00:00:37>> THE BIGGEST POLITICAL SPEECH
OF THE YEAR IS OVER, AND WHAT
00:00:39AN EVENT IT WAS.
WE'LL RUN DOWN THE HIGHLIGHTS OF
00:00:43THE STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH
AND REACTION TO IT, THIS WEEK IN
00:00:45"THE STATE OF OHIO".
CAPTIONED BY THE
00:00:51NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE
--WWW.NCICAP.ORG--
00:00:53THE GOVERNOR'S ANNUAL STATE OF
THE STATE SPEECH IS IN THE
00:00:55HISTORY BOOKS NOW -- FOR
SEVERAL REASONS.
00:00:57AT ONE HOUR AND 23 MINUTES, IT'S
LIKELY THE LONGEST EVER.
00:01:00THE FIRST WAS IN 1913.
AND IT'S BELIEVED TO BE THE
00:01:09FIRST STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS
DELIVERED IN A BUILDING NOT ON
00:01:11CAPITOL SQUARE IN COLUMBUS.
AND ON STAGE AT WELLS ACADEMY
00:01:13IN STEUBENVILLE, GOV. JOHN
KASICH SAID HE LIKED IT THAT
00:01:16WAY, AND THAT HE'D LIKELY NEVER
DO ANOTHER SUCH SPEECH AT THE
00:01:21STATEHOUSE.
>> SOME PEOPLE ARE SPECULATING
00:01:29WHY WE CAME TO STEUBENVILLE.
I WANTED TO TRAVEL.
00:01:36I WANTED TO GET OUT AND SEE THE
PEOPLE.
00:01:40THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
YOU WANT TO GET OUT AND TOUCH
00:01:43THE PEOPLE.
WHY DID I COME HERE?
00:01:45IT'S NOT VERY COMPLICATED.
I'M A VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD,
00:01:50COMMON-SENSE DIE.
I CAME FOR TWO REASONS, WELLS
00:01:55ACADEMY HAS SET A STANDARD FOR
THE REST OF THE STATE.
00:01:57THEY ARE THE NO. 1 PERFORMING
SCHOOL IN OHIO.
00:02:02IF YOU WERE TO GUESS WHERE THE
NUMBER ONE SCHOOL WOULD BE
00:02:07LOCATED, YOU MAY NOT GET YEAR,
BUT HERE IT IS.
00:02:10LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHAT THEY DO, BECAUSE IT
00:02:14IS SO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
THE CULTURE.
00:02:17FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE TEACHERS
AND ADMINISTRATORS HAVE ADOPTED
00:02:21THE PRINCIPLE.
I HAVE SEEN IT AT THE FREDERICK
00:02:25DOUGLASS ACADEMY.
I HAVE SEEN IT IN OTHER BUYING
00:02:30CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE RUN THE
STATE AND IN SOME OF OUR PUBLIC
00:02:32SCHOOLS.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT GETS DOWN
00:02:35TO?
IN THE TEACHERS AND
00:02:38ADMINISTRATORS MINDS, NOTHING
STANDS IN THE WAKE OF KIDS BEING
00:02:41GREAT.
NOT POVERTY, NOT BROKEN HOMES.
00:02:45THESE ARE OBSTACLES.
WE WANT OUR PARENTS TO BE
00:02:49INVOLVED.
THE TEACHERS HERE HAVE A DEEP
00:02:51COMMITMENT TO THE CHILD'S
FUTURE AND THEY WILL DO
00:02:54EVERYTHING THEY CAN MOVE IT
FORWARD.
00:02:55>> THE OPENING OF THE JOINT
SESSION OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE
00:02:57WAS DELAYED BY ABOUT 15
MINUTES, AS SECURITY SEARCHED
00:02:59THE NEARLY 1,000 LAWMAKERS,
CABINET MEMBERS, STAFFERS,
00:03:02REPORTERS AND OTHERS WHO CAME TO
SEE THE SPEECH, WHICH INCLUDED
00:03:0650 PEOPLE WHO'D WON TICKETS IN A
LOTTERY THAT WAS HELD WITH FOR
00:03:10THE REMAINING SEATS IN THE
AUDITORIUM.
00:03:13THE ADDRESS WAS PEPPERED WITH
SHOUT OUTS TO HIS UNCLE GEORGE,
00:03:17TO HIS CABINET, TO LOCAL
OFFICIALS, TO WELL KNOWN
00:03:19FIGURES IN THE AUDIENCE SUCH AS
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
00:03:22GORDON GEE AND FORMER SECRETARY
OF STATE JENNIFER BRUNNER, AND
00:03:27TO REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC
LAWMAKERS INCLUDING REPS.
00:03:31SHIRLEY SMITH AND TERESA FEDOR
AND SENATORS TOM SAWYER AND
00:03:34CAPRI CAFARO.
HE ALSO DESCRIBED WHAT HE
00:03:38CALLED A VISION OF SPEAKER BILL
BATCHELDER AND MINORITY LEADER
00:03:45ARMOND BUDISH IN A CAR WITH
JERRY SEINFELD IN THE BACK
00:03:47SEAT.
MOST OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH
00:03:51WAS A LOOK BACK ON WHERE HE SAYS
THE STATE WAS WHEN HE TOOK
00:03:52OFFICE IN EARLY 2011, AND HOW
FAR IT'S COME.
00:03:55>> ONE YEAR AGO, A HIGH AND
RANKED 48TH IN JOB CREATION.
00:04:06WE TRAILED ONLY MICHIGAN AND
CALIFORNIA.
00:04:09MICHIGAN, THE HOME OF THE AUTO
INDUSTRY, THAT WAS DEVASTATED
00:04:16AND CALIFORNIA, FILLED BY A
BUNCH OF WHACKADOOS.
00:04:19>> GOV. KASICH SAID OHIO HAD
LOST 600,000 JOBS IN THE
00:04:22PREVIOUS TEN YEARS, THAT THE
STATE'S CREDIT OUTLOOK WAS
00:04:24NEGATIVE AND THAT THERE WAS AN
ESTIMATED $8 BILLION HOLE IN THE
00:04:25STATE BUDGET, WITH JUST $0.89
IN THE RAINY DAY FUND.
00:04:27KASICH SAID HE TOLD HIS STAFF HE
WOULDN'T RAISE TAXES, BUT ALSO
00:04:34COULDN'T CUT FUNDING FOR
PROGRAMS TO HELP THE POOR, THE
00:04:37MENTALLY ILL OR THE DISABLED,
BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE, USING
00:04:41HIS WORD, "SINFUL".
SO HE SAID THE STATE MADE BIG
00:04:45CHANGES IN MEDICAID, PASSED
SENTENCING REFORM, WENT TO A
00:04:50SINGLE PRIME CONTRACTOR SYSTEM
FOR SOME STATE AND UNIVERSITY
00:04:55CONTRACTS, CREATED JOBSOHIO,
RAISED THE NUMBER OF CHARTER
00:04:58SCHOOLS IN OHIO AND
DRAMATICALLY INCREASED THE
00:05:00NUMBER OF VOUCHERS FOR FAMILIES
ON UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOLS.
00:05:04>> THINK ABOUT THIS.
NO PARENT SHOULD HAVE THEIR
00:05:17KID IN A SCHOOL WHERE THEY ARE
NOT SAVED OR NOT LEARNING.
00:05:19IT'S A CIVIL RIGHT.
[APPLAUSE]
00:05:21THIS IS NOT AN ATTACK ON PUBLIC
SCHOOL SYSTEM MORE TEACHERS.
00:05:27WE HAVE TO HONOR THE ONES THAT
ARE REALLY OUT THERE LIKE THE
00:05:31ONES WE SEE HERE.
BUT WHEN THE SCHOOLS ARE NOT
00:05:35WORKING AND THEY ARE
UNDERPERFORMING, LET OUR
00:05:38CHILDREN GO.
WE WENT FROM 13,000 VOUCHERS TO
00:05:4730,000 FAMILIES WHO CAN HAVE
MORE CHOICE AND FREEDOM TO NEXT
00:05:51YEAR, 60,000 VOUCHERS.
I DO NOT KNOW THAT IT EXISTS
00:05:57ANYWHERE ELSE IN AMERICA.
IT WILL GIVE OUR POOR PEOPLE
00:06:00CHANCE.
[APPLAUSE]
00:06:01WE LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF
CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND YOU ARE AN
00:06:08UNDERPERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOLS,
WE WILL BE ON YOU.
00:06:10WE NEED EXCELLENCE IN EVERY
SCHOOL.
00:06:13IF IT'S NOT WORKING, WE WILL
HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT AND I WILL
00:06:18ASK THE LEGISLATURE TO EXERCISE
PROPER OVERSIGHT.
00:06:20YOU CAN APPLAUD FOR THAT BECAUSE
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
00:06:24CONCERNED.
>> THE GOVERNOR THEN LOOKED
00:06:25AHEAD TO THE PRESENT.
>> WHERE ARE WE TODAY?
00:06:30OHIO IS THE NO. 1 JOB CREATOR IN
THE MIDWEST TODAY AS WE SIT
00:06:35HERE.
NUMBER ONE.
00:06:36[APPLAUSE]
WE ARE THE NO. 9 CREATOR IN JOB
00:06:49CREATION IN AMERICA, FROM 48 TO
9 IN ONE YEAR.
00:06:53[APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE]
00:07:11IT IS ABOUT TIME BECAUSE WE ARE
A POWER HOUSE.
00:07:21OUR PRIVATE SECTOR JOB GROWTH,
RATHER THAN LOSE 400,000 JOBS
00:07:28OVER THE LAST FOUR, WE CREATED
43,500 JOBS, A NET INCREASE.
00:07:32>> KASICH CREDITED HIS PRIVATE
JOB DEVELOPMENT ENTITY JOBSOHIO
00:07:38WITH NEW OR RETAINED JOBS THAT
TOTALED $4.7 BILLION IN PAYROLL
00:07:43AND $3.2 BILLION IN NEW CAPITAL
INVESTMENT.
00:07:45HE SAID OHIO GOT AN IMPROVED
CREDIT RATING FROM STANDARD AND
00:07:50POOR'S.
>> WE ARE LIVE AGAIN.
00:07:57WE ARE OUT OF THE DITCH.
IT IS HAPPENING IN OUR STATE.
00:08:00THIS IS NOT ME.
IT'S ALL OF US.
00:08:05I'M JUST THRILLED TO BE A PART
OF IT.
00:08:07THAT'S ALL I EVER WANTED IN THIS
JOB.
00:08:09WE HAVE CULTURAL CHANGES THAT WE
HAVE TO MAKE.
00:08:14THE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT THE
STATUS QUO WILL FIND US FOR THE
00:08:18NEXT SERIES OF THINGS WE HAVE TO
GET DONE.
00:08:20>> THE GOVERNOR THEN TURNED OFF
THE TYPICAL STATE OF THE STATE
00:08:23TRAJECTORY AND ANNOUNCED HE'D
CREATED SOMETHING NEW WHAT HE
00:08:25CALLED THE GOVERNOR'S COURAGE
AWARDS, AND PRESENTED THE FIRST
00:08:27THREE TO GUESTS ON THE STAGE
WITH HIM: JO ANNA KROHN OF
00:08:32PORTSMOUTH, WHO FOUNDED THE
ANTI-PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE
00:08:36GROUP CALLED SOLACE AFTER HER
TEENAGE SON DIED FROM AN
00:08:39OVERDOSE; THERESA FLORES OF
SUBURBAN COLUMBUS, A HUMAN
00:08:43TRAFFICKING SURVIVOR WHO NOW
WORKS WITH OTHER VICTIMS TO TRY
00:08:46TO STOP IT; AND THE FAMILY OF
U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST JESSE
00:08:49SNOW, WHO DIED AFTER SHIELDING
ANOTHER SOLDIER FROM MACHINE GUN
00:08:52FIRE IN AFGHANISTAN IN 2010.
AFTER THOSE EMOTIONAL MOMENTS,
00:08:58KASICH TURNED BACK TO THE
STATE'S PROGRESS REPORT,
00:09:01TELLING LAWMAKERS THAT WORK CAN
GET DONE IF THEY, IN HIS WORDS,
00:09:05"STEER CLEAR OF MINDLESS
PARTISANSHIP."
00:09:14>> OF BEING A GOOD REPUBLICAN OR
DEMOCRATS, THEY DO NOT GET YOU
00:09:21AWARDS FOR BEING PARTISAN.
"YOU HAVE TO RESPECT YOUR
00:09:25PHILOSOPHY AND CARRIED IT OUT."
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING
00:09:29IN WASHINGTON, DO WE WANT TO BE
THEM?
00:09:31THEY CANNOT GET OUT OF THEIR OWN
WAY.
00:09:34THE COUNTRY IS LOSING FAITH.
TOGETHER, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE
00:09:39THAT WE MOVE FORWARD.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN
00:09:44FIND THINGS TO WORK TOGETHER RON
AND NOT BE NASTY AND MEAN IT
00:09:47M-- NAME CALLERS.
TIP O'NEILL AND RAGAN WOULD
00:09:55FIGHT AND THAT AFTERWARDS THEY
WOULD HAVE A DRINK.
00:09:57LEAVE IT ON THE FIELD.
>> GOV. KASICH TOUTED OHIO'S
00:10:02ROLE IN THE RESURGENCE OF THE
US AUTOMAKING INDUSTRY AND IN
00:10:09STEEL.
NOW, KASICH SAID, OHIO HAS TO
00:10:11BUILD ON THOSE SUCCESSES BY
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ITS
00:10:13STRENGTHS IN ITS WORKFORCE AND
ITS LOCATION.
00:10:14>> WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
DEVISING A STRATEGY PROPORTION
00:10:21TRADE PLACES LIKE CALIFORNIA,
WASHINGTON, AND MAYBE EVEN LOOK
00:10:26OVERSEAS.
HERE'S THE THING.
00:10:27ACCESS TO THE MARKET, THE
ABILITY TO MAKE THINGS, AND
00:10:36WE'RE STARTING TO WIN.
WE'RE BRINGING THESE
00:10:43MANUFACTURING JOBS BACK TO THE
STATE.
00:10:44>> TALKING ABOUT JOBS IN
MANUFACTURING, LOGISTICS',
00:10:51AGRICULTURE, AND TECHNOLOGY.
ABOUT UNMANNED AEROSPACE
00:10:58VEHICLES AT WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR
FORCE BASE, AND ABOUT THE OHIO
00:11:00ACADEMIC RESOURCES NETWORK'S
BROADBAND NETWORK.
00:11:01>> WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE
SPEED FROM 10 GB/S TO 100 GB/S.
00:11:11WHAT DOES THIS MEAN IT?
IT REALLY MEANS SOMETHING.
00:11:15IT MEANS THAT HEALTH CARE AND
RESEARCH, THEY NO LONGER HAVE TO
00:11:21RELY ON OVERNIGHT MAIL TO SHARE.
THEY CANNOT CREATE THE BRANDS
00:11:39AND DESIGN INDUSTRY SO THAT
COLLABORATORS CAN BE RIGHT HERE
00:11:43AT HOME IN OHIO.
WE CAN MAKE OHIO A FAST, CHEAP,
00:11:54AND EASY PLACE TO WORK.
>> HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT
00:11:59TRANSPORTATION ADDRESSING
CONCERNS FROM SOME OHIOANS ABOUT
00:12:01THE FINANCIAL CRISIS AT ODOT
THAT'S LEADING TO DELAYS IN
00:12:05MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS.
>> AND GOV. KASICH TALKED ABOUT
00:12:12ENERGY, WHICH WAS EXPECTED
GIVEN THE LOCATION OF THE
00:12:14SPEECH, IN THE HEART OF THE OIL
AND NATURAL GAS EXPLORATION BOOM
00:12:17IN APPALACHIAN OHIO.
HE TALKED FIRST ABOUT COAL AND
00:12:23RENEWABLES, SAYING THAT OHIO
.
00:12:46BEACON HAVE MORE PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE OPERATIONS IN THE
00:12:49TRANSPORTATION DEAL.
WE HAVE IT BRIDGETON IN
00:12:53CINCINNATI AND WE SHOULD BE
INVOLVING THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND
00:12:55LET THEM SEE THE BENEFIT OF
BEING ENGAGED WITH US.
00:12:58LET'S GET MORE THIS
INFRASTRUCTURE DONE.
00:13:00>> AND TALKED ABOUT ENERGY WHICH
WAS EXPECTED GIVEN THE LOCATION
00:13:05OF THE SPEECH IN THE HEART OF
THE PLAYLAND NATURAL GAS
00:13:08EXPLORATION BOOM IN APPALACHIAN
OHIO.
00:13:11HE TALKED ABOUT COLLI AND
GRENOBLE'S, SAYING THAT OHIO --
00:13:15HE TALKED ABOUT COAL AND
RENEWABLES, SAYING THAT OHIO
00:13:21NEEDS TO DEVELOP WAYS TO CAPTURE
AND REUSE WASTE HEAT FROM POWER
00:13:23PLANTS, AND THEN HE ADDRESSED
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING, OR
00:13:24FRACKING.
>> YOU CANNOT DEGRADE THE
00:13:28ENVIRONMENT WHILE PRODUCING THIS
INDUSTRY.
00:13:30IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.
IT IS NOT A FALSE CHOICE.
00:13:33THE BIGGEST COMPANIES KNOW YOU
NEED TO HAVE TOUGH ENVIRONMENTAL
00:13:37RULES.
WE CANNOT HAVE SOME YAHOO COME
00:13:44IN AND DAMAGE THE NATURE.
>> AND IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR
00:13:52PROTESTORS IN THE AUDIENCE,
WHO'D WAITED FOR MORE THAN AN
00:13:56HOUR FOR HIM TO BRING UP THE
TOPIC OF FRACKING, TO SOUND OFF.
00:13:58>> MIC CHECK.
>> MIC CHECK.
00:14:06[INAUDIBLE]
>> WE HAVE WITH US TODAY -- I
00:14:16ENJOY ALL OF THIS.
THIS IS WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHEN I
00:14:19WAS GROWING UP.
[LAUGHTER]
00:14:20[APPLAUSE]
LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU THINK
00:14:32ABOUT DISRUPTIONS.
TELL THEM WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT
00:14:36IT.
>> THOSE WHO SHOUTED WERE
00:14:39ESCORTED FROM THE AUDITORIUM,
BUT THE OUTBURSTS CONTINUED.
00:14:40AND IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT THEY
WERE STARTING TO RATTLE THE
00:14:42GOVERNOR.
>> EVERY YEAR YOU GO, EVERYWHERE
00:14:50WE GO, BUT THEY TELL US -- WE
HAVE A LOT OF JOB OPENINGS -- WE
00:14:55HAVE A LOT OF JOB OPENINGS --
BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THE SKILLED
00:15:01WORKERS TO FILL IT.
OKAY?
00:15:03WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO BE.
[LAUGHTER]
00:15:05>> IN ALL, NINE PROTESTORS WERE
TAKEN OUT OF THE AUDITORIUM.
00:15:08AS THE GOVERNOR PICKED UP THE
PACE, HE SAID BUSINESSES NEED
00:15:13TO TELL THE STATE WHAT THEY
NEED FROM THE WORKFORCE,
00:15:17COMMUNITY COLLEGES NEED TO
EDUCATE PEOPLE FOR THOSE JOBS,
00:15:20AND UNIVERSITIES NEED TO DO
BETTER IN FOCUSING STUDENTS ON
00:15:22WHAT HE CALLED "REALISTIC JOB
PROPOSITIONS".
00:15:25AND HE BLASTED PUBLIC
UNIVERSITIES FOR LOW GRADUATION
00:15:32RATES, IN ONE CASE, JUST 14%.
THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WANTS OHIO
00:15:38STATE'S GORDON GEE TO GET THE
UNIVERSITIES TOGETHER TO FORM
00:15:42WHAT HE CALLS A UNIVERSITY
SYSTEM, NOT A SYSTEM OF
00:15:46UNIVERSITIES TO INCREASE
GRADUATION RATES, TO COLLABORATE
00:15:49TO REDUCE DUPLICATIVE PROGRAMS,
TO COMMERCIALIZE AND CREATE
00:15:50JOBS
AND TO SPIN-OFF COMPANIES.
00:16:10HE FINALLY CIRCLED BACK TO WELLS
ACADEMY, SAYING SCHOOLS LIKE IT
00:16:12SHOULD BE STUDIED SO THEIR
SUCCESS CAN BE REPLICATED, AND
00:16:14THAT TEACHERS SHOULDN'T BE
SHORTCHANGED UNDER HIS NEW MERIT
00:16:15PAY PROPOSAL IN THE STATE BUDGET
IN HIS WORDS, "IF THEY'RE DOING
00:16:17GREAT, PAY THEM."
HE CONCLUDED MORE THAN 80
00:16:18MINUTES AFTER HE STARTED THIS
WAY.
00:16:19>> LET NOTHING STAND IN THE WAY
OF BUILDING A MORE PROSPEROUS,
00:16:26RICHER OHIO FREE OF PARTY, FREE
OF UNEMPLOYMENT.
00:16:30-- FREE OF THE PARTY.
WE WILL NEVER GET THAT, BUT THE
00:16:34CLOSER WE GET, THE BETTER WE
ARE.
00:16:35IT IS SUCH AN EXCITING TIME FOR
ALL OF US TO WORK TOGETHER TO DO
00:16:40GOOD.
>> REACTION FROM LAWMAKERS WAS
00:16:41SPLIT STRAIGHT ALONG PARTY
LINES.
00:16:42REPUBLICAN SENATE PRESIDENT TOM
NIEHAUS SAID THE SPEECH WAS
00:16:44CONSISTENT WITH WHAT HE'S HEARD
FROM THE GOVERNOR IN TERMS OF A
00:16:46FOCUS ON JOBS.
DID YOU FEEL YOU HEARD ENOUGH
00:16:57SPECIFICS FROM THE GOVERNOR?
>> AGAIN, YES.
00:16:59HE HAS WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH
THE LEGISLATURE IN THE PAST YEAR
00:17:04AND HE IS A LOT OF IDEAS ABOUT
HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.
00:17:06WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM
ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, SO
00:17:11THIS IS JUST A CONFIRMATION OF
WHAT HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR
00:17:13THE PAST YEAR.
>> ANYTHING YOU DID NOT LIKE
00:17:16THAT YOU HEARD?
>> I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THE
00:17:19MESSAGE AND A LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING WITH THE JOBS AGENDA
00:17:23FOR THE NEXT 11 MONTHS.
>> LONGTIME REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER
00:17:25RANDY GARDNER LOVED IT.
>> I HAVE BEEN AROUND A LONG
00:17:30TIME.
THIS IS MY 26 STATE OF THE
00:17:33STATE.
IT HAVE BEEN THE LONGEST, BUT
00:17:35CANDIDLY I THINK IT WAS THE
BEST.
00:17:37IT HAD ENERGY, PASSION AS ANY
STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH THAT I
00:17:43HAVE HEARD.
>> WERE THERE ANY SPECIFICS THAT
00:17:46YOU LIKED, ANYTHING THAT STOOD
OUT AND MADE YOU TAKE NOTICE?
00:17:49>> THERE IS NO QUESTION AS
GOVERNOR WAKES UP EVERY DAY
00:17:52TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO CREATE
JOBS IN OHIO.
00:17:55THAT HAS BEEN HIS HALLMARK, AND
HIS BEARING.
00:17:59I AM VERY INTERESTED IN HOW WE
MAKE HIGHER EDUCATION WORK AS
00:18:04BEST WE CAN IN THIS STATE.
WE HAVE SOME GREAT EDUCATIONAL
00:18:08INSTITUTIONS, BUT PERHAPS THEY
ARE NOT COMPLIMENTING EACH OTHER
00:18:11AS WELL THEY COULD.
AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE
00:18:16COMMITTEE OF HIRING VACATION, I
APPRECIATED HIS LOOK AT MAKING
00:18:22OUR HIRING VACATION SYSTEMS EVEN
BETTER.
00:18:24>> DEMOCRATS WERE UNIMPRESSED,
PARTICULARLY WITH HIS COMMENTS
00:18:29ABOUT CROSSING PARTY LINES AND
WORKING TOGETHER
00:18:36STATE OF THE STATE COVERAGE,
TALKED WITH HOUSE MINORITY
00:18:37LEADER ARMOND BUDISH.
>> HE MADE A REALLY BIG PITCH
00:18:51FOR BIPARTISANSHIP.
>> YES, BUT EVERYTHING HE HAS
00:18:55DONE HAS BEEN RAMMED THROUGH
WITHOUT TALKING TO DEMOCRATS,
00:19:00WITHOUT FIGHTING THEM FOR
PARTICIPATION AND WITHOUT
00:19:03INVITING THE PEOPLE INVOLVED,
SENATE BILL 5 ISSUE TWO IS A
00:19:06GOOD EXAMPLE OF RAMMING IT
THROUGH WITHOUT EVEN TALKING TO
00:19:09TEACHERS.
THEY TALKED ABOUT THE PROJECT IN
00:19:13CLEVELAND ABOUT HOW IT IS UP TO
THEM TO GET BEHIND IT.
00:19:16THEY NEVER MENTIONED IT
TEACHERS.
00:19:19THE PEOPLE MOST AFFECTED AND
INVOLVED NEVER MENTIONING
00:19:24TEACHERS.
HE TALKED ABOUT WHAT ABOUT
00:19:27CEO'S AND BUSINESS OWNERS, BUT
NOT ONE MENTION OF THE MIDDLE
00:19:31CLASS OR WORKING PEOPLE IN THIS
STATE.
00:19:32>> HE WAS SKEPTICAL OF HIS
MESSAGE OF BIPARTISANSHIP.
00:19:44ONCE I HAVE WORKED WITH
REPUBLICANS AND SENATE AND I
00:19:48HAVE A CO-SPONSORED A LOT OF
BILLS WITH REPUBLICANS.
00:19:51WHEN IT COMES TO THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE, HE IS NOT PRACTICING
00:19:57WHAT HE PREACHES.
HE IS THE SAME ONE WHO SAID, GET
00:20:00IN THE BUS OR RUN OVER.
HE PUSHED SENATE BILL 5.
00:20:03THEY HAD THE SECRET MEETINGS FOR
REDISTRICTING.
00:20:07IT I WANT TO SEE IT A LITTLE BIT
AND I HAVE NOT SEEN IT.
00:20:11>> LONGTIME DEMOCRATIC REP. BOB
HAGAN OF YOUNGSTOWN, WHO'S BEEN
00:20:14A STRIDENT CRITIC OF FRACKING,
WAS ALSO UNIMPRESSED WITH THE
00:20:15SPEECH.
>> I THINK IT WAS HEAVY ON WIND
00:20:23AND LACKING SPECIFICS.
I THINK WHAT HE BASICALLY HAS
00:20:26BEEN TRYING TO SAY IS, "I WANT
TO TAKE CREDIT FOR EVERYTHING
00:20:29THAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST
ADMINISTRATION."
00:20:32I THINK HE'S A GREAT SPEAKER.
HE WAS WONDERFUL ON DELIVERY,
00:20:37BUT IT WAS A LITTLE VACUOUS.
>> WHAT DID HE THINK
00:20:41SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SOME OF THE
ISSUES ABOUT OIL AND NATURAL
00:20:45GAS?
THIS IS YOUR AREA IN YOUNGSTOWN.
00:20:46>> AGAIN, HE WAS BASICALLY JUST
GLOSSING OVER THE FACT THAT WE
00:20:53NEED SOME REGULATIONS.
WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT BILLS IN
00:20:58THE LEGISLATURE.
IF HE'S TALKING ABOUT
00:21:00BIPARTISANSHIP, HE SHOULD HAVE
LOOKED AT THE TWO GENTLEMEN
00:21:02THERE THAT HAVE GOTTEN LETTERS
AND HAVE DEMANDED AND BEGGED FOR
00:21:06BIPARTISANSHIP ON THESE AREAS
AND HE CONTINUES TO IGNORE IT.
00:21:10HE SHOULD NOT BE LOOKING AT US.
WE ARE READY.
00:21:13>> SEES IS A THICKLY SAID TO
STEER CLEAR OF PARTISANSHIP AND
00:21:19SAID A LOT OF THE THINGS HE DID
WERE DONE WITH BIPARTISAN
00:21:23SUPPORT.
WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THAT?
00:21:25>> I THINK HE'S WRONG.
HE HAS REACHED OUT TO EVERYONE
00:21:29THAT HE HAS TALKED TO, CALL THEM
BY HIS FIRST NAME, MAKE
00:21:33EVERYBODY FEEL REALLY GOOD.
THE REAL PROOF IN THE PUDDING IS
00:21:37THAT HE HAS NOT BEEN WORKING
ACROSS THE AISLE, YOU KNOW?
00:21:41NEITHER HAVE THE TWO LEADERS.
WE ARE WAITING FOR
00:21:45BIPARTISANSHIP, BUT QUITE
FRANKLY IT'S INVISIBLE.
00:21:46>> NEWLY INSTALLED SENATE
MINORITY LEADER ERIC KEARNEY OF
00:21:49CINCINNATI AGREED WITH HAGAN.
>> I HAVE TO SAM DISAPPOINTED.
00:21:53THE GOVERNOR IS KNOWN AS SOMEONE
WITH A BIG VISION.
00:21:56WHAT WAS THE BIG VISION FOR
TODAY?
00:22:00HE SAID YOU IDENTIFY A PROBLEM,
COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.
00:22:05WHERE IS THE SOLUTION FOR
FORECLOSURES?
00:22:08WHERE IS THE SOLUTION FOR THE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOND?
00:22:11HE SAYS WE ARE OUT OF THE
DITCH, YET WE STILL HAVE THE
00:22:17FOOD PANTRY PROBLEM AND
FORECLOSURES.
00:22:19IT WAS A LITTLE IMBALANCE IN MY
VIEW.
00:22:23I DO NOT THINK IT PROVIDED A
VISION ABOUT HOW OHIO GETS TO
00:22:27PROSPERITY.
>> BUT THE PRESIDENT OF
00:22:28JOBSOHIO, MARK KVAMME, WHO I SAW
BEFORE THE SPEECH WHEN HE
00:22:30GREETED ONE OF THE MORE THAN A
HUNDRED PROTESTORS OUTSIDE THE
00:22:31SCHOOL, SAID THE SPEECH WAS A
GOOD OUTLINE OF THE SOLID
00:22:33FOUNDATION OHIO HAS BUILT TO
IMPROVE ITS ECONOMY AND BRING IN
00:22:36JOBS.
>> IF WE SLIDE BACK, WE WILL
00:22:45HAVE AN ISSUE.
OHIO HAS BUILT A FOUNDATION AND
00:22:49MANUFACTURING IS COMING BACK TO
THE UNITED STATES.
00:22:51WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT COMES
BACK TO OHIO, NOT SUMMER ELSE.
00:22:56ALSO, IN THE OIL AND ENERGY
SECTOR, THERE'S A LOT OF
00:23:00POSITIVE THINGS HAPPENING.
LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE AREAS,
00:23:04THINGS ARE GOING WELL.
>> AND FINALLY, VETERAN
00:23:06DEMOCRATIC REP. RON GERBERRY OF
THE YOUNGSTOWN AREA, WHO SAID
00:23:08THIS WAS HIS 23RD STATE OF THE
STATE SPEECH, NOT ONLY HAD
00:23:10PLENTY OF CRITICISM OF IT, BUT
HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE HE AND THE
00:23:12REST OF THE CROWD DOESN'T HAVE
TO TRAVEL FOR ANY OTHER ONES.
00:23:15>> IN THIS SPEECH SHOULD NEVER
BE MADE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE
00:23:25CHAMBER.
NEVER.
00:23:26IT IS THE TRADITION OF THIS
STATE, A TRADITION THAT WAS
00:23:30BROKEN TODAY.
IT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE.
00:23:33I HAVE A BILL I AM INTRODUCING
THAT WILL SAY THE STATE OF THE
00:23:37STATE SHALL BE HELD IN THE
CHAMBER.
00:23:39I HOPE THE GOVERNOR WILL TAKE A
SECOND THOUGHT ABOUT DOING THIS
00:23:43AGAIN.
>> HERE TO COMB THROUGH GOV.
00:23:44JOHN KASICH'S SECOND STATE OF
THE STATE SPEECH ARE BILL COHEN
00:23:46AND JO INGLES FROM THE OHIO
PUBLIC RADIO AND TELEVISION
00:23:48STATEHOUSE NEWS BUREAU.
>BILL PELLETT WE START WITH YOU.
00:23:56YOU HAVE SEEN A FEW STATE OF THE
STATES.
00:23:58WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE
SPEECH?
00:24:00WAS IT ON LIKE OTHER ONES, MAYBE
EXCEPT LAST YEARS?
00:24:04>> UNLIKE OTHERS IN SEVERAL
ACCOUNTS.
00:24:09IT USED TO BE GOVERNORS WOULD
TALK FOR 30-40 MINUTES.
00:24:13THE OTHER THING IS I THINK HIS
LACK OF NEW INITIATIVES THAT
00:24:19LEGISLATURES SHOULD PASS.
THEY USE THE STATE OF THE STATE
00:24:23TO SAY WHERE WE'RE AT, AND HE
CERTAINLY DID THAT.
00:24:26BUT THEN, THE REPORTERS AND OHIO
ONES ARE LOOKING FOR THE "NO
00:24:33WHAT?"
WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO PASS?
00:24:40THERE WERE VIRTUALLY NO NEW
PROPOSALS FROM THE GOVERNOR.
00:24:43THERE WERE A FEW THINGS HE
TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, LIKE
00:24:47HELPING EX-CONS GET DRIVER'S
LICENSES, CRACKING DOWN ON HUMAN
00:24:54TRAFFICKING.
WHAT IS NEW HERE AND SUBSTANCE?
00:24:56THERE WAS VERY LITTLE.
>> JO, YOU AND I WERE ACTUALLY
00:25:02THERE.
WASN'T A SURPRISE TO SEE THE
00:25:04SECURITY AND THE SITUATION
SURROUNDING THIS SPEECH?
00:25:10WE HAD TO ALL GET SEARCHED ON
THE WAY IN AND IT DELAYED THE
00:25:13START OF THE SESSION.
>> EVEN AFTER ALL OF THAT, THERE
00:25:18WAS A LINE OF PEOPLE OUT THERE
AND PROTESTERS IN THE AUDIENCE.
00:25:22THAT DID NOT PREVENT PROTESTERS.
THERE WERE, I DO NOT KNOW, HOW
00:25:26MANY HOMICIDE.
>> FINAL THOUGHTS.
00:25:29ANYONE WANT TO PREDICT WHERE HE
WILL GO NEXT YEAR?
00:25:33I ASKED JUST BECAUSE THIS IS THE
TURNING OF THE CORNER.
00:25:40>> IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT
JOHN KASICH.
00:25:45>> YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
>> AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
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