| 00:13:29 | WHO OWN THESE ANIMALS AND THEY
SAY THEY WERE NEVER CONSULTED, |
| 00:13:32 | WERE NOT BROUGHT INTO
DISCUSSIONS. |
| 00:13:34 | DO YOU FEEL THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN
THE PROPER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK |
| 00:13:37 | OUT?
>> ABSOLUTELY. |
| 00:13:40 | THIS BILL HAS BEEN TOO MANY
DIFFERENT ITERATIONS. |
| 00:13:43 | WE WORKED WITH THE TASK FORCE
ORIGINALLY WITH GOVERNOR KASICH. |
| 00:13:47 | THERE WAS A GROUP OF US AROUND A
TABLE WITH DIFFERENT EXPERTISE |
| 00:13:51 | AND BACKGROUNDS, CERTAINLY A LOT
OF GROUPS REPRESENTED. |
| 00:13:55 | WE LOOKED AT WHAT IT TAKES TO
GIVE THESE ANIMALS A QUALITY OF |
| 00:13:59 | LIFE, TO TRULY CARE FOR THESE
ANIMALS IN THE WAY THEY NEED TO |
| 00:14:02 | BE CARED FOR.
RIGHT NOW, I CAN GO ONTO THE |
| 00:14:05 | INTERNET, ON THE CLASSIFIED, AND
GET ANY KIND OF ANIMAL I WANT. |
| 00:14:09 | I CAN HAVE IT DELIVERED TO ME.
I DO NOT HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO |
| 00:14:15 | TAKE CARE OF THE ANIMAL.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT NEEDS. |
| 00:14:18 | UNFORTUNATELY, WE SEE THESE
ANIMALS LIVE LIVES OF |
| 00:14:23 | DEPRIVATION.
PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE THE |
| 00:14:24 | WHEREWITHAL TO CARE FOR THEM.
>> BUT THE STATE WOULD NOT |
| 00:14:27 | NECESSARILY HAVE THE MONEY TO
TAKE BACK THE ANIMALS AND CARE |
| 00:14:30 | FOR THEM EITHER, RIGHT?
>> THAT IS RIGHT. |
| 00:14:32 | THIS WOULD ALLOW CARDONA TO CARE
FOR THE ANIMALS FOR THE LIFE OF |
| 00:14:37 | THOSE ANIMALS.
SENATE BILL 310 ENSURES PEOPLE |
| 00:14:40 | WHO ARE GRANDFATHERED UNDER THE
BILL HAVE TO PROVIDE A CORPORATE |
| 00:14:43 | PRECAUTIONS, A PERMIT OR FENCE.
IT IS A COMMON-SENSE MEASURE. |
| 00:14:47 | IF YOUR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR HAS
A CLERK FOR A BEER RUNNING |
| 00:14:51 | AROUND AND YOU HAVE SMALL
CHILDREN, YOU PROBABLY WANT TO |
| 00:14:54 | HAVE A PERMIT OR FENCE.
SENATE BILL 310 IS JUST COMMON |
| 00:14:59 | SENSE REFORMS.
>> SOME OF THESE FOLKS SAY THAT |
| 00:15:02 | IT IS THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
TO KEEP AN ANIMAL LIKE THIS. |
| 00:15:05 | IT IS THEIR PROPERTY.
THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE THE |
| 00:15:08 | RIGHT TO COME IN AND MAKE ANY
RULES. |
| 00:15:10 | >> THE STATE HAS THE RIGHT TO
KEEP THE CITIZEN SAFE. |
| 00:15:13 | AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A RADICAL
NOTION. |
| 00:15:15 | OHIO IS BEHIND THE CURVE IN
TERMS OF DEVELOPING OWNERSHIP OF |
| 00:15:20 | THESE ANIMALS.
IT IS A GOOD MEASURE FOR THE |
| 00:15:23 | ANIMALS.
<NO VIDEO><VIDEO OK>:; |
| 00:15:33 | BUT REGARDLESS OF WHAT
REGULATIONS MIGHT COME OUT OF |
| 00:15:36 | THIS LEGISLATION, THE QUESTION
REMAINS FOR SOME - WHY DO THESE |
| 00:15:37 | PEOPLE KEEP TIGERS, PRIMATES,
VENOMOUS SNAKES AND OTHER |
| 00:15:39 | POTENTIALLY LETHAL CREATURES AS
PETS? |
| 00:15:40 | SIDERS SAYS - WHY NOT?
>> WHY PIT BULLS? |
| 00:15:43 | WHY COLLIES?
ALL OF WHOM LAST YEAR IN THE |
| 00:15:48 | NINE STATES KILLED MORE PEOPLE
THAN WHEN THIS SNAKE'S DID. |
| 00:15:51 | >> AND SCHREIBVOGEL HAS A FEW
ANSWERS. |
| 00:15:54 | >> FIRST OF ALL, I'M AMAZED THAT
PEOPLE HAVE FIVE AND SIX KIDS |
| 00:15:56 | I COULD STAND HERE ALL DAY LONG
ON THAT SUBJECT. |
| 00:16:01 | WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
WHY IS IMPORTANT TO ME? |
| 00:16:05 | IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE
THE HUMAN RACE IS SO OVER |
| 00:16:10 | POPULATING THIS WORLD.
THE ONLY HOME THE ANIMALS HAVE |
| 00:16:14 | IS A NATURAL DISASTER TO WIPE
HALF OF US OFF. |
| 00:16:17 | WHEN THAT DAY COMES, AND IT WILL
COME SOONER OR LATER, WE WILL |
| 00:16:24 | HAVE THE SPECIES IN CAPTIVITY
REPLENISHED WHAT WAS GONE IN THE |
| 00:16:28 | WILD.
OTHER THAN THAT, THEY ARE GONE. |
| 00:16:31 | THAT IS WHERE I STAND.
WE'RE GONNA STAND WITH HER |
| 00:16:36 | MONKEY, SHE DOES NOT HAVE
CHILDREN. |
| 00:16:38 | IS HER CHILD.
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF SOMEONE |
| 00:16:41 | CAME TO YOUR HOME AND TOOK YOUR
CHILD? |
| 00:16:43 | >>AND SIDERS CONTINUES TO STATE
EMPHATICALLY THAT HE AND OTHER |
| 00:16:46 | EXOTIC ANIMAL OWNERS ARE READY
TO SUE IF THE BAN BECOMES LAW. |
| 00:16:48 | >> FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, WE
HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE. |
| 00:16:56 | NOW LET'S SEE HOW WELL THEY
TREAD WATER ONCE THEY ARE BEING |
| 00:17:00 | WEIGHED DOWN.
>> THERE ARE |
| 00:17:10 | AGRICULTURE DIRECTOR DAVID
DANIELS HAS TESTIFIED THAT HE |
| 00:17:13 | DOESN'T THINK THE FEES IN THE
BILL WOULD COVER THE COSTS OF |
| 00:17:15 | THE EXTRA DUTIES HIS AGENCY
WOULD HAVE UNDER IT, SUCH AS |
| 00:17:17 | ANNUAL INSPECTIONS AND PERHAPS
SEIZING ANIMALS. |
| 00:17:18 | BUT THE EXPECTATION IS STILL
THAT THE BAN WILL PASS THE |
| 00:17:21 | HOUSE BEFORE SUMMER RECESS.
LAST YEAR WAS A ROUGH ONE AT |
| 00:17:24 | THE OHIO CONSUMERS' COUNSEL,
THE WATCHDOG AGENCY FUNDED BY |
| 00:17:26 | THE STATE TO FIGHT FOR CONSUMERS
IN RATE CASES AND TO PROVIDE |
| 00:17:30 | INFORMATION ON UTILITIES ISSUES.
GOV. KASICH'S BUDGET CUT |
| 00:17:36 | FUNDING TO THE OCC IN HALF -
WHEN AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT FIVE |
| 00:17:41 | PERCENT WAS SHAVED OFF FOR OTHER
STATE AGENCIES. |
| 00:17:44 | THE BUDGET WENT FROM EIGHT AND
A HALF MILLION DOWN TO 5.6 |
| 00:17:48 | MILLION, AND NEXT YEAR COULD
DROP TO 4.1 MILLION. |
| 00:17:50 | IN THE WAKE OF THE BUDGET CUT
BEING SIGNED INTO LAW, |
| 00:17:56 | CONSUMERS COUNSEL JANINE MIGDEN
OSTRANDER RESIGNED, SAYING THE |
| 00:17:59 | CUTS WERE - USING HER WORD - A
TRAVESTY, AND THAT THE GOVERNOR |
| 00:18:02 | HAD SHOWN WHAT SHE CALLED "A
PROFOUND DISINTEREST AND |
| 00:18:05 | DISRESPECT" TO RESIDENTIAL
CONSUMERS BY ORDERING THE CUT. |
| 00:18:07 | BUT THE OCC CARRIES ON, WITH
AND IS NOW WEIGHING IN ON SOME |
| 00:18:11 | BIG CASES - AMERICAN ELECTRIC
POWER IS TRYING AGAIN WITH A |
| 00:18:15 | RATE HIKE AFTER ONE EARLIER THIS
YEAR WAS PULLED BACK BY THE |
| 00:18:18 | PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, AND
A BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW PHONE |
| 00:18:21 | COMPANIES TO STOP OFFERING
LANDLINE SERVICE IS BEING |
| 00:18:24 | DISCUSSED.
HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE |
| 00:18:27 | CHALLENGES FOR THE OCC IS THE
OCC, OHIO CONSUMERS' COUNSEL |
| 00:18:29 | BRUCE WESTON.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE |
| 00:18:35 | GOVERNOR'S INITIAL ARGUMENT IN
MAKING THE CUT. |
| 00:18:37 | A LOT OF THE FUNCTIONS AND THING
THAT YOU WERE DOING WERE BEING |
| 00:18:42 | REPLICATED BY THE PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION. |
| 00:18:44 | THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE
CONSUMERS' COUNSEL DID NOT AGREE |
| 00:18:47 | WITH.
>> HELLO. |
| 00:18:52 | WE HAD A CALL CENTER, AND THERE
WAS A CONCERN THAT THE CALL |
| 00:18:57 | CENTER DUPLICATED A FUNCTION OF
THE PUCO. |
| 00:19:00 | WE DID COMPLY WITH THE LAW, OF
COURSE. |
| 00:19:05 | WE CLOSED THE CALL CENTER.
WE WERE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THOSE |
| 00:19:08 | SERVICES, HOWEVER, WE ARE NOW
REFER THOSE CALLS TO THE PUBLIC |
| 00:19:12 | UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO,
AND THEY HAVE A CALL CENTER FOR |
| 00:19:16 | CONSUMERS TO CALL.
THAT SERVICE CONTINUES IN THAT |
| 00:19:19 | WAY.
I WOULD DISTINGUISH THE TWO |
| 00:19:22 | OFFICES IN THE FOLLOWING WAY.
THE PUCO ACTS AS THE JUDGE IN |
| 00:19:28 | UTILITIES CASES.
THE CONSUMERS CONSUL AS |
| 00:19:34 | RECOMMENDATIONS ALONG WITH
OTHER PARTIES PRESENTED |
| 00:19:36 | RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PUCO TO
THEN DECIDE THE CASES THAT |
| 00:19:41 | DECIDE THE RATES OF OHIO
CONSUMERS. |
| 00:19:43 | >> SINCE THOSE BUDGET CUTS ARE
IN PLACE, YOU HAVE GOT TO GET |
| 00:19:46 | RID OF A LOT OF FOLKS AT THE
OCC. |
| 00:19:48 | WHAT HAS BEEN THE IMPACT
OVERALL? |
| 00:19:52 | >> WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN
WITH LESS. |
| 00:19:57 | I WOULD SAY THAT WE ARE
CONTINUING OUR 35-PLUS YEARS |
| 00:20:04 | TRADITION OF REPRESENTING
RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS INUTILITY |
| 00:20:07 | MATTERS AND I THINK WE ARE DOING
A PRETTY GOOD JOB. |
| 00:20:11 | >> AS WE GO THROUGH, WE HAVE
ANOTHER SET OF BUDGET CUTS |
| 00:20:14 | COMING.
THE SENATE APPARENT IS TALKING |
| 00:20:16 | ABOUT FREEZING THOSE CUTS.
I IMAGINE THAT IS SOMETHING YOU |
| 00:20:20 | ARE HOPEFUL IN SEEING HAPPEN.
>> AND I AM GRATEFUL THAT THE |
| 00:20:25 | CENTERS ARE NOW CONSIDERING
FREEZING OUR BUDGET AT THE |
| 00:20:30 | CURRENT LOWEST, AND IN THIS
SITUATION, IT WOULD BE A GOOD |
| 00:20:33 | THING FOR CONSUMERS, IN MY
OPINION, WHERE WE WOULD NOT THEN |
| 00:20:38 | HAVE A FURTHER REDUCTION
EFFECTIVE ON JULY 1. |
| 00:20:41 | I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT THE
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| 00:20:46 | IN THAT COMMITTEE ARE
CONSIDERING THIS ISSUE. |
| 00:20:48 | >> ALL THIS COMES AT A TIME WHEN
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BIG CASES. |
| 00:20:52 | LET'S TALK ABOUT ONE OF THEM.
NOT A CASE NECESSARILY BUT A |
| 00:20:56 | POTENTIAL STATE LAW THAT WOULD
ALLOW PHONE COMPANIES TO STOP |
| 00:20:59 | OFFERING A LAND MINE SERVICES.
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU ARE |
| 00:21:02 | CONCERNED ABOUT.
>> YES, ONE WAY I WOULD DESCRIBE |
| 00:21:06 | THAT SITUATION HAS TOO MUCH TOO
SOON. |
| 00:21:09 | CURRENTLY, THE MOST MINIMUM
SERVICE, THE MOST BASIC SERVICE |
| 00:21:14 | FOR CONSUMERS WHO WANT TO HAVE
THAT BASIC LAND LINE SERVICE |
| 00:21:19 | WITH THE RELATIVELY LOW PRICE
THAT IS CHARGED FOR IT, THEY |
| 00:21:23 | HAVE THAT SERVICE PROTECTED
UNDER THE REGULATION OF THE |
| 00:21:27 | PUCO.
WHAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING IS A |
| 00:21:31 | SITUATION WHERE THE PROTECTION
THAT NOW EXISTS FOR THAT SERVICE |
| 00:21:33 | WOULD BE REMOVED.
WE ARE HOPING TO MAINTAIN THE |
| 00:21:39 | PROTECTION AT THIS TIME.
>> PHONE COMPANIES ARE ARGUING |
| 00:21:41 | THAT MOST PEOPLE HAVE CELL
PHONES NOW AND THEY DO NOT NEED |
| 00:21:44 | TO OFFER LAND LINES, BUT THE
POINT HAS BEEN MADE, NOT |
| 00:21:48 | EVERYONE CAN AFFORD A CELL
PHONE. |
| 00:21:51 | >> THAT IS EXACTLY IT.
IN THE MORE RURAL AREAS OF OHIO, |
| 00:21:56 | THERE WOULD ALSO BE THIS
CONCERN. |
| 00:21:57 | THE CONCERN THAT NOT EVERYONE
HAS AN ALTERNATIVE, COMPETITION |
| 00:22:05 | EVERYWHERE FOR THEIR PHONE
SERVICE. |
| 00:22:06 | WE DO THINK THAT OHIOANS STILL
NEED THIS PROTECTION THAT EXISTS |
| 00:22:13 | IN THE CURRENT LAW.
>> ALSO, ANOTHER SITUATION YOU |
| 00:22:16 | ARE GETTING INVOLVED IN BEFORE
THE PUCO IS THIS RAPE CASE BY |
| 00:22:22 | AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER.
LAST YEAR, THE RATE HIKE WENT |
| 00:22:24 | INTO EFFECT.
-- RATE CASE BY THE AMERICAN |
| 00:22:30 | ELECTRIC POWER.
THEY ENDED OUT THROWING OUT THE |
| 00:22:34 | RATE HIKE AND ENDED A BRIEF
HEARING IT. |
| 00:22:36 | WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT CASE?
>> IT HAS BEEN A ROLLER-COASTER. |
| 00:22:41 | WE ARE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES
IN THE CASE TO IMPROVE CONSUMERS |
| 00:22:46 | ELECTRIC BILLS.
ONE OF THE WAYS WE ARE LOOKING |
| 00:22:47 | TO DO THAT IS TO IMPROVE THEIR
OPPORTUNITIES FOR BENEFITING |
| 00:22:50 | FROM COMPETITION IN THE ELECTRIC
SERVICES. |
| 00:22:53 | SO WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
THAT THE PUCO HAS PROVIDED TO |
| 00:22:59 | MAKE ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION, AND FOR |
| 00:23:03 | US, THE CONSUMERS.
>> CERTAINLY, YOU HAVE TO BE |
| 00:23:06 | WORRIED ABOUT THE CASE BECAUSE
THE PUCO SAID IT FELT LIKE IT |
| 00:23:10 | DID NOT GET ALL THE INFORMATION
BEFORE THAT CASE BECAUSE |
| 00:23:14 | CONSUMERS' BILLS DESPITE PRETTY
SUBSTANTIALLY. |
| 00:23:16 | >> I REALLY LIKE THE EMPHASIS
ON THE NEED FOR INFORMATION. |
| 00:23:18 | OUR JOB AT THE CONSUMERS
COUNCIL, ALONG WITH OTHER |
| 00:23:22 | PARTIES DO IS TO PROVIDE THE
PUCO WITH INFORMATION. |
| 00:23:26 | IT IS GREAT WE ARE HAVING AN
EMPHASIS ON PROVIDING THE |
| 00:23:29 | INFORMATION FOR THE PUCO TO
JUDGE THE CASE AND REACHED THE |
| 00:23:32 | BEST OUTCOME CAN FOR OHIO.
>> SPEAKING OF INFORMATION, |
| 00:23:36 | THERE ARE COMMERCIALS AIRING
RIGHT NOW THAT OUR KIND OF |
| 00:23:38 | CONFUSING TO A LOT OF FOLKS,
WHERE AEP IS RUNNING SOME ADS |
| 00:23:44 | AND A GROUP CALLED FIRST ENERGY
SOLUTIONS ARE ALSO RUNNING ADS |
| 00:23:47 | AND THEY SEEM TO CONTRADICT EACH
OTHER IN TERMS OF COMPETITION |
| 00:23:50 | AND WHAT IT WOULD DO TO
RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS ELECTRIC |
| 00:23:53 | BILLS.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT IS GOING |
| 00:23:55 | ON THERE?
>> THE UPSIDE OF WHAT YOU ARE |
| 00:23:59 | SEEING IS THAT COMPETITION IS
OCCURRING THE WAY THE GENERAL |
| 00:24:03 | ASSEMBLY INTENDED WHEN IT PASSED
A LAW A FEW YEARS AGO. |
| 00:24:07 | YOU ARE NOW SEEING THE ELECTRIC
UNIT TO GIVE UTILITIES OR THEIR |
| 00:24:10 | AFFILIATES COMPETE AGAINST EACH
OTHER. |
| 00:24:12 | WE ARE HOPEFUL THE OUTCOME OF
THIS COMPETITION WILL BE LOWER |
| 00:24:16 | UTILITY BILLS FOR OHIO
CONSUMERS. |
| 00:24:19 | >> YOU STILL FEEL THERE IS A
NEED FOR THE OCC, EVEN THOUGH |
| 00:24:24 | YOUR BUDGET WAS CUT
DRAMATICALLY? |
| 00:24:26 | >> THE WISDOM OF THOSE WHO
CREATED THE OCC 35 YEARS AGO IN |
| 00:24:33 | THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CAN STILL
BE SEEN IN THE PROTECTION |
| 00:24:35 | AFFORDED FOR CONSUMERS TODAY,
WHERE WE ARE JUST AS COMMITTED |
| 00:24:39 | AS OUR PREDECESSORS HAVE BEEN
WITH CONSUMER ADVOCACY AND WE |
| 00:24:42 | ARE WORKING EVERY DAY TO
PROTECT OHIOANS WITH REGARD TO |
| 00:24:46 | THEIR UTILITY SERVICES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING |
| 00:24:50 | HERE.
>> AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK. |
| 00:24:52 | FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT OHIO PUBLIC
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| 00:25:05 | OHIO".
WE LEAVE YOU THIS WEEK WITH |
| 00:25:07 | IMAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR'S
AWARDS FOR THE ARTS, WHICH THIS |
| 00:25:09 | YEAR HONORED INDIVIDUAL ARTIST
MICHAEL JEROME BASHAW OF |
| 00:25:12 | KETTERING AND BARBARA ROBINSON
OF COLUMBUS FOR HER LIFETIME |
| 00:25:14 | ACHIEVEMENT IN THE ARTS, ALONG
WITH ED STERN AND BUZZ WARD OF |
| 00:25:17 | CINCINNATI'S PLAYHOUSE IN THE
PARK, THE TOLEDO SCHOOL FOR THE |
| 00:25:20 | ARTS, ARTS PATRON LOUISE
NIPPERT AND VECTREN ENERGY |
| 00:25:22 | DELIVERY OF OHIO FOR THEIR
SUPPORT OF THE ARTS. |
| 00:25:25 | CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL. |
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