00:00:02>> SUPPORT FOR OGT COMES FROM PORTER-WRIGHT AND
00:00:08
00:00:14
00:00:15FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING
00:00:19131,000 TEACHERS SUPPORTING ONLINE.
00:00:25
00:00:28ADDITIONAL COVERAGE MADE POSSIBLE BY E-TECH
00:00:31OHIO.
00:00:33>> AFTER A SIX-MONTH BREAK, EXECUTIONS COULD
00:00:36RESUME IN OHIO AGAIN SOON.
00:00:38THE STATE'S TWO POLITICAL PARTY CHAIRMANS FACE
00:00:41VOTES ON THEIR LEADERSHIP.
00:00:43>> MORE ON WELFARE REFORM AND THE EFFECT OF
00:00:45A CRACKDOWN ON RECIPIENTS THAT CAN'T OR WON'T
00:00:48MEET WORK REQUIREMENTS.
00:00:51>> AND CLEVELAND ROCKS AT THE ROCK 'N' ROLL
00:00:52HALL OF FAME BRING THE INDUCTION CEREMONY BACK
00:00:57TO THE NORTH COAST.
00:00:58ALL THIS WEEKEND ON THE STATE OF OHIO.
00:01:03FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX MONTHS A CONVICTED
00:01:06KILLER COULD BE PUT TO DEATH.
00:01:09GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH IS NOT LIKELY TO STOP THE
00:01:12DEATH OF A MAN PUT TO DEATH.
00:01:18
00:01:22IT FOLLOWS A FEDERAL JUDGE'S DECISION LAST WEEK
00:01:24APPROVING CHANGES TO OHIO'S LETHAL INJECTION
00:01:29POLICIES AND ALLOWING THIS EXECUTION TO PROCEED.
00:01:32IT COMES AFTER MORE THAN 200 RELIGIOUS LEADERS
00:01:35SENT A LETTER TO GOVERNOR KASICH ASKING HIM TO
00:01:37COMMULET WILES' SENTENCE WITHOUT PAROL.
00:01:43
00:01:46HIS EXECUTION WOULD LIKELY
00:01:47BE THE FIRST OF MANY.
00:01:50THERE ARE 12 SKEWINGS SCHEDULED BETWEEN NOW AND
00:01:52JANUARY 2014.
00:01:54>> ANOTHER SLOWDOWN POTENTIALLY FOR THE
00:01:55GOVERNOR'S UPDATE.
00:01:58THE BIENNIUM REVIEW WILL NOT BE DISCUSSED AS A
00:02:03SEPARATE PIECE OF LEGISLATION BUT AS NINE
00:02:05SEPARATE BILLS.
00:02:08THEY ARE WORKING DURING THE RECESS OF BRINGING
00:02:10BACK THE SEFFRENS TAX GOVERNOR KASICH HAD
00:02:13PROPOSED TO FUND A STATE INCOME TAX.
00:02:17LOBBYISTS BLASTED THE TAX PROPOSAL AND IT WAS
00:02:21PULLED OUT OF THE DOCUMENT, BUT IT MAY BE PUT
00:02:26BACK IN.
00:02:31LAWMAKERS SAY IT MAY BE TIME TO TINKER WITH THE
00:02:34JOBS CREATION DEVELOPMENT.
00:02:39REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE ARE NOW TALKING ABOUT
00:02:41WHAT THEY ARE CALLING "JOBS OHIO 2." A BILL
00:02:43THAT WOULD CHANGE THE NAME AND THE MISSION OF THE
00:02:45DEPARTMENT.
00:02:49THIS IS ONE OF ITS SPONSORS.
00:02:51>> NOW HOUSE BILL 489 WILL CONTINUE THE
00:02:57
00:02:58PROCESS OF RESTRUCTURING STATE GOVERNMENT TO
00:02:59MAKE IT MORE EFFECTIVE IN SUPPORTING OHIO'S
00:03:02BUSINESSES AND ATTRACTING NEW ENTERPRISES TO OUR
00:03:05GREAT STATE.
00:03:07IT STARTS WITH RECOGNIZING THE MISSION OF THE
00:03:09DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN REFORMED TO
00:03:12PROVIDE SERVICES RELATED SOLELY TO ECONOMIC
00:03:14DEVELOPMENT, WHICH LEADS TO ITS RENAMING.
00:03:19>> THE BILL ADDS A CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
00:03:21TO JOBS OHIO AND ESTABLISHES TOURISM OHIO, A
00:03:25FIVE-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM TO PROMOTE TRAVEL AND
00:03:27TOURISM THAT HE THINKS WILL BECOME A NATIONAL
00:03:30MODEL FOR TOURISM MARKETING.
00:03:35SUPPORTING 439,000 JOBS.
00:03:41IT WILL ALSO MAKE MORE CAPITAL AVAILABLE TO
00:03:44MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES.
00:03:46THE BACKERS OF THE MEASURE SAY THE STAFF OF THE
00:03:48DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT HAD DROPPED 40% AS
00:03:50JOBS OHIO AND ITS PARTNERS HAD WORKED ON 245
00:03:55PROJECTS WHICH THEY CLAIM CREATED OR RETAINED
00:03:5782,000 JOBS IN OHIO WITH I TOTAL PAYROLL OF
00:04:00NEARLY $5 BILLION.
00:04:02>> THE WORLD'S LARGEST GAY RIGHTS GROUP IS
00:04:04HESITANT ABOUT SUPPORTING A PROPOSED BALLOT
00:04:06ISSUE LEGALIZING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE WHICH BACKERS
00:04:11WERE HOPING TO GET ON THE NOVEMBER 2013 BALLOT.
00:04:13ONE OF THE KEY ORGANIZERS OF THE PETITION DRIVE
00:04:15IS QUITTING.
00:04:18EQUALITY OHIO SAYS IT IS CONCERNED THERE MAY BE
00:04:21PROBLEMS WITH THE LANGUAGE PROPOSED BY BACKERS
00:04:23OF THE AMENDMENT, AND THAT MORE ANALYSIS IS
00:04:25NEEDED.
00:04:26AND FORMER CUYAHOGA COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND
00:04:29DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR TIM HAGAN WHO
00:04:31WAS ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE FREEDOM TO MARRY
00:04:34PETITION DRIVE SAID HE'S LEAVING THE CAMPAIGN
00:04:37UNTIL THERE IS MORE UNITY BEHIND IT.
00:04:39FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN MARY JO KILROY OF COLUMBUS
00:04:41SPEAKS FOR FREEDOM TO MARRY.
00:04:43>> WE HAD A MAJOR ORGANIZATION COMING ON
00:04:49
00:04:51BOARD TOLL ENDORSE THE EFFORTS, MORE ELECTED
00:04:54OFFICIALS COMING ON BOARD TO ENDORSE THE ISSUE,
00:04:59AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO REACH OUT TO COMMUNITY
00:05:02GROUPS, LEADERS, BUSINESSES, AND COLLEGE
00:05:06CAMPUSES, WHERE EVER THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE
00:05:11INTERESTED IN SEEING EQUALITY IN THE OHIO
00:05:13CONSTITUTION.
00:05:16SO THIS IDEA THAT STHR A CONCERN THAT THERE
00:05:21ISN'T UNIT BEHIND THIS, THAT NOT ENOUGH GAY
00:05:22RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ARE INVOLVED IN THIS, IS THAT
00:05:23AN ISSUE?
00:05:26>> I THINK AS WE GO FORWARD THAT MORE PEOPLE
00:05:29WILL LEARN ABOUT WHAT THE ISSUE IS ABOUT.
00:05:30MAYBE THERE HAS BEEN SOME MISCOMMUNICATION.
00:05:32AS WE GO FORWARD, MAYBE MORE PEOPLE WILL
00:05:33UNDERSTAND WHAT IS AT STAKE HERE AND HOW THE
00:05:37ROAD FORWARD CAN LEAD TO A WINNING ISSUE IN 2013
00:05:41OR AT THE EARLYEST.
00:05:45>> A BALLOT WOULD ASK VOTERS TO REPEAL A
00:05:472004 AMENDMENT THAT SAYS OHIO RECOGNIZES ONLY A
00:05:50MARRIAGE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.
00:05:53SUPPORTERS MUST COLLECT ABOUT 385,000 VALID
00:05:56VOTER SIGNATURES FOR THE ISSUE TO APPEAR ON THE
00:05:57BALLOT.
00:05:59>> TWO BIG ELECTIONS HAVE SHAKEN UP THE
00:06:01STATE'S TWO MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES.
00:06:03IN THE END ONE CHAIRMAN STAYS IN OFFICE, AND
00:06:05ANOTHER IS OUT.
00:06:08CHRIS REDFERN SURVIVED A CHALLENGE TO HIS
00:06:09CHAIRMANSHIP WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE OHIO
00:06:12DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING.
00:06:15LORAIN COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR ANTHONY
00:06:18GIARDINI HAD LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN TO UNSEAT
00:06:19REDFERN AND CLAIMED THE BACKING OF SEVERAL TRADE
00:06:22UNIONS AND FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE JENNIFER
00:06:24BRUNNER.
00:06:26BUT REDFERN HAD THE SUPPORT OF SOME OF THE
00:06:28BIGGEST UNIONS IN THE STATE, AND FROM
00:06:29HIGH-PROFILE DEMOCRATS SUCH AS U.S.
00:06:31SENATOR SHERROD BROWN.
00:06:37
00:06:43
00:06:48THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS WHETHER THERE WERE
00:06:50OUTSIDE FORCES AT WORNING IN THIS CONTEST.
00:06:54GIARDINI WAS BACKED BY ATTORNEY ENRICHED
00:06:58CORDRAY.
00:07:04
00:07:06WHEN ASKED ABOUT CORDRAY'S ROLE IN THIS,
00:07:09JENNIFER BRUNNER SAID, THERE IS NO CAMPAIGN FOR
00:07:13RICHARD CORDRAY, BECAUSE HE'S HOLDING FEDERAL
00:07:15OFFICE.
00:07:17REDFERN HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF FEDERAL GOVERNOR
00:07:19TED STRICKLAND AND CONGRESSMAN TIM RYE YAP WHO
00:07:22SUPPORTED REDFERN IN THIS BATTLE AND HAS SAID HE
00:07:24WOULD BE INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR IF
00:07:25STRICKLAND DOESN'T.
00:07:27BUT REDFERN SAID THE 2014 GOVERNOR'S RACE
00:07:31WASN'T PART OF THIS FIGHT.
00:07:33>> THIS ELECTION FOR CHAIRMAN SHOULD BE
00:07:36ABOUT THIS NOVEMBER AND NOT 2014.
00:07:41BUT THE DAY AFTER WE RE-ELECT THE PRESIDENT AND
00:07:44THE VICE PRESIDENT, SENATOR BROWN, WE WILL GO TO
00:07:48WORK IN ENSURING A DEMOCRATIC IS ELECTED
00:07:51GOVERNOR.
00:07:57
00:08:00>> LAST WEEK KEVIN DEWINE ANNOUNCED HE WOULD
00:08:03RESIGN AFTER A NEW CHAIR WAS ELECTED ON APRIL 13.
00:08:07AS REPUBLICANS HEADED IN TO THAT VOTE, REDFERN
00:08:12BLASTED THE COMPARISON OF THE INTRA-PARTY
00:08:16CONFLICT WITH HARSH WORDS FOR GOVERNOR KASICH.
00:08:19>> HE LITERALLY DROVE THE BUS OVER THE
00:08:22REPUBLICAN PARTY BECAUSE HIS FRIEND TOLD HIM TO
00:08:26DO IT.
00:08:27MAKE NO MISTAKE, FRIENDS, THE INTERPARTY FUTH
00:08:31FEUD HAD EVERYTHING TO DO WITH MONEY AND ACCESS
00:08:37
00:08:37TO IT AND THOSE LOBBYISTS THAT CONTROL STATE
00:08:40GOVERNMENT FOR JOHN KASICH TOOK THEIR POUND OF
00:08:43FLESH OUT OF KEVIN DEWINE.
00:08:49THE PERSON SELECTED WILL BE SELECTED BY THE
00:08:51HAND-PICKED, AND IN THIS CASE, GENTLEMAN OF JOHN
00:08:54KASICH AND THE REST OF THE LOBBYISTS THAT HAVE
00:09:00BEEN HAVING FULL ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT.
00:09:03THE DIFFERENCE RVINGS AS YOU HEARD TONIGHT, AND
00:09:05PERHAPS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS
00:09:07ARE MORE TO DO WITH STRATEGY AND PHILOSOPHY.
00:09:09IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MONEY OR ACCESS TO
00:09:11POWER ON OUR SIDE.
00:09:13HUGE DIFFERENCE.
00:09:15>> DEWINE STEPPED DOWN AFTER ANNOUNCING HE
00:09:17WOULD NOT RUN FOR RE-ELECTION AT THE END OF THE
00:09:18YEAR.
00:09:20BUT KASICH SUPPORTERS WANT HIM TO LEAVE SOONER
00:09:21THAN THAT, SAYING IT IS NECESSARY FOR PARTY UNIT
00:09:24GOING INTO THE FALL CAMPAIGN.
00:09:27BOB BENNETT WILL TAKE OVER FOR DEWINE.
00:09:30HE SERVED FOR 20 YEARS AND IS CREDITED WITH
00:09:32KEEPING REPUBLICANS IN CONTROL IN STATE
00:09:35GOVERNMENT FOR MUCH OF THAT TIME.
00:09:38>> OHIO'S WELFARE ROLLS HAVE DROPPED 18%
00:09:40OFFER THE PAST TWO YEARS, IN PART BECAUSE THE
00:09:42STATE HAS BEEN KICKING PEOPLE OFF THE ROLLS FOR
00:09:45NOT MEETING FEDERAL WELFARE REFORM REQUIREMENTS
00:09:51
00:09:51WORKING OR IN JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR AT LEAST
00:09:5430 HOURS A WEEK.
00:09:56FOR SEVERAL YEARS, ONLY AROUND 1-4 OHIOIANS
00:09:58WERE COMPLETING THEIR WORK REQUIREMENTS.
00:10:02LAST YEAR OHIO WAS SLAPPED WITH THE HIGHEST
00:10:04FEDERAL FINES IN THE NATION AND COULD LOSE 130
00:10:08MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FUNDING BY THE END OF
00:10:10SEPTEMBER.
00:10:11LAST WEEK I SAD SAT DAWN WITH A PANEL OF FOUR
00:10:13LEADERS ON THIS ISSUE.
00:10:19MICHAEL COLBERT, DIRECTOR OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF
00:10:22JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES.
00:10:24JOEL POTTS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE JOB AND
00:10:26FAMILY SERVICES DIRECTORS' ASSOCIATION, WORKING
00:10:28WITH COUNTY OFFICES AROUND THE STATE.
00:10:30PHIL COLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OHIO
00:10:32ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES.
00:10:38AND JACK FRECH, DIRECTOR OF THE ATHENS COUNTY
00:10:41DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES, WHO
00:10:43JOINED OUR CONVERSATION IN ATHENS.
00:10:46HERE'S THE SECOND HALF OF OUR DISCUSSION WHERE
00:10:49I ASKED THE PANELISTS ABOUT THE STRUGGLE IN
00:10:50CUTTING OFF PEOPLE FROM CASH ASSISTANCE FOR NOT
00:10:53FULFILLING THEIR WORK REQUIREMENTS WHEN IN SOME
00:10:55PARTS OF THE STATE THERE ARE NO JOBS TO BE FOUND.
00:10:59>> THAT'S WHY IN PLACES WHERE THERE ARE NO
00:11:01JOBS TO BE FOUND, WE HAVE JOB EDUCATION,
00:11:07
00:11:08COMMUNITY SERVICE.
00:11:10WE REALIZE EVERYONE IS NOT GOING TO LEAVE CASH
00:11:12ASSISTANCE AND IMMEDIATELY GO INTO A JOB.
00:11:14WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
00:11:16QUITE FRANKLY, TO SOME DEGREE, THERE NEEDS TO
00:11:18BE SOME JOB READINESS SKILLS.
00:11:20SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE OTHER SERVICES
00:11:22AN INDIVIDUAL CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF VERSUS GOING
00:11:26INTO THE JOB MARKET.
00:11:28>> JACK, LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THIS IDEA OF
00:11:32PAST AND SELF-RELIANCE?
00:11:34>> WE HAVE ALWAYS -- ALWAYS -- IN OUR AGENCY
00:11:37WORKED TO HELP PEOPLE FIND JOBS, TO HELP PEOPLE
00:11:41GET EDUCATION.
00:11:42TO HELP PEOPLE GET THE JOB TRAINING THEY NEED.
00:11:43WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WE HAVE SENT TO
00:11:46COLLEGE.
00:11:50EVERY YEAR WE PLACED 500 OR 600 PEOPLE IN JOBS.
00:11:51THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN GOING ON.
00:11:53WE ALWAYS WORK AT THAT.
00:11:54THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE PERSONAL CHALLENGES
00:11:55THESE FOLKS FACE WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
00:11:58MONEY TO PAY RENT AND THEY HAVE TO DOUBLE UP AND
00:12:00TRIPLE UP IN HOUSING, WHEN THEY CAN'T KEEP A CAR
00:12:03ON THE ROAD, WHEN THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF HEALTH
00:12:08ISSUES.
00:12:10WE WERE TOTALLY OVERLOOKING THE FACT THAT ONE
00:12:11OF THE GOALS OF WELFARE REFORM WAS TO KEEP
00:12:14FAMILIES TOGETHER, BUT HALF OF THE CASE LOADS OF
00:12:16ALL THE KIDS ON WELFARE IN OHIO LIVE WITH THEIR
00:12:18GRANDPARENTS RATHER THAN THEIR REGULAR PARENTS.
00:12:21THE GOALS OF WELFARE REFORM WERE NOT JUST ABOUT
00:12:23FINDING PEOPLE JOBS, THEY WERE ABOUT KEEPING
00:12:26FAMILIES TOGETHER, WHICH WE'RE FAILING AT
00:12:28MISMISABLY -- MISERAB MR.
00:12:30Y.
00:12:32ALMOST EVERY GOAL TO SET UP WELFARE REFORM HAS
00:12:37BEEN A TOTAL FAILURE.
00:12:41WE HAVE FROZEN THE FUNDING FOR THE WELFARE
00:12:43BLOCK GRANT FOR 15 YEARS AT THE SAME LEVEL.
00:12:46NOW WHEN THIS ISN'T SUFFICIENT TO HELP THESE
00:12:48PEOPLE FIND JOBS, WE'RE JUST THROWING THEM OFF.
00:12:50IN THE LAST YEAR ALONE, WE HAVE THROWN 32,000
00:12:52CHILDREN OFF PU PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
00:12:54THOSE KIDS ARE LIVING OUT THERE WITH FOOD
00:12:58STAMPS AND NO CASH INCOME WHATSOEVER.
00:13:02THAT'S JUST CRUEL AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
00:13:03>> AS FAR AS EXTENDING WELFARE REFORM FROM
00:13:05THREE YEARS TO FIVE YEARS?
00:13:07HOW WOULD THAT HELP?
00:13:08WOULDN'T THAT MAKE THIS WORSE?
00:13:13>> NO.
00:13:14IT WOULDN'T.
00:13:16THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THAT A LOT OF THESE FOLKS,
00:13:18NOT EVERYBODY IS EMPLOYABLE OR FULLY DISABLED.
00:13:22WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE IN THERE WITH MAJOR
00:13:25HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT CAN'T GET DISABILITY, WHICH
00:13:28BY THE WAY TAKES YOU NEARLY TWO YEARS TO GET
00:13:31APPROVED FOR SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY.
00:13:33BUT MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALL KINDS OF ONGOING
00:13:34HEALTH PROBLEMS, AND IT IS NOT AS THOUGH THESE
00:13:38FOLKS ARE -- A LOT OF THESE FOLKS ARE ON AND OFF
00:13:44WITH JOBS TRARLE.
00:13:45THEY COME BACK ON FOR ANOTHER PERIOD OF
00:13:47UNEMPLOYMENT.
00:13:51THIS GOES ON AND ON.
00:13:55THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN AROUND 30 YEARS.
00:13:57A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR 36
00:13:58MONTHS OVER A PERIOD OF A NUMBER OF YEARS AND
00:14:00HAVE BEEN WORKING OFF AND ON.
00:14:02WHEN THE TIME COMES ON AND THEY ARE OFF, THEY
00:14:04STILL HAVE NO CASH ASSISTANCE WHATSOEVER.
00:14:06IT IS NOT AS THOUGH THESE FOLKS ARE SITTING OUT
00:14:08THERE LAZY AND THEY DON'T CARE ENOUGH TO GET OUT
00:14:09THERE AND LOOK FOR A JOB.
00:14:11THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE.
00:14:14>> NOBODY HAS INDICATED OR INSINUATED THAT
00:14:15IN ANYWAY.
00:14:17>> YOU SAYING IT IS A PERSONAL CHOICE
00:14:19SUGGESTS THAT.
00:14:21>> WHEN YOU MAKE A STATEMENT LIKE 32,000
00:14:23HAVE BEEN THROWN OFF THE ROLLS.
00:14:25NOT ONE OF THOSE KIDS WAS THROWN OFF THE ROLLS
00:14:26BY GOVERNMENT.
00:14:28ALL OF THOSE WERE PARENTS WHO WERE GIVEN
00:14:30ASSIGNMENTS AND FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER DID
00:14:32NOT COMPLY WITH THE ASSIGNMENT.
00:14:33IF THEY WANT OR NEED THE ASSISTANCE, THEY
00:14:35SIMPLY NEED TO COME AND COMPLY.
00:14:38>> YOU MAKE IT SOUND EASY.
00:14:41>> IT IS VERY DIFFICULT.
00:14:44THE ISSUE ITSELF IS VERY SIMPLE.
00:14:46IT IS NOT AN OPTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE
00:14:48TO WORK TO GET CASH ASSISTANCE IN THIS OR ANY
00:14:50OTHER STATE.
00:14:52IT IS NOT AN OPTION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE ASSIGN
00:14:53THEM.
00:14:55WE MUST DO THAT.
00:14:56AND THESE THINGS ARE VERY COMPLICATED.
00:14:58AS WE GET INTO THESE ISSUES, THE ISSUES OF
00:15:01POVERTY COME INTO PLAY.
00:15:03WHERE DO YOU WANT TO INVEST THOSE DOLLARS?
00:15:07WHEN YOU GET TO THE ISSUE OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE,
00:15:10CASH ASSISTANCE, WELFARE BENEFITS, IT IS VERY
00:15:11STRAIGHT FORWARD.
00:15:14AND YEAH, THERE ARE PARTS OF THE STATE THAT DO
00:15:17NOT HAVE GOOD PAYING JOBS.
00:15:20WE HAVE TO MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THAT.
00:15:22WE DON'T HAVE THE OPTION OF TELLING THE FEDS,
00:15:24SORRY.
00:15:25THE FACT WE ARE FACING -- YOU STARTED THIS OUT
00:15:27WITH $132 MILLION SANCTION.
00:15:30IF THAT SANCTION COMES, IT WOULD AFFECT EVERY
00:15:33PROGRAM IN THE STATE.
00:15:37IT WOULD AFFECT OUR CITIES AND COUNTIES, IT
00:15:41WOULD AFFECT TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, AND ANY OF
00:15:43THE OTHER ANS LARRY PROGRAMS WE ARE PROVIDING --
00:15:46PROVIDING, AND THE FAMILIES RELYING ON CASUAL
00:15:47ASSISTANCE.
00:15:49>> YOU WORK WITH THESE FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE
00:15:53LINE, AND THIS IDEA OF IT BEING A PERSONAL
00:15:55CHOICE.
00:15:59THE IDEA OF MOVING SOMEWHERE A JOB MIGHT BE
00:16:02BETTER AVAILABLE, THE IDEA OF MAKING DIFFERENT
00:16:04CHOICES.
00:16:07WHAT CAN YOU SAY TO ALL THAT?
00:16:12>> TELL THEM TO MOVE TO COLUMBUS WHERE THERE
00:16:13ARE JOBS OR SOMETHING.
00:16:17IN OTHER WORDS, FORGET ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT
00:16:18COSTS MONEY TO MOVE.
00:16:20HAVE YOU TO HAVE MONEY TO MOVE, YOU GO
00:16:22SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU NO ONE DON'T KNOW ANYONE,
00:16:23YOU HAVE NO CONTACTS.
00:16:25HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FIND ONE THERE WHEN YOU
00:16:27CAN'T FIND ONE WHERE YOU HAVE CONTACTS?
00:16:30IF YOU WAY THE WAY STATISTICS IS FORMED OHIO,
00:16:34THERE IS NO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
00:16:35NO ONE USES IT.
00:16:41EVEN WHERE THEY HAVE IT, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH OF
00:16:43IT AND IT DOESN'T GO TO PLACES WHERE THERE ARE
00:16:45JOBS.
00:16:47FEWER THAN 7% OF THE WORKING POPULATION -- IN
00:16:49CUYAHOGA COUNTY USE A BUS.
00:16:54IF YOU WANT A JOB, ARE YOU PROBABLY LIVING IN
00:16:55THE SUBURBS.
00:16:58>> PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAM KNOW THE RULES AND
00:17:03THEY KNOW THAT THEY BELIEVE THE RULES, YET THEY
00:17:04DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES.
00:17:06>> PEOPLE THAT COME INTO THE PROGRAM DON'T
00:17:07NECESSARILY KNOW THE RULES UNTIL THEY GET THERE.
00:17:09>> THEY LEARN THE RURELS AT SOME POINT.
00:17:11>> THEY GO BY THE RULES JUST LIKE OUR COUNTY
00:17:14DIRECTORS OF PUBLIC SERVICES GO BY THE RULES.
00:17:19AND THAT'S ONE OF THE FRUSTRATING THINGS.
00:17:20THE RULES DON'T WORK.
00:17:22THE RULES DON'T WORK FOR US.
00:17:27>> ARE YOU CONFIDENT WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE
00:17:29OPERATING NOW WITH THIS THREE-YEAR TIME LIMIT.
00:17:35
00:17:39>> KEEP IN MIND, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS
00:17:45
00:17:46SAYING, 50% OF THE PEOPLE YOU HAVE HAVE TO BE IN
00:17:49A WORK ACTIVITY.
00:17:54ALSO KEEP IN MIND, 64% OF THE PEOPLE THAT LEAVE
00:17:57THIS PROGRAM, THEY DON'T GET KICKED OFF, THEY
00:17:59LEAVE FOR A NUMBER OF OTHER REASONS BEYOND
00:18:01SANCTIONS.
00:18:04THE THOUGHT WE ARE KICKING PEOPLE OFF WELFARE
00:18:06IS NOT THERE.
00:18:07WHAT WE ARE ASKING IS, IF YOU ARE ON THIS
00:18:09PROGRAM, DO SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BETTER
00:18:11YOU IN LIFE.
00:18:12DO SOMETHING TO TRAIN YOU OR PREPARE YOU FOR
00:18:14THE JOB MARKET.
00:18:16>> JACK, ONE FINAL WORD HERE.
00:18:17REAL QUICK.
00:18:21>> WE ARE NOW SPENDING $7 MILLION A MONTH
00:18:27
00:18:29
00:18:30LESS ON CASH ASSISTANCE THAN WE WERE SPENDING A
00:18:32YEAR AGO.
00:18:34THAT'S OVER $80 MILLION A YEAR WE ARE NOT
00:18:36PUTTING IN THE POCKETS OF THE POOR PEOPLE.
00:18:38THAT ESSENTIALLY IS THE TAX WE HAVE 11:00IED ON
00:18:41THEM AS A PENALTY FOR THIS PROGRAM NOT WORKING.
00:18:44THAT'S OUT OF OUR FEAR WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND
00:18:47$130 MILLION OF G.R.S.
00:18:50MONEY, IT IS PERFECTLY FINE WITH US TO TAX THE
00:18:52POOREST PEOPLE IN THE STATE.
00:18:56>> AND NOW ON TO A LIGHTER SUBJECT.
00:18:58THIS YEAR IT DEFINITELY HAS A HARD AND HEAVY
00:19:00TONE.
00:19:02THE ROCK 'N' ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION RS
00:19:03BACK IN CLEVELAND.
00:19:05THIS YEAR THE INDUCTEES ARE THE RED HOT CHILI
00:19:06PEPPERS, THE BEASTIE BOYS, THE SMALL
00:19:09FACES/FACES, WHICH INCLUDES ROD STEWART AND
00:19:12RONNIE WOOD, AND GUNS N' ROSES.
00:19:14AND DONVAN SINGER SONG WRITER LAURA NYRO, SMOKY
00:19:17ROBINSON'S GROUP THE MIRACLES, BUDDY HOLLY'S
00:19:20BAND THE CRITIC ETC.
00:19:21BILL HALEY'S BAND, THE COM ETS, AND JAMES
00:19:24BROWN'S BACK-UP GROUP THE FAMOUS FLAMES ALONG
00:19:26WITH THE 50'S VOCAL GROUP THE MIDNIGHTERS AND
00:19:29EARLY ROCK 'N' ROLLERS THE BLUE CAPS.
00:19:35
00:19:41
00:19:46WHY IS THE FIRST TIME FOR THREE YEARS?
00:19:52
00:19:58
00:19:59WHY ISN'T IT HERE EVERY YEAR?
00:20:01I KNOW THIS IS A QUESTION A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK
00:20:02EVERY YEAR.
00:20:04>> YES, THERE IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
00:20:08ROCK HALL OF FAME AND MANY -- >> I WAS
00:20:14
00:20:16LIVING IN CLEVELAND AND ONE OF THE FIRST ROCK 'N'
00:20:19ROLL HALL OF FAME AINDUCKS WAS A BIG DEAL.
00:20:21IS IT STILL A BIG DEAL?
00:20:22>> IT IS A BIG EXSIME.
00:20:26THERE ARE MULTIPLE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING
00:20:27ON SINCE APRIL 5, SO THE APRIL 14 SHOW IS A
00:20:30CULMINATION OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
00:20:32THERE IS A MOON DOG SHOW TO MARK THE 50'S
00:20:38ANNIVERSARY OF THE HISTORIC CONCERTS THAT
00:20:43CREATED THE ROCK 'N' ROLL HALL OF FAME FOR
00:20:45ARTISTS LIKE ELVIS AND BUDDY HOLLY.
00:20:51
00:20:52>> SOME WAS ASKING ABOUT THE MOON DOG CORE
00:20:55NATION BALL.
00:20:59>> WITH THAT -- WITH BANDS LIKE THE RED HOT
00:21:01CHILI PEPPERS, BEASTIE BOYS, I SUPPOSE THE JAM
00:21:06SESSION WOULD BE INSANE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE
00:21:08ACTION IS ALREADY STARTED.
00:21:10BECAUSE NOW AXEL ROSE, THE LEAD SINGER OF GUNS
00:21:12N' ROSES SAID HE DOESN'T WANT TO SHOW UP.
00:21:18
00:21:18>> HE SENT A 1,054 LETTER TO THE ROCK 'N'
00:21:22ROLL HALL OF FAME AND THERE WAS A ONE-LETTER
00:21:28
00:21:29RESPONSE, AND WE'RE GOING TO INDUCT YOU.
00:21:31AXEL IS FROM INDIANA.
00:21:34WHAT CAN WE SAY.
00:21:37>> NOT ONLY THOSE FOLKS, BUT EVERY YEAR YOU
00:21:41HAVE PEOPLE INDUCTED AS THE INFLUENCE WHO
00:21:44INDUCTED.
00:21:46YOU LOOK DOWN THE LIST -- BUDDY HOLLY'S BAND,
00:21:49IF -- IT IS LIKE A BABY BOOMER NOSTALGIA TRIP,
00:21:51SO TO SPEAK.
00:21:56>> IT IS A MIX.
00:21:58YOU HAVE AN INTERGENERATIONAL MIX GOING ON, SO
00:22:00TO SPEAK.
00:22:05YOU ALSO HAVE THE GEN-XER'S TAKING FRONT AND
00:22:08CENTER STAGE WITH THE BEASTIE BOYS.
00:22:13OF COURSE GUNS N REEZE ROWSES AND CHRIS ROCK IS
00:22:15GOING TO INDUCT THE CHILI PEPPERS.
00:22:20THAT SHOULD BE A VERY INTERESTING OPENING
00:22:23SPEECH BY CHRIS ROCK FOR THE CHILI PEPPERS.
00:22:27SO IT SHOULD BE INTERESTING FOR GEN XERS.
00:22:33
00:22:36SO IT IS ALL GOOD.
00:22:37THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER.
00:22:38IT IS AN INTERGENERATIONAL MIX.
00:22:40YOU GET THE BEST OF EVERY GENERATION.
00:22:42>> AND IT SHOWS THE BREADTH THAT ROCK 'N'
00:22:45ROLL REALLY HAS.
00:22:47IT IS DU-OP, RAP, HIP-HOP, R & B.
00:22:53
00:22:54IT REALLY DUDS SHOW THERE IS MORE THAN ONE OR
00:22:56TWO GENRES HERE.
00:22:58>> AND I THINK OHIO CAN BE PROUD.
00:23:00THE GOVERNOR IS ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT BEING
00:23:03COOL, OR OHIOIANS GRASPING OR CLAIMING THEIR
00:23:06COOLNESS.
00:23:09CLEVELAND CAN LEGITIMATELY BE ONE OF THE
00:23:11VANGUARD CITIES OF ROCK.
00:23:17
00:23:18THE FIRST CROSS-OVER ROCK AUDIENCE GREW TO A
00:23:23SIZE THAT COULD NOT BE IGNORED IN CLEVELAND.
00:23:27SO CLEVELAND IS ROCK 'N' ROLL CITY, AND WHAT'S
00:23:30COOLER THAN ROCK?
00:23:33>> I REMEMBER THE GOVERNOR OPENING THE ROCK
00:23:36'N' ROLL HALL OF FAME.
00:23:38>> I WAS ACTUALLY THERE IN 1995.
00:23:40THAT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT.
00:23:43>> WE HAVE A CURRENT GOVERNOR, GOVERNOR
00:23:46KASICH TALKING ABOUT OHIO AND TRYING TO ATTRACT
00:23:47PEOPLE TO OHIO BECAUSE IT IS COOL.
00:23:49THIS IS A COOL THING FOR CLEVELAND.
00:23:50>> IT DEFINITELY IS.
00:23:52IT NOT ONLY IS A GREAT PARTY, IT BRINGS A LOT
00:23:54OF ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO CLEVELAND ALSO.
00:23:57WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT -- I THINK IN 2009 I
00:24:01TALKED TO SOME OF THE GOOD PEOPLE AT THE ROCK
00:24:02'N' ROLL HALL OF FAME AND THEY WERE TALKING
00:24:04ABOUT BRINGING $12 MILLION IN BACK IN 2009 WHEN
00:24:08YOU HAD AN OHIOIAN BOBBY WOMACK INDUCTED INTO
00:24:10THE ROCK 'N' ROLL HALL OF FAME, AND THIS YEAR
00:24:13THEY ARE EXPECTED TO GO UP TO $15 MILLION OR $16
00:24:15MILLION.
00:24:16THAT'S A BENEFIT BECAUSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL
00:24:19MEDIA.
00:24:21IT DRAWS MEDIA FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
00:24:23THAT'S A CHANCE FOR CLEVELAND TO SHINE.
00:24:25NOT ONLY THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WORLD, BUT
00:24:29IN SEVERAL WORLD CAPITALS.
00:24:31IT IS A GREAT THING FOR CLEVELAND.
00:24:33GENTLEMAN WHAT DO YOU -- >> WHAT DO YOU
00:24:34GET TO DO?
00:24:40
00:24:40>> YOU HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE ARTISTS.
00:24:41YOU ARE NOT JUST OBSERVING.
00:24:45>> THE MEDIA ROOM, THEY COME OUT AFTER THEY
00:24:51
00:24:51ARE INDUCTED AND THEY WILL BASICALLY COME IN
00:24:55FRONT OF THE MEDIA AND ALLOW THE MEDIA TO ASK
00:24:56THEM QUESTIONS.
00:24:57A GREAT THING I WAS ABLE TO DO IS ASK JEFF BECK
00:25:00ABOUT THE EARLY FLENS INFLUENCES, AND HE SAID HE
00:25:02LOVED CHARLES MINGUEZ.
00:25:03>> THE COLUMBUS PUBLIC RADIO STATION.
00:25:04>> THE PUBLIC RADIO STATION.
00:25:07THE ROCK HALL IS NOT JUST CLEVELAND'S, IT IS
00:25:09ALL OF OHIO'S.
00:25:10THAT'S THE REASON WE TRAVEL UP THERE TO COVER
00:25:12IT.
00:25:13IT IS A GREAT EVENT FOR OHIO.
00:25:15IT HELPS RAISE THE COOLNESS QUOTIENT FOR OHIO.
00:25:18>> AND SINCE 2009 IT HAS HAD A LOT OF
00:25:22ECONOMIC TROUBLES.
00:25:23THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
00:25:24>> THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
00:25:26THEY KNOW HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT.
00:25:28I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT THIS WEEKEND.
00:25:30>> IF YOU HAVE ANY WORRIES THAT THERE WON'T
00:25:34BE THIS THREE-YEAR AGREEMENT OVER TIME?
00:25:37THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE TO COME BACK?
00:25:38A LOT OF PEOPLE I KNOW CLEVELAND HAS GONE CRAZY
00:25:40FOR THIS.
00:25:42THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK
00:25:44FORWARD TO.
00:25:45>> WELL, IF CLEVELAND HAD THEIR WAY IT WOULD
00:25:47BE THERE EVERY YEAR.
00:25:48BUT I THINK YOKO ONO AND OTHERS MIGHT HAVE
00:25:50SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT IT BEING IN NEW YORK
00:25:52CITY.
00:25:54>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:25:56AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
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