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00:00:02SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE
BROADCAST OF "THE STATE OF OHIO"
00:00:07COMES FROM THE LAW OFFICES OF
PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS AND ARTHUR
00:00:16LLP AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING SUPPORT
00:00:24PROFESSIONALS AND EDUCATIONAL
FACULTY WORKING FOR GREAT PUBLIC
00:00:28SCHOOLS FOR EVERY CHILD.
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR "THE
00:00:35STATE OF OHIO" IS MADE POSSIBLE
BY LUBRIZOL.
00:00:43>> REPUBLICANS AGREE TO NEWLY
DRAWN MAPS FOR LAWMAKERS.
00:00:51THERE IS A LAWSUIT OVER ONE OF
THE MAPS.
00:00:55A THINK TANK TALKS TAXES AND
OTHER CHALLENGING ISSUES.
00:01:04ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
OHIO."
00:01:08EARLY VOTING WILL START NEXT
WEEK AS OPPONENTS OF OHIO'S NEW
00:01:16ELECTION REFORM LAW HAVE
SUBMITTED ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO
00:01:19PUT IT ON HOLD TEMPORARILY.
FAIR ELECTIONS OHIO IS HOPING TO
00:01:30PUT A REPEAL ATTEMPT ON NEXT
YEAR'S BALLOT.
00:01:32THEY DO NOT LIKE THE SHORT AND
EARLY VOTING WHEN DELAWARE.
00:01:39THE LAW WOULD HAVE HAD EARLY
VOTING STARTING ON OCTOBER 18.
00:01:43THEY ALSO OBJECT TO A BAN ON
BOARDS OF THE ELECTIONS SENDING
00:01:47OUT ON REQUESTED ABSENTEE
BALLOTS AND A LISTING THAT HOLD
00:01:55VOTERS TO 36.
THEY SAY THIS WILL COMBAT VOTER
00:02:02FRAUD AND STRENGTHEN CONFIDENCE
IN THE VOTING SYSTEM.
00:02:04THEY NEED 25,000 SIGNATURES AND
THEY TURNED IN MORE THAN
00:02:13300,000.
THE STATE APPORTIONMENT BOARD
00:02:18CLEARED THE MAP FEATURING THE
NEW BOUNDARIES FOR DISTRICTS FOR
00:02:21OHIO STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND
SENATORS ON THURSDAY.
00:02:25THE VOTE WAS ALONG PARTY LINES.
THERE ARE CHANGES BEING MADE TO
00:02:35THE 23RD SENATE DISTRICT WHERE
THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT
00:02:38MINORITY REPRESENTATION.
THE STATE MAP WOULD HIT THREE
00:02:43HOUSE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS.
THERE COULD BE MERGED DEMOCRATIC
00:02:50DISTRICT.
THE STATE'S NEW CONGRESSIONAL
00:02:52MAP IS IN TROUBLE.
THE OHIO DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS
00:02:56SUING, ASKING THE OHIO SUPREME
COURT IS OHIO LAWMAKERS COULD
00:03:01KEEP IT FROM BEING CHALLENGED ON
THE BALLOT.
00:03:04THE REPUBLICAN DRAWN MAP
INCLUDED A 2.7 $5 MILLION
00:03:11APPROPRIATION FOR COUNTY BOARD
OF ELECTIONS.
00:03:13REPUBLICANS SAY THE ATTACHED
MONEY COULD PROTECT THE MAP FROM
00:03:18A REFERENDUM.
OHIO WILL ONLY HAVE 16 SEATS IN
00:03:22CONGRESS NEXT YEAR AND NO MAP TO
SHOW THE BOUNDARIES FOR THEM.
00:03:26OHIO GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH HAS
STEERED A CONDEMNED KILLER WHO
00:03:32SLASHED A WOMAN'S WROTE DURING A
ROBBERY.
00:03:35HE SAID THE CRIME DID NOT CALL
OUT FOR -- THROAT DURING A
00:03:41ROBBERY.
HE SAID THE CRIME DID NOT CALL
00:03:44OUT FOR THE DEATH PENALTY.
HE SAID MURPHY SHOULD BE GIVEN
00:03:52LIFE IN PRISON.
HE WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING A
00:03:5772-YEAR-OLD NEIGHBOR IN 1987.
KASICH'S DECISION MARKS THE
00:04:06THIRD TIME AND EXECUTION HAS
BEEN POSTPONED OR CALLED OFF.
00:04:10WE ARE IN ONE OF THE MOST
POLITICALLY CHARGED CLIMATE IN
00:04:13MANY YEARS.
WE ARE IN A LINGERING FINANCIAL
00:04:16CRISIS.
PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT POLITICAL
00:04:19VIEWS HAVE A VARIETY OF IDEAS ON
HOW TO GET OUT OF THAT.
00:04:24THERE IS A LOT OF CLUTTER
DROWNING OUT CIVIL DISCUSSION
00:04:29ABOUT THOSE IDEAS.
THREE GROUPS WITH DIVERSE
00:04:31MEMBERSHIP SAY THEY ARE BRINGING
TOGETHER A CONFERENCE ENTITLED
00:04:37"ACROSS THE SPECTRUM "THE PAST
TO PROSPERITY."
00:04:41THEY WANT TO REFORM HEALTH
CARE, TALK ABOUT THE TAXES AND
00:04:49THE STATE CONSTITUTION.
THE CONFERENCE WILL FEATURE
00:04:52NATIONAL FIGURES, INCLUDING A
MEMBER OF PRESIDENT REAGAN'S
00:05:01ECONOMIC ADVISORY BOARD.
THERE WILL BE PEOPLE FROM THINK
00:05:04TANKS ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT.
HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
00:05:08CONFERENCE ARE LEADERS OF THE
THREE GROUPS INVOLVED.
00:05:10MATT IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
CONSERVATIVE BUT I INSTITUTE.
00:05:15I HAVE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY
00:05:20SOLUTIONS.
AND I HAVE BA REPRESENTATIVE
00:05:27FROM THE GREATER OHIO INSTITUTE.
LET ME START WITH YOU.
00:05:31IN THE NEWS RELEASE ANNOUNCING
THIS CONFERENCE, IT SAYS
00:05:36PARTISANSHIP HAS RUN AMOK.
ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE BEING
00:05:42HELD HOSTAGE.
HOW DO YOU SOLVE THAT WITH A
00:05:44CONFERENCE?
>> YOU DO NOT SOLVE THE WHOLE
00:05:48THING WITH A CONFERENCE.
WE WANT TO CREATE A SPACE FOR
00:05:53PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND HOPEFULLY
ALLOW PEOPLE TO DISCUSS
00:05:58SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES IN WAYS THAT
ARE NON-POLITICAL, BUT IN WAYS
00:06:02THAT ARE ABOUT COMING TO
SOLUTIONS IN OHIO THAT CAN RAISE
00:06:06THE BAR FOR ALL OF US.
HOW DO WE CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE
00:06:10WHERE WE CAN BE TALKING ABOUT
HOW WE CAN COMPETE IN OUR GLOBAL
00:06:15ECONOMY AND NOT JUST DISCUSS
POLITICAL WINS AND LOSSES.
00:06:20>> SPEAKING OF POLITICAL LOSSES,
WE ARE ALREADY SEEING IT RIGHT
00:06:26NOW.
SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY THIS IS
00:06:28WHAT VOTERS WANTED.
VOTERS ELECTED REPUBLICANS AND
00:06:32THIS IS WHAT THEY WANTED.
WHY DOESN'T THE WINNER-TAKE-ALL
00:06:36SYSTEM WORK IF VOTERS WANTS ITS?
>> WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS
00:06:43SHOW THAT WE CAN GET BEYOND THE
SPLIT AND HAVE COME A STATIONS
00:06:51THAT ARE ABLE TO GET OHIO MOVING
AGAIN, WHICH IS THE KEY.
00:06:58THAT IS WHY WE CAME TOGETHER TO
SHOW YOU CAN COME TOGETHER AND
00:07:01HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND MOVE
THINGS FORWARD.
00:07:04>> EARNED PEOPLE USING DATA IN
DIFFERENT WAYS?
00:07:10ARE BOTH SIDES MANIPULATING DATA
TO MAKE THEIR OWN POINTS?
00:07:13>> GLOBALIZATION IS A WORD WE
THROW AROUND.
00:07:39WHAT DOES A GLOBAL ECONOMY MEAN?
WHAT ARE ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR
00:07:43US.
WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR
00:07:46THE NATIONAL DEBT AND OPERATING
DEFICITS FOR 50 STATES THAT
00:07:50DEPEND ON FEDERAL OUTLAYS?
WHENEVER THEY COME UP WITH IN
00:08:00WASHINGTON, D.C., WHAT IMPACT
DOES IT HAVE ON 50 STATES?
00:08:04THERE IS A LOT TO LISTEN TO ON
BOTH SIDES.
00:08:07OUR ORGANIZATION, THE CENTER FOR
COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS, HAS BEEN
00:08:12THINKING MORE AND MORE THAT THE
WHOLE LEFT-RIGHT THING IS
00:08:17IRRELEVANT.
THE WORLD AND THE UNITED STATES
00:08:22HAVE CHANGED.
THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND
00:08:27SOCIAL SECURITY -- ALL OF THOSE
THINGS STILL MATTER.
00:08:30THERE IS A LIBERAL POSITION AND
A CONSERVATIVE POSITION -- THESE
00:08:36THINGS SEEM TO BE INCREASINGLY
OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE UNDERLYING
00:08:40COMPLEXITY OF WHAT IS GOING ON
WITH OUR ECONOMY AND OUR BODY
00:08:44POLITIC.
>> OHIO HAS BEEN IN DECLINE FOR
00:08:5330 YEARS.
IF THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON, WE
00:08:58HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TURN IT
AROUND.
00:09:01WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE
RESTRUCTURE THINGS AND HOW WE DO
00:09:04BUSINESS DIFFERENTLY THAN WE
HAVE IN THE PAST.
00:09:07THIS CONFERENCE IS ABOUT HAVING
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS
00:09:13RESTRUCTURING.
>> YOU SPEAK OF MAJORITIES.
00:09:17WHICH MAJORITY IS THAT?
THE 2006 MAJORITY OR THE 2010
00:09:23MAJORITY?
OHIO LANDS AND AMERICANS ARE
00:09:26CONFUSED AND SCARED.
-- OHIO CITIZENS AND AMERICANS
00:09:32ARE CONFUSED AND SCARED.
>> ARE AT SOME OF THESE TOPICS
00:09:38HARD TO TALK ABOUT POLITELY?
AND ABOUT TAXES.
00:09:41TAXES HAVE BECOME A DIFFICULT
SUBJECT TO TALK ABOUT LATELY.
00:09:45HOW DO YOU HAVE A SPACE WHERE
YOU CAN DISCUSS THIS AND COME UP
00:09:48WITH IDEAS THAT EVERYONE CAN
AGREE ON?
00:09:51>> YOU CAN BEGIN BY LOOKING AT
THE FACTS.
00:09:55WHAT IS THE SITUATION?
IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT STATE AND
00:09:59LOCAL TAXES IN OHIO, FOR ALL OF
MY ADULT LIFE, WE HAVE HAD THIS
00:10:05ARGUMENT THAT OHIO IS A HIGH TAX
STATE AND A LOW TAX STATE.
00:10:10IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, YOU
FIND OUT THAT THEY ARE BOTH
00:10:13RIGHT DEPENDING ON HOW YOU
DEFINE THE ISSUE.
00:10:15ON STATE TAXES ONLY, OHIO IS A
LOW TAX STATE.
00:10:21STATE AND LOCAL TAXES COMBINED,
OHIO IS A HIGH TAX STATE.
00:10:26HOW DO WE GET THE MIX RIGHT FOR
THE ECONOMY OF THE FUTURE?
00:10:31THE STATE AND LOCAL TAX MIX WE
HAVE TODAY WAS EVOLVES OVER THE
00:10:34COURSE OF DECADES OF INDUSTRIAL
GROWTH.
00:10:37THAT INDUSTRIAL BASE IS GONE.
NOT GONE, BUT IT HAS
00:10:42SIGNIFICANTLY SHRUNK.
WE STILL HAVE THE LEGACY OF A
00:10:45TAX SYSTEM, STATE AND LOCAL,
THAT IS BASED ON THAT ECONOMY.
00:10:51HOW DO WE REONLINE -- REALIGN
THING THINGS -- THINGS SO THAT
00:11:09WE HAVE A BASE FOR SCHOOLS THAT
WORKS?
00:11:11>> THEN YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT
BASE FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
00:11:16>> THERE IS ROOM FOR DIFFERENCES
AROUND THE EDGES.
00:11:20THE CORE WE BASICALLY AGREE ON.
I DO NOT THINK THERE IS THAT
00:11:26MUCH THAT MOST PEOPLE DISAGREE
ON.
00:11:28MOST PEOPLE AGREE ON WHAT GOES
INTO PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
00:11:32EDUCATION.
HOW MUCH WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO GO
00:11:35ON THEIR OWN -- THIS IS A
QUESTION OF ONE'S OWN INITIATIVE
00:11:41AND 1'S LIBERTY TO PURSUE ONE'S
ON -- ONE'S OWN INITIATIVE.
00:11:49THERE ARE LIBERTARIANS ON THE
LEFT AND THE RIGHT.
00:11:53THE KEY IS LIBERTY AND WHAT IT
MEANS FOR SOCIAL POLICY GOING
00:11:57FORWARD.
>> THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
00:12:01DISCUSSION IN THE LAST ELECTION
ABOUT REDUCING THE NUMBER OF
00:12:05SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR COMBINING
THE BACK OFFICE OPERATIONS.
00:12:09ALL OF US WHO ARE PRAGMATIC AND
SAYING, YES, WE NEED TO DO THAT.
00:12:14REDUCES COSTS.
>> THIS IS ANOTHER TOPIC THAT IS
00:12:20TOXIC TO TALK ABOUT.
>> WE DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT AND
00:12:25SACRIFICE THE EDUCATIONAL
QUALITY.
00:12:27WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE
WANT FOR OUR EDUCATION IN
00:12:31ADDITION TO COST EFFICIENCY.
WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THE
00:12:36DIFFERENT COSTS AND QUALITY OF
EDUCATION.
00:12:37>> WHEN PEOPLE GET TO THE PUBLIC
PURPOSE, WHAT IS THE PUBLIC
00:12:43PURPOSE BEYOND PUBLIC POLICY, I
DO NOT THINK MOST PEOPLE
00:12:47DISAGREE WITH THAT.
WHEN THINGS GET TOSSED IT IS
00:12:50WHEN PEOPLE START TRYING TO
PARSE OUT, WHAT ARE WE GETTING
00:12:53OUT OF THIS DEAL VERSUS WHAT
SOMEONE ELSE IS GETTING OUT OF
00:12:57THIS DEAL?
PUTTING BECOME A STATION IN A
00:13:01POSITIVE CONTEXT CHANGES THE
DIALOGUE.
00:13:03>> WHAT TO JOHN PUTS OUT THERE
IS THE WAY TO PUT THIS IN
00:13:09CONTEXT.
WE CAN IGNORE THE PROBLEM AND
00:13:12LET THE CRISIS FESTERING GET
WORSE.
00:13:14OR WE CAN GET AHEAD OF IT AND
TRY TO GET IT SOLVED AND PUSH
00:13:19OHIO FORWARD.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN IGNORE THE
00:13:24$7.6 MILLION DEFICIT THAT IS
COMING DOWN IN 2016 OR WE CAN
00:13:28TACKLE THESE ISSUES IN THE RIGHT
WAY TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP THE
00:13:34EDUCATION STANDARDS HIGH.
WE CAN MAKE SURE WE ARE
00:13:36COMPENSATING PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT
WAY AND WE DO NOT SAY, LET'S
00:13:40KEEP RAISING REVENUE AND MAKE
OHIO A HIGHER TAX STATES
00:13:46LOCALLY.
TO SIT THERE AND DENY THE
00:13:48REALITY AND LET THE VARIOUS
POLITICAL POT -- POLITICAL
00:13:54PARTIES DRIVE THE TALKING
POINTS, THAT IS NOT THE WAY TO
00:13:55GET THIS SOLVED.
>> IT IS EASY TO DISMISS THE
00:14:00OTHER SIDE AS BEING POLITICALLY
MOTIVATED AND BEEN TALKING
00:14:04POINTS.
YOU CAN TRY TO MOVE BEYOND THAT
00:14:07AND IT KIND OF FALLS APART.
>> WE WORK A LOT GOVERNMENT
00:14:14REFORM.
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE SOME
00:14:16CREDIT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING
UP WITH SOLUTIONS.
00:14:19THAT GETS OVERSHADOWED BY THE
POLITICAL DEBATES THAT COME OUT
00:14:23OF COLUMBUS AND WASHINGTON.
HOPEFULLY, THIS CONFERENCE WILL
00:14:26BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
SHARE THOSE INNOVATIVE IDEAS.
00:14:30>> ONE OF THE REASONS THE THREE
OF US CAN WORK TOGETHER IS
00:14:35BECAUSE WE COME FROM A DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE.
00:14:38WE CAN HAVE A REASONED DEBATE.
WITH OTHER GROUPS OUT THERE, YOU
00:14:45CANNOT TELL THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATIC OR THE
00:14:49PROPOSAL -- OR THE REPUBLICAN
TALKING POINT.
00:14:51IT LOOKS LIKE THE SAME THING.
FOR OUR THREE GROUPS, WE
00:14:56CRITICIZE FOLKS ON OUR SITE ALL
THE TIME.
00:14:57JOHN'S GROUP HAD A REPORT THEY
PUT OUT.
00:15:04IT WAS AN INTERESTING WAY TO TRY
TO APPROACH A TOUGH PROBLEM.
00:15:08WAS A RESPONSIBLE PEACE.
>> THIS REPORT ADVOCATED TAX
00:15:14REVENUE AND SPENDING CUTS AND
OTHER CLOSING OF LOOPHOLES.
00:15:18>> WE CAN QUIBBLE ON SOME OF THE
ISSUES.
00:15:22WE CAN HAVE A REASONED
CONVERSATION AND WE OPENED UP
00:15:27THE DIALOGUE THAT STARTED HAVING
THAT CONVERSATION.
00:15:30>> WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
PURSUE A POLICY SOLUTION
00:15:35TOGETHER ON TAX EXPENDITURES.
OUR PROPOSAL WAS IN THE BUDGET
00:15:39FOR A WHILE.
CAME OUT OF THE BUDGET BILL.
00:15:42WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE
SENATE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
00:15:45WILL SEE THAT AGAIN IN NOVEMBER.
THIS IS A WAY TO CREATE A SYSTEM
00:15:51TO PERIODICALLY REVIEW TAX
EXPENDITURES AND TRIED TO GET
00:15:55THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY
EGREGIOUS OFF OF THE BOOKS.
00:15:57>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE
SPECIFIC ISSUES YOU WILL BE
00:16:02DEALING WITH THAT THE
CONFERENCE, THEY ARE RELATED TO
00:16:05FINANCIAL ISSUES.
WHAT ABOUT THE SOCIAL ISSUES
00:16:08THAT COME INTO THE BAY?
THAT AFFECTS A LOT OF -- THAT
00:16:15COME INTO THE DEBATE?
>> THE PENSION SYSTEM IS ANOTHER
00:16:23DEBATE.
THAT IS INTO THE SAFETY NET FOR
00:16:26GOVERNMENT WORKERS AT A TIME
WHEN HOW WE FIND THAT WITH THE
00:16:29PRIVATE SECTOR HAS A DIFFERENT
OUTCOME THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE
00:16:33AS BALANCE.
>> ISN'T THAT WHERE YOU GET SOME
00:16:38OF THE REALLY NASTY STUFF?
>> ON HEALTH CARE, THERE IS AN
00:16:43OBVIOUS MIDDLE GROUND AND IT
CRIES OUT FOR ATTENTION ON THE
00:16:45NATIONAL LEVEL.
AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE INTEREST
00:16:50GROUPS THAT BENEFIT FROM A
VARIETY OF NATIONAL POLICIES.
00:16:54THEY HAVE POLARIZE THE NATIONAL
DEBATE IN A WAY THAT THERE IS NO
00:16:58RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL ISSUES
ON THE GROUND.
00:17:01THERE ARE SOME REAL PROBLEMS
WITH THE BILL CONGRESS PASSED.
00:17:05COST WISE IS GOING TO BREAK THE
BANK IF WE DO NOT DO SOMETHING
00:17:10TO REIN IT IN.
THE PUBLIC OPTION THEY CHOSE TO
00:17:15EXPAND WITH MEDICAID IS ALREADY
WELL ADVANCED INTO MIDDLE INCOME
00:17:19FAMILIES, WITH KIDS ESPECIALLY
WITH THE STATE CHILD HEALTH CARE
00:17:24PROGRAM.
THERE IS A BALANCE TO BE HAD.
00:17:26THE CRITICAL PART FOR PEOPLE ON
THE LEFT THIS TO SAY, WE CANNOT
00:17:30HAVE HEALTH CARE FOR EVERYBODY
AT THE COST AND RATE OF GROWTH
00:17:34WE HAVE HAD FOR THE LAST THREE
DECADES.
00:17:36IT WILL BREAK THE BANK.
TO BEGIN WITH THAT, REIN IN
00:17:42COSTS AND YOU ARE IN A POSITION
TO RESPONSIBLY EXPAND THE
00:17:45FRANCHISE AND THE BENEFITS.
UNTIL YOU DEAL WITH THE COST
00:17:48SIDE OF IT, WHICH THE
LEGISLATION DID NOT DO AS
00:17:52EFFECTIVELY AS IT MIGHT HAVE --
IS ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAVE,
00:17:57WHICH IS A CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW
PANEL.
00:18:00THE SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE ONE
OF THE SPEAKER'S CHAIR.
00:18:02NOT MANY PEOPLE -- SPEAKERS
THERE.
00:18:07NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE
CONSTITUTION AND THE INCREMENTS
00:18:13OF WHEN IT COMES UP.
>> WE ARE VOTING ON
00:18:18CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
>> THERE ARE SOME BIG UNDERLYING
00:18:22ISSUES LIKE SCHOOL FINANCE THAT
ARE EMBEDDED IN OHIO TAXES AND
00:18:28THE CONSTITUTION AND COURT
RULINGS RELATED TO THEM IN THE
00:18:31PAST.
>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF
00:18:35THESE TOPICS THAT TAKE A LOT OF
STUDY AND RESEARCH.
00:18:37ISN'T IT EASIER TO SHOOT
FIREBALL THAT PEOPLE AND MAKE
00:18:42FUN OF PEOPLE ON WEBSITES AND
TAKE SHOTS AS OPPOSED TO LOOKING
00:18:46AT THE ISSUES?
ISN'T IT EASIER TO DO THE OTHER
00:18:49THING?
>> IT IS CERTAINLY EASIER.
00:18:53ANYONE WHO IS READING THE
NEWSPAPER SEES THAT THE UNITED
00:18:57STATES IS DECLINING IN OUR
ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS.
00:19:01THIS GOES TO METATHINK IDEAS.
WE NEED TO BE THINKING BEYOND
00:19:10OUR PAROCHIAL VISIONS AND THINK
ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO
00:19:16ADVANCE OUR ECONOMY IN OHIO AND
ELSEWHERE.
00:19:19IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE
KEEPLOBBING -- KEEP LOBBING
00:19:25THOSE.
>> THAT DOES NOT GET YOU
00:19:30ANYWHERE.
IT APPEASES A SMALL FRENCH.
00:19:32-- SMALL FRINGE.
OUR DONORS EXPECT US TO SOLVE
00:19:40SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS.
THEY ARE NOT COLLECTING PEOPLE
00:19:45TO THROW BOMBS AND ENGAGED IN
TRENCH WARFARE.
00:19:48THEY WANT THINGS SOLVED SO THAT
THEY CAN SEE THINGS THAT ARE
00:19:53INTERFERING INTO THEIR LIVES IN
A NEGATIVE SENSE --
00:19:58>> HOW EASY WILL IT BE TO TURN
SOME OF THE IDEAS IN THE
00:20:04PROPOSALS THAT MAY COME OUT OF
THIS, BUT INTO SOMETHING THAT
00:20:07CAN PASS THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE
AND GET SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR?
00:20:11IS THERE ANY GUARANTEE?
>> THERE IS NO GUARANTEE.
00:20:16ON THE OTHER HAND, IF WE GET
SOME CONVERSION THINKING
00:20:21HAPPENING -- HOW CAN WE FIND A
,-COMMON GROUND.
00:20:29SECONDLY, IS THE TONE.
IF WE CAN HAVE A CONSTRUCTIVE
00:20:41CONVERSATION AND PEOPLE HAVE A
CHANCE TO HEAR EACH OTHER OUT
00:20:46AND FINISH THEIR SENTENCES AND
LET THE OTHER PERSON TALKS, THAT
00:20:49IS THE SORT OF ENVIRONMENT WE
HOPE TO HAVE.
00:20:51I TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME,
HOW THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE STATE
00:20:59HOUSE CHANGED THROUGH THE YEARS.
THERE IS LESS CAMARADERIE TODAY
00:21:03THAN THERE WAS AT ONE TIME
ACROSS THE AISLE.
00:21:05PEOPLE COULD GO AT IT IN
COMMITTEE ON AND ON THE FLOOR.
00:21:10THEY WERE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AFTER
WHICH AND TALK THINGS THROUGH
00:21:15AND WORK THINGS THROUGH ON A
BIPARTISAN BASIS.
00:21:18THE BILLS PASSED 93-7 IN THE
HOUSE.
00:21:23THAT IS THE WAY THINGS WERE
DONE.
00:21:26THERE IS NO REASON WE CANNOT GET
A LITTLE BIT OF THAT BACK.
00:21:31PART OF THAT IS HELPING PEOPLE
GET ACQUAINTED WITH ONE ANOTHER
00:21:36AND THE WAY THEY THINK AND TO
SEE THAT THE FOLKS ON THE OTHER
00:21:40SIDE ARE JUST AS CONCERNED ABOUT
THIS AS I AM.
00:21:43HEAR EACH OTHER'S FACTS.
BEGIN WITH THAT AND THEN MAYBE
00:21:48THINGS WILL DEVELOP.
>> MATT, DO YOU THINK THAT IS
00:21:53POSSIBLE?
YOUR CONSTITUENCY IS PRETTY
00:21:56CONSERVATIVE.
DO YOU THINK THEY CAN SEE THE
00:21:59OTHER SIDE THE SAME WAY AND YOU
CAN GO BACK AND FORTH LIKE THAT?
00:22:02>> I THINK SO.
IT REQUIRES YOU TO STEP OUTSIDE
00:22:07OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE.
WE ISSUED A CRIME REPORT
00:22:11BECAUSE IT SAID IF WE CAN GET
BETTER RECIDIVISM RATES BIND NOT
00:22:19LOCKING THEM UP, LET'S DO THAT.
THERE IS A WAY TO TACKLE THESE
00:22:25THINGS THAT MAKES SENSE.
YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF YOUR
00:22:30PARTISAN, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT
THE OTHER SIDE IS BAD AND THEY
00:22:33WANT TO GROW GOVERNMENT CAN DO
THESE THINGS.
00:22:36THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN
COME TO AGREEMENT ON AND GET
00:22:40SOME THINGS FIXED.
LET'S DO IT.
00:22:42>> IF IT WERE NOT SO SERIOUS, IT
WOULD BE FUNNY SOMETIMES, THE
00:22:49THINGS PEOPLE SAY.
THE BEST WAY TO TEST THESE
00:22:51THINGS IS TO GO HOME AND TALK TO
YOUR NEIGHBORS.
00:22:53NEIGHBORS HAVE DIFFERENT
OPINIONS ABOUT THINGS, BUT THEY
00:22:56CAN HAVE A CIVIL CONVERSATION.
IF WE CANNOT GET THAT SORT OF
00:23:01THING HAPPENING WITHIN THE HALLS
OF POWER, THERE IS SOMETHING
00:23:04WRONG WITH OUR DEMOCRACY.
>> THE REPORT WE ISSUED LAST
00:23:09YEAR HAD PIECES THAT WOULD BE
CONSIDERED LIBERAL AND
00:23:12CONSERVATIVE.
WE PUSHED THE IDEA OF BUILDING
00:23:17ON OUR ASSETS AND THE IMPORTANCE
OF URBAN AREAS, WHICH IS
00:23:21PERCEIVED AS BEING ON THE
LIBERAL SIDE.
00:23:24WE ALSO FOCUSED ON THE
PROLIFERATION OF GOVERNMENT AND
00:23:28THE NEED FOR GOVERNMENT REFORM.
WE GOT SOME INTERESTING
00:23:32REACTIONS.
I THINK IT IS POSSIBLE.
00:23:33>> FINAL QUESTION.
IF YOU WANT TO DEAL WITH THESE
00:23:39ISSUES, DON'T YOU HAVE TO START
WITH CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM AND
00:23:43CHANGE THE WAY THE MONEY COMES
INTO THE SYSTEM?
00:23:45>> NO.
WE THINK WE START WITH THIS
00:23:49DIALOGUE WE ARE HAVING.
THAT IS WHAT WE CAN BRING TO
00:23:52THIS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
EVERYBODY ALWAYS WANTS TO REFORM
00:23:56THE WAY THE OTHER PERSON RAISES
THEIR MONEY.
00:23:59THAT IS DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE.
THERE ARE MUCH MORE FUNDAMENTAL
00:24:05ISSUES AT STAKE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE A GLOBAL ECONOMY THAT IS
00:24:09ON THE BRINK OF ANOTHER DECLINE.
IT IS NOT JUST AMERICA.
00:24:12IT IS NOT JUST OHIO.
IT IS GLOBAL.
00:24:15WHAT WE DO AND HOW PEOPLE
RESPOND IN THE HALLS OF POWER
00:24:19MATTERS A LOT.
THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO TRY TO
00:24:23FOCUS ON.
WHAT DO WE HAVE IN COMMON AND
00:24:26HOW TO RESHAPE A BETTER FUTURE?
>> ANY THOUGHTS ON CAMPAIGN
00:24:31FINANCE, MATT?
>> WE HAVE GOT TO GET THE
00:24:36PARTIES OUT OF DRIVING THE
PROCESS IN OHIO SO MUCH.
00:24:41YOU GET FOLKS WHO ARE LOYAL TO
THE PARTY AND NOT LOYAL TO THE
00:24:47PEOPLE WHO ELECTED THEM.
WITH THAT TO DO A BETTER JOB OF
00:24:51MAKING SURE WE GET PEOPLE IN THE
LEGISLATURE WHO WILL REACH
00:24:57ACROSS THE AISLE AND WHO WILL
WORK ON THESE ISSUES RATHER THAN
00:25:00FOLKS WHO WILL SAY, HOW DO I
VOTE TODAY?
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