00:00:02OHIO" COMES FROM THE LAW OFFICES
OF PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS, AND
00:00:12ARTHUR LLP, HELPING BUSINESSES
AND INDIVIDUALS SOLVE COMPLEX
00:00:15LEGAL PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT OHIO,
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND AROUND
00:00:18THE WORLD.
ON THE WEB AT PORTERWRIGHT.COM.
00:00:21AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION -- REPRESENTING
00:00:26131,000 TEACHERS, SUPPORT
PROFESSIONALS AND HIGHER
00:00:29EDUCATION FACULTY WHO ARE
WORKING FOR GREAT PUBLIC
00:00:32SCHOOLS FOR EVERY CHILD.
ONLINE AT OHEA.ORG.
00:00:34ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR "THE
STATE OF OHIO" IS MADE POSSIBLE
00:00:39BY ETECH OHIO.
AND THE LUBRIZOL FOUNDATION.
00:00:40>> THE GOVERNOR ISSUES A RARE
REPRIEVE AND SIGNS A STACK OF
00:00:48BILLS.
THE STATE STARTS A NEW PROGRAM
00:00:51TO HELP MORE WOULD-BE MOMS WHO
ARE ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID GET
00:00:55THE TREATMENT THEY NEED.
AND MORE THAN TWO DOZEN MOVIES
00:00:58HAVE BEEN SHOT AT LEAST IN PART
IN OHIO IN RECENT YEARS,
00:01:01INCLUDING A BLOCKBUSTER THAT'S
BEEN A SUPER PERFORMER AT THE
00:01:04BOX OFFICE LATELY.
BACKERS OF THE STATE'S MOTION
00:01:07PICTURE TAX CREDIT SAY THAT
SHOWS IT'S WORKING, BUT ONE
00:01:10CRITIC STILL ISN'T CONVINCED.
ALL OF THIS WEEK IN "STATE OF
00:01:13OHIO."
THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL LAST-
00:01:19MINUTE DEVELOPMENT WITH WHAT MAY
BE THE STATE'S SECOND EXECUTION
00:01:22THIS YEAR.
WHAT ABOUT 15 HOURS BEFORE THE
00:01:26SCHEDULED EXECUTION ON WEDNESDAY
MORNING, GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH
00:01:28ISSUED A RARE TWO-WEEK REPRIEVE
TO TEMPORARILY STOP THE
00:01:33EXECUTION OF 53-YEAR OLD ABDUL
HON MEAN ALKYL -- HAMIN AWKAL
00:01:41WHO WAS SET TO DIE FOR KILLING
HIS ESTRANGED WIFE AND BROTHER
00:01:44IN LAW AND THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY
COURT HOUSE IN 1992.
00:01:47THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY JUDGE STUART
FRIEDMAN RULED THERE WAS
00:01:51EVIDENCE THAT AWKAL WASN'T
COMPETENT TO BE EXECUTED, BUT
00:01:55THAT DID NOT STOP THE EXECUTION.
IN HIS THREE-SENTENCE STATEMENT,
00:01:59THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WANTED
FRIEDMAN TO HAVE TIME TO WILL
00:02:01THE HEARING AND DECIDE.
THE NEW EXECUTION DATE IS JUNE
00:02:0420 AND FRIEDMAN SAYS HE'S GLAD
TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO CONSIDER
00:02:07AWKAL'S MENTAL COMPETENCY TEST
THE MAN'S LIFE IS AT STAKE.
00:02:11THE HEARING IS SET FOR NEXT
THURSDAY.
00:02:13GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH MAY NEED TO
ORDER SOME NEW PENS.
00:02:16THIS WEEK HE SIGNED 17 BILLS
INTO LAW, PUTTING HIS NAME ON
00:02:20SEVERAL LONG-AWAITED AND HIGH-
PROFILE BILLS.
00:02:22HE SIGNED THE WIDELY WATCHED BAN
ON NEW OWNERSHIP OF EXOTIC
00:02:26ANIMALS, WITH THE COLUMBUS ZOO'S
JACK HANNA ALONGSIDE.
00:02:30OPPONENTS OF THE LAW SAY THEY
FEEL THE BAN AND THE NEW
00:02:33PERMITTING SYSTEM IT CREATES FOR
EXISTING OWNERS IS
00:02:35UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
THE GOVERNOR ALSO SIGNED A LAW
00:02:38THAT PUTS IN PLACE RULES FOR
OHIO AS PART OF A MULTISTATE
00:02:42GREAT LAKES COMPACT.
THE LAW LIMITS MANUFACTURERS,
00:02:45FARMERS, AND OTHER BUSINESSES TO
DAILY WITHDRAWALS FROM LAKE ERIE
00:02:49TO 2.5 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER
AND FROM RIVERS AND STREAMS TO 1
00:02:54MILLION GALLONS, WHICH IS HALF
THE LIMITS THAT WERE IN THE BILL
00:02:56THAT KASICH VETOED LAST YEAR.
ENVIRONMENTALISTS SAY THE RULES
00:03:01DON'T GO FAR ENOUGH TO PROTECT
THE LAKE AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.
00:03:03THE ALSO SAY IT LIMITS WHO CAN
HAVE A SAY OVER THE WATER USE
00:03:07PERMITS.
THE GOVERNOR ALSO SIGNED BILLS
00:03:09TO CREATE NEW LICENSURE
REQUIREMENTS FOR GENETIC
00:03:12COUNSELORS, TO EXTEND JOB
CREATION TAX CREDITS TO HOME-
00:03:16BASED EMPLOYEES, MAKE CHANGES TO
HOW TOXIC WASTE BACKGROUND
00:03:20INVESTIGATIONS ARE CONDUCTED AND
DESIGNATE JUNE AS "OHIO WINES
00:03:24MONTH."
IN A FEW MINUTES WE'LL HAVE MORE
00:03:28ON ANOTHER MEASURE HE SIGNED,
EXPANDING A TAX CREDIT PROGRAM
00:03:32THAT'S GROWN VERY POPULAR BUT
ALSO HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF
00:03:34CRITICISM.
AND ODOT PANEL HAS VOTED TO MOVE
00:03:37UP MOST MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS THAT
WERE DELAYED BY SEVERAL YEARS.
00:03:40BUT OFFICIALS KNOW IT MIGHT NOT
BE ENOUGH TO SATISFY COMMUNITIES
00:03:44THAT ARE DEPENDING ON THOSE
PROJECTS TO GET DONE.
00:03:46COMMUNITIES AROUND THE STATE
WERE SHOCKED IN JANUARY WHEN THE
00:03:50TRANSPORTATION REVIEW ADVISORY
COUNCIL OR TRAC RELEASED A LIST
00:03:55OF MAJOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS THAT COULD BE DELAYED
00:03:57BY MONTHS OR EVEN DECADES,
THANKS TO A $1.6 BILLION DEFICIT
00:04:02IN ODOT'S CONSTRUCTION BUDGET.
SINCE THEN, THE AGENCY HAS BEEN
00:04:06TRIMMING STAFF, CHANGING
POLICIES, ASKING FOR COST
00:04:09SAVINGS ON PROJECTS AND TRYING
TO FIND NEW REVENUE FROM
00:04:13PRIVATIZATION OF REST AREAS AND
NAMING RIGHTS FOR BRIDGES TO
00:04:16PLUG -- AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE
TO PLUG THAT HUGE HOLE.
00:04:20ODOT'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GREG
MURPHY SAYS SO FAR THE CHANGES
00:04:23HAVE ADDED UP TO $200 MILLION TO
BE PUT IN ODOT'S CONSTRUCTIVE
00:04:29PROGRAM FOR NEXT YEAR AND $90
MILLION IN EACH OF THE NEXT FOUR
00:04:32YEARS.
>> IT ENABLES US TO MOVE TIER 1
00:04:36PRODUCT OF FROM CONSTRUCTION
ANYWHERE FROM ONE YEAR EARLIER
00:04:38TO SEVEN YEARS EARLIER.
BUT AS YOU WILL SEE, AS YOU
00:04:42LOOK, WE STILL HAVE A PROBLEM,
STILL HAVE A HUGE GAP.
00:04:46SOME PROJECTS ARE STILL DELAYED.
>> TIER 1 PROJECTS ARE THE BIG
00:04:51HIGHWAY DEMOLITIONS AND
REBUILDS, RELOCATIONS AND
00:04:55WIDENINGS, AND NEW INTERCHANGES
AND BYPASSES.
00:04:57MANY OF THESE, SUCH AS THE
INNERBELT BRIDGE PROJECT IN
00:05:00CLEVELAND, THE UPGRADE OF I 75
IN DAYTON AND CINCINNATI, AND
00:05:05THE WORK ON I 70 AND I 71 AND I
270 AROUND 315 AND ROUTE 23 IN
00:05:11COLUMBUS ARE HUGE MULTI-YEAR
PROJECTS.
00:05:12IN JANUARY DRAFT LIST, SOME
PROJECTS WERE PUSHED BACK UNTIL
00:05:172036.
THE TOLL OF 35 PROJECTS WERE
00:05:20APPROVED FOR FUNDING THIS WEEK.
FOR A FULL LIST OF PROJECTS AN
00:05:25ESTIMATED FUNDING DATES, CHECK
DATESDOT.STATE.OH.US/TRAC.
00:05:33WITH SO MANY HIGH-PROFILE
PROJECTS WILL BE LAID IN MAY, IT
00:05:37-- AS A SURPRISE THAT ODOT WILL
START ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR
00:05:40NEW PROJECTS NEXT MONTH, BUT THE
DIRECTOR JERRY WAY -- RAY SAYS
00:05:46HE IS GOING TO WANT TO SEE IDEAS
FOR FUNDING THOSE PROJECTS FROM
00:05:49THEIR BACKERS.
WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THE STATE
00:05:50OF ODOT AND ITS FUTURE NEXT
WEEK.
00:05:52THE OHIO SUPREME COURT DEALT A
BLOW TO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS
00:05:56THIS WEEK, WHEN THEY ARE NOT
ALLOWED TO KEEP CHARTER SCHOOLS
00:05:58FROM BUYING THEIR OLD PROPERTY
AND USING IT FOR CLASSES.
00:06:01THE CASE COMES FROM THE
CINCINNATI SCHOOL DISTRICT'S
00:06:04AUCTION OF A VACANT BUILDING
THREE YEARS AGO.
00:06:06THE DISTRICT STIPULATED THAT IT
COULD NOT BE USED AS ANY TYPE OF
00:06:10EDUCATIONAL FACILITY.
TWO PEOPLE MADE THE WINNING BID
00:06:14AND LATER SET UP A CHARTER
SCHOOL IN THE BUILDING.
00:06:16THE DISTRICT SUED.
BY A VOTE OF 6-1 BUDGET --
00:06:20JUSTICES SAY THAT PROVISION IS
NOT ILLEGAL BECAUSE OVERRIDING
00:06:23IT IS A STATE LAW THAT REQUIRES
SCHOOLS TO GIVE THE RIGHT OF
00:06:27FIRST REFUSAL TO CHARTER OR
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.
00:06:29THE JUSTICES SAY THE DEED
RESTRICTION IS, QUOTING HERE,
00:06:35"UNENFORCEABLE BECAUSE SUCH A
RESTRICTION IS CONTRARY TO THE
00:06:38PUBLIC POLICY OF THE STATE IN
FAVOR OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS."
00:06:40ONE RACINO IS OPEN, AND ANOTHER
IS ON ITS WAY DOWN THE STRETCH.
00:06:45VIDEO LOTTERY TERMINALS OR
VLTS'S WILL BE COMING TO FIZZLE,
00:06:50RACETRACK SOUTHWEST OF CLEVELAND
DURING SCIOTO DOWNS SOUTH OF
00:06:54COLUMBUS WHICH OPENED TO
GAMBLING ON HORSES AND
00:06:57ELECTRONIC SLOTS LAST WEEK.
THISTLEDOWN IS OWNED BY ROCK
00:07:01OHIO CAESARS, THE DEVELOPERS AND
OPERATORS OF THE CLEVELAND
00:07:04HORSESHOE CASINO.
THEY WILL PAY A $50 MILLION
00:07:07LICENSING FEE AND THE DEAL
ALLOWS ROCK OHIO CAESARS THE
00:07:11CHANCE TO MOVE THE TRACK TO THE
AKRON AREA AS PART OF A COMBINED
00:07:14SLOTS AND RACETRACK FACILITY IN
THE FUTURE.
00:07:17A FORMER CHIEF OF OHIO'S RAIL
COMMISSION WAS ONE OF TWO PEOPLE
00:07:21KILLED IN A VOTING ACCIDENT IN
CANADA LAST WEEKEND -- BOEATING
00:07:28XO LAST WEEKEND.
JAMES SENEY OF SYLVANIA AND A
00:07:31FRIEND DIED AFTER THEIR BOAT
CREST INTO A ROCK WALL IN
00:07:34NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO NEAR THE
TOWN OF KENORA.
00:07:36HE WAS ALSO MEANT FORMER MAYOR
OF SYLVANIA AND WAS ALSO THE
00:07:41VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE LUCAS
COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY AND WAS
00:07:44EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OHIO
RAIL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
00:07:47FROM 2000-2006.
OHIO IS BREAKING DOWN A
00:07:50BUREAUCRATIC OBSTACLE TO LOW
INCOME AND PREGNANT WOMEN
00:07:53SEEKING MEDICAL CARE.
THE PROCESS TO DETERMINE
00:07:55MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY CAN TAKE 45
DAYS AND IF A PREGNANT WOMAN WHO
00:07:59HAS APPLIED FOR MEDICAID NEEDED
CARE DURING THAT TIME SHE MIGHT
00:08:01END UP AT AN EMERGENCY ROOM
WHERE THE CARE IS AT ITS MOST
00:08:04EXPENSIVE.
BUT WITH A NEW PILOT PROGRAM,
00:08:07PREGNANT WOMEN CAN GO THROUGH AN
INITIAL SCREENING PROCESS AND
00:08:10THEN WORK WITH PROVIDERS TO
COMPLETE THE FULL MEDICAID
00:08:14APPLICATION.
THIS SYSTEM, CALLED PRESUMPTIVE
00:08:16ELIGIBILITY, IS ALREADY IN PLACE
FOR KIDS IN OHIO AND THE STATE'S
00:08:20MEDICAID CHIEF JOHN MCCARTHY
SAYS IT WAS IMPORTANT TO EXPAND
00:08:23IT TO COVER PRACTICE -- EXPEND
IN MOTHERS.
00:08:27>> PRENATAL CARE IS SO IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT'S THAT PRENATAL CARE
00:08:30THAT HELPS US ENSURE THAT BABIES
ARE BORN OVER THE WHOLE
00:08:35GESTATION PERIOD, SO WE DON'T
HAVE PRAYED -- PREMATURE BABIES
00:08:39WHO END UP IN THE NICUS AND
CAUSE THE PROGRAM A LOT OF MONEY
00:08:45AND FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES
OFTEN THOSE CHILDREN HAVE LONG-
00:08:49TERM CHRONIC ILLNESSES.
SO, STUDY AFTER STUDY HAS SHOWN
00:08:52THE EARLIER WE CAN GET THOSE
MOTHER -- MOTHER'S PRENATAL CARE
00:08:55AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE MOTHERS,
THE BETTER HEALTH OPTIONS WE
00:08:59HAVE.
>> AND SANDY OXLEY OF THE
00:09:01ADVOCACY GROUP VOICES FOR OHIO'S
CHILDREN SAYS THE PROGRAM IS
00:09:04GOOD FOR MOMS, BABIES, AND FOR
PROVIDERS, WHO NOW DON'T HAVE TO
00:09:08WORRY ABOUT NOT GETTING PAID FOR
THEIR SERVICES.
00:09:10AND SHE SAYS IT'S GOOD FOR THE
STATE AS WELL.
00:09:13>> RESERVES SHOWS THAT KIDS WHO
HAVE HEALTH COVERAGE AND HEALTH
00:09:16INSURANCE ARE MORE LIKELY TO
OBTAIN PREVENTIVE CARE, SEE A
00:09:19DOCTOR MONDAY ARE SICK AND
PARTICIPATE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
00:09:23AND LIVE HEALTHIER, LONGER, MORE
PRODUCTIVE LIVES.
00:09:25OUR ENTIRE STATE WILL BENEFIT
FROM THIS POLICY.
00:09:28ANOTHER IMPORTANT CHANGE
ANNOUNCED TODAY IS THE ENTITIES
00:09:31THAT WILL BE ALLOWED TO
DETERMINE PRESUMPTIVE
00:09:34ELIGIBILITY UNDER THIS PILOT.
WE ALSO APPLAUD OHIO FOR THIS
00:09:38IMPORTANT CHANGE WHICH WILL
ALLOW EVEN MORE PREGNANT WOMEN
00:09:41TO ACCESS IMMEDIATE --
IMMEDIATELY THE CARE THAT THEY
00:09:46NEED.
>> DAVE BURKE IS VICE CHAIR OF
00:09:48THE SENATE'S HEALTH COMMITTEE.
HE AND HIS FELLOW REPUBLICANS
00:09:50HAVE STRONGLY PUSHED FOR
CUTBACKS IN STATE SPENDING.
00:09:53BUT BURKE, WHO OWNS A PHARMACY
IN MARYSVILLE, BACKS THIS CHANGE
00:09:57AND SAYS EVEN IF SOME PEOPLE WHO
ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID
00:10:00TRY TO GAME THE SYSTEM, THE
POSITIVES OUTWEIGH THE
00:10:02NEGATIVES.
>> THE FACT THAT THERE ARE
00:10:07PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO
MAYBE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO CARE,
00:10:11WHO MAY BE QUALIFIED FOR OUR
STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS, WE
00:10:15LOOK AT WHAT PRESUMPTIVE
ELIGIBILITY ACTUALLY IS, I CAN
00:10:18TELL YOU EVEN AS A CONSERVATIVE
REPUBLICAN, THAT IS A RISK I AM
00:10:22WILLING TO TAKE.
IF A WOMAN COMES INTO AN OFFICE
00:10:26OR AND HOSPITAL OR WHATEVER
HEALTH CARE FACILITY AND SHE
00:10:28SAYS SHE IS PREGNANT AND SHE
SAYS SHE CANNOT AFFORD SERVICES,
00:10:31I THINK THAT OF A RISK WORTH
TAKING.
00:10:33WE THINK ABOUT CHILDREN, WE
THINK ABOUT NORMAL DEVELOPMENT
00:10:38EARLY ON AND HOW CRITICAL THIS
DEVELOPMENT IS IN THE FIRST 60
00:10:42DAYS OF LIFE.
THAT IS A RISK I AM WILLING TO
00:10:45TAKE.
I THINK THAT OF A GOOD
00:10:47INVESTMENT FOR THE STATE, AND AT
LEAST PRODUCTIVE CHILDREN THEN
00:10:51GO TO SCHOOL AND ARE EDUCATED
AND BECOME PRODUCTIVE OHIOANS.
00:10:54THAT IS A RISK I AM WILLING TO
TAKE WHEN THAT PERSON COMES INTO
00:10:57THE OFFICE OR WHATEVER THE
HEALTH CARE SETTING.
00:11:00>> BUT MCCARTHY DOES NOT THINK
THERE WILL BE MANY CASES OF
00:11:02UNQUALIFIED WOMEN RECEIVING
CARE.
00:11:05>> IT IS NOT SIMPLY YOU SHOW UP
AND YOU AREN'T NEW.
00:11:08THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS YOU
WILL BE ASKED.
00:11:10WE THINK THE AIR RAID WOULD BE
SOMEWHERE 1% TO 3%.
00:11:14A FAIRLY SMALL NUMBER.
WE DO HAVE PRESUMPTIVE
00:11:18ELIGIBILITY AND OTHER PROGRAMS
AND IT HAS RUN ABOUT 1%.
00:11:21WE THINK SOMEWHERE IN THERE SO
WE ARE WILLING TO TAKE ON.
00:11:24>> THE PILOT PROGRAM IS SLATED
TO START NEXT WEEK AT
00:11:28NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
IN COLUMBUS, METROHEALTH SYSTEM
00:11:30IN CLEVELAND AND THE COMMUNITY
ACTION COMMITTEE OF PIKE CAN'T
00:11:34-- COUNTY.
OF THE 2.2 MILLION PEOPLE IN
00:11:37OHIO COVERED BY MEDICAID, 1.2
MILLION ARE KIDS AND AN
00:11:40ESTIMATED 30,000 ARE PREGNANT
WOMEN.
00:11:42IT HAS BEEN A BLOCKBUSTER FEW
WEEKS FOR OHIO MOVIE BUFFS.
00:11:46"THE AVENGERS," WHICH WAS SHOT
IN PART TO CLEVELAND, HAS BEEN
00:11:51RAKING IN MONEY.
AND GOVERNOR KASICH SIGNED A
00:11:54BILL THAT NOT ONLY EXTENDED THE
TAX CREDIT THE STATE OFFERS TO
00:11:57MOVIEMAKERS IN OHIO BUT DOUBLED
IT FROM $10 MILLION TO $20
00:12:02MILLION A YEAR.
OHIO IS ONE OF MANY STATES
00:12:04OFFERING A FILM TAX CREDIT BUT
ITS PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE
00:12:07SMALLER ONES.
MICHIGAN OFFERS $25 MILLION,
00:12:10PENNSYLVANIA PUTS UP $60 MILLION
AND THOSE LIMITS OF IT -- AND
00:12:14THERE'S NO LIMIT TO THE TAX
CREDIT FOR MOVIEMAKERS WHO SHOOT
00:12:17IN LOUISIANA.
THE BILL WAS SPONSORED BY
00:12:19REPUBLICANS BUT HAD BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT AND PASSED
00:12:23OVERWHELMINGLY IN THE HOUSE AND
SENATE.
00:12:24ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE
MOVEMENT TO PUSH THE MOTION
00:12:27PICTURE TAX CREDIT IS IVAN
SCHWARZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
00:12:30THE CLEVELAND FILM COMMISSION
WHICH HELPS TO CONNECT
00:12:32MOVIEMAKERS WITH THOSE WHO WORK
IN THE INDUSTRY IN NORTHEAST
00:12:35OHIO.
I TALKED TO SCHWARZ WITH THE
00:12:37HELP OF THE CREW OF WVIZ IN
CLEVELAND AND ASKED HIM WHY THE
00:12:42PROGRAM'S BACKERS WANT TO DOUBLE
THE TAX CREDIT.
00:12:44>> IF WE WANT TO DABBLE IN IT,
THEN WE WANT TO KEEP IT AROUND
00:12:48$10 MILLION.
BUT THE TRUTH IS, MY PLAN HAS
00:12:51ALWAYS BEEN TO BUILD AN
INDUSTRY, CREATE FULL-TIME JOBS
00:12:56IN THE NEXT TWO-THREE YEARS.
WE COULD CREATE 2000 TO 3000
00:13:01JOBS IN THAT SECTOR.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HAVING
00:13:04PEOPLE SPEND THEIR MONEY AND THE
STATE OF OHIO.
00:13:06THERE ARE 37 OTHER STATES THAT
HAVE INCENTIVES AND IN ORDER TO
00:13:10BE COMPETITIVE AND TO COMPETE WE
NEED TO DOUBLE THE INCENTIVE.
00:13:14BUT, WE REALLY -- THE GOAL IS TO
BUILD A FULL TIME INDUSTRY THAT
00:13:20IS NOT JUST SEASONAL, NOT JUST
SOMETHING WE WILL TALK ABOUT IN
00:13:23THE SUMMERTIME, BUT SOMETHING WE
WILL TALK ABOUT 365 DAYS A YEAR.
00:13:27>> LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THAT.
00:13:30A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A
PERCEPTION THE MOVIE INDUSTRY
00:13:34AND ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS IS A
LITTLE FLUFFY, THAT IF YOU WANT
00:13:36TO GROW AND INDUSTRY, GROW
MANUFACTURING OR TECHNOLOGY.
00:13:40WHY DO WE WANT TO GROW THE FILM
INDUSTRY IN OHIO?
00:13:44>> BECAUSE IT IS MANUFACTURING
AND IT IS TECHNOLOGY AT ITS
00:13:47PUREST.
I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS
00:13:50PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE
INDUSTRY IS IT DOES NOT HAVE
00:13:53NECESSARILY, AT LEAST IN OHIO AT
THIS POINT, A PERMANENT BRICKS
00:13:58AND MORTAR SETTING.
BUT THE GOAL IS TO CREATE THE
00:14:01BRICKS AND MORTAR, TO CREATE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE, HAVE THOSE
00:14:04COMPANIES THAT SERVICE THE
PRODUCTION RELOCATE TO OHIO TO
00:14:07START UP BUSINESSES.
AND ALSO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS
00:14:11IS TO TAP INTO THE MEDIA AND
TECHNOLOGY ASPECT OF THIS.
00:14:14THERE IS NO REASON WE CANNOT BE
DEVELOPING THE SOFTWARE USED IN
00:14:19FILM AND OTHER MEDIA AND DO IT
HERE IN OHIO.
00:14:24THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE ARE
TRYING TO DO.
00:14:28THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE AN
INDUSTRY HERE, WHICH IS TO HAVE
00:14:31ALL THAT GOING THE SAME TIME.
>> ONLY A FEW LAWMAKERS VOTED
00:14:37AGAINST IT, BUT SOME WHO DID
SAID WITH ALL THE BUDGET CUTS
00:14:40TAKEN BY SCHOOLS AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS, THEY FELT LIKE THEY
00:14:42COULD NOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE
SUPPORT THE FILM TAX CREDIT EVEN
00:14:46THOUGH MANY OF THEM HAD
SUPPORTED IT THE FIRST TIME
00:14:48AROUND.
IS THE FILM TAX CREDIT A LUXURY?
00:14:51>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
IT IS CREATING JOBS FOR THE
00:14:55STATE OF OHIO.
WE NEED JOBS.
00:14:57WE NEED INDUSTRY THAT CATERS TO
YOUNG PEOPLE AND WE NEED TO KEEP
00:15:01YOUNG PEOPLE ENGAGED IN OUR
COMMUNITIES.
00:15:03THEY ARE THE FUTURE.
THE AVERAGE AGE IN NORTHEAST
00:15:06OHIO IS 40 YEARS OLD.
WE NEED TO CREATE INDUSTRIES
00:15:10THAT ATTRACT YOUNG PEOPLE TO OUR
COMMUNITIES.
00:15:13SO, I DON'T THINK IT IS A LUXURY
AT ALL.
00:15:14IT IS A NECESSITY.
>> THE FILM TAX CREDIT -- WE
00:15:19TEND TO THINK OF MOVIES BUT
DOESN'T COVER TELEVISION
00:15:22PRODUCTION, SCRIPTED TELEVISION
OR REALITY TELEVISION OR
00:15:24ANYTHING BEYOND JUST WILL WE SEE
IN A MOVIE THEATER?
00:15:26>> WANTS FESTIVAL IN THE CREDIT
WILL HELP US DO IS HELP US GO
00:15:32AFTER A TV.
WHAT IS NICE ABOUT TELEVISION
00:15:36IS THE JOB IS A LOT LONGER THAN
ON A FEATURE.
00:15:39A FEATURE FILM, YOU MIGHT BE ON
A FOR TWO OR THREE MONTHS BUT IN
00:15:42TELEVISION YOU COULD BE ON A
PARTICULAR PROJECT FOR NINE
00:15:45MONTHS.
THAT WILL REALLY HELP US DEVELOP
00:15:48A SKILLED WORKFORCE THAT WILL
HELP US ATTRACT MORE PRODUCTION
00:15:54-- BECAUSE IT IS ALL BORDERED
THE LONG TERM INFRASTRUCTURE WE
00:15:57ARE TRYING TO BUILD.
>> FINALLY, WITH THE DOUBLING OF
00:16:00THE TAX CREDIT, HOW MANY FILMS
OF PRODUCTIONS TO YOU THINK YOU
00:16:03CAN DRAW TO OHIO WITH THE $20
MILLION?
00:16:06IS THE GOAL TO MAKE OHIO THE
HOLLYWOOD OF THE MIDWEST?
00:16:09>> SURE.
I NOTE THAT WE CAN ATTRACT A
00:16:16MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF DIRECT
SPENDING IN PRODUCTION BUT THE
00:16:19$20 MILLION CREDIT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT SPREAD
00:16:22OUT WITH ANY NUMBER OF FILMS.
FOR ME, I BELIEVE THAT OUR BREAD
00:16:29AND BUTTER -- BUTTER IS BAY --
AND THE FILM THAT WILL
00:16:35INCENTIVIZE TO MOON -- USE OUR
LOCAL SERVICES AND BUILD THE
00:16:39INDUSTRY WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
00:16:43THIS IS NOT A HOBBY INDUSTRY.
PEOPLE WORK 16 HOURS A DAY, THEY
00:16:48WORK REALLY HARD.
IT IS NOT GLAMOROUS.
00:16:51IT IS MANUFACTURING AT THE END
OF THE DAY.
00:16:54WHAT YOU GET IS YOUR ONE
PARTICULAR FILM OR SERIES OF
00:16:57TELEVISION OR WEB SERIES OR
COMMERCIAL.
00:17:00BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,
PEOPLE WORK REALLY, REALLY HARD
00:17:04TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
AND I WANT ALL OF THOSE JOBS TO
00:17:07COME FROM OHIO AND THAT WITH THE
GOODS AND SERVICES TO COME FROM
00:17:11OHIO AS WELL.
>> BUT SOME LAWMAKERS VOTED
00:17:14AGAINST THE EXTENSION OF THE
MOTION PICTURE TAX CREDIT.
00:17:16ONE OF THEM IS CONSERVATIVE
REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE LYNN
00:17:20WACHTMANN OF NAPOLEON IN
NORTHWEST OHIO.
00:17:21HE DID NOT EXPLAIN WHY ON THE
FLOOR BUT TOLD ME HE DISAGREES
00:17:26WITH THE CONCEPT BEHIND THE
PROGRAM.
00:17:28>> ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS
LEGISLATION DOES IS IT SAID ITS
00:17:33OHIO TAXPAYERS TO SUBSIDIZING
THE FILM INDUSTRY, THE HOLLYWOOD
00:17:37FAULTS, AND GOD BLESS THE
HOLLYWOOD FAULTS, BUT I DON'T
00:17:41BELIEVE THE TAXPAYERS AND OHIO
SHOULD BE SUBSIDIZING HOLLYWOOD
00:17:44WITH THIS TAX CREDIT.
NOW, THOSE WHO ARGUE AGAINST IT,
00:17:49THIS IS A GREAT JOB CREATOR, AND
AND, WHEN YOU REDUCE THE COST OF
00:17:53LABOR, WHICH IS WHAT AN INCOME
TAX CREDIT DOES IN A SENSE, AND
00:17:57LEAST IN MY VIEW, YOU ARE
SUBSIDIZING THE INDUSTRY THESE
00:18:00PEOPLE WORK FOR AND INDEED THOSE
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WORK FOR THE
00:18:04FILM INDUSTRY.
SO, WHAT I WOULD RATHER DO IN
00:18:07LIEU OF ALL OF THE TAX CREDITS
WE HAVE THIS GREAT STATE, WE
00:18:11NEED TO FOCUS ON SOMETHING I
THINK THE GOVERNOR SUPPORTS AND
00:18:16I DO SUPPORT BY A LARGE, AND
THAT IS PROBABLY ELIMINATING ALL
00:18:20OF THOSE TAX CREDIT AND LOWERING
OHIO'S INCOME TAX AND EQUAL
00:18:24AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT THOSE TAX
CREDITS ARE COSTING THE
00:18:27TAXPAYER -- AND LOWER TAXES FOR
EVERYBODY SO THAT WE ALL HAVE
00:18:32MORE INCENTIVE TO GO TO WORK,
WORK HARD, MAKE MONEY, AND KEEP
00:18:35MORE OF OUR MONEY.
REALLY THE TAX CREDITS ARE A
00:18:44MESS HE BEEN THE TAX CODE -- IT
IS HARD NOW FOR A PERSON TO DO
00:18:46THIS ON THEIR OWN.
IT IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW
00:18:51NOT DO THE TAX CREDIT IS A GOOD
WAY TO SIMPLIFY THE TAX FORMS.
00:18:54>> THERE IS A STUDY OF THE GROUP
THAT PEOPLE SUPPORTING THE TAX
00:18:59CREDIT PUT OUT SAYING WITH EVERY
DOLLAR INVESTED IN IT, $1.20 CAN
00:19:03BACK TO THE OHIO ECONOMY.
27 PROJECTS SHOT IN OHIO.
00:19:071143 " -- FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT
JOBS.
00:19:11IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT RETURN ON
INVESTMENT, THOUGH.
00:19:14>> IF I WOULD ADD UP ALL THE
CLAIMS THAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT
00:19:23TAXPAYER MONEY AND HOW MUCH MORE
WEALTH TAX SET SUBSIDIES MAKE WE
00:19:29WOULD BE THE WEALTHIEST STATE IN
THE COUNTRY BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD
00:19:32THE CLAIM FOR YEARS.
IT IS MADE OFTEN.
00:19:34I THINK BY AND LARGE IT IS A
BOGUS CLAIM.
00:19:37ONE HALF TO ASK HOW MANY OF
THESE MOVIES WOULD HAVE BEEN
00:19:41SHOT HERE ANYWAY?
I WOULD GUESS MANY OF THOSE.
00:19:44AND MAYBE SOME OF THE CITIES AND
PLACES -- MAYBE THEY NEED TO
00:19:48CLEAN UP THEIR ACT TO LOWER THE
COST OF DOING BUSINESS WITH A
00:19:51LOWER INCOME TAXES AND THINGS.
AGAIN, I HAVE HEARD THAT CLAIM
00:19:57TOO MANY TIMES IN MY CAREER.
IF WE GOT ALL THESE GREAT
00:20:00RETURNS OF INVESTMENT ON
TAXPAYERS' MONEY WE WOULD BE THE
00:20:03WEALTHIEST STATE IN THE UNION.
AND THOSE CLAIMS ARE SIMPLY
00:20:07GENERALLY NOT TRUE.
>> BUT TAX CREDITS OFFERED TO
00:20:11BUSINESS ALL ACROSS THE BOARD --
BANKING, MANUFACTURING, AND ALL
00:20:15DIFFERENT AREAS.
WHY NOT THE FILM INDUSTRY?
00:20:17SUPPORTERS SAY IT SUPPORTS
MANUFACTURING, SUPPORTS
00:20:22TECHNOLOGY, SUPPORTS A LOT OF
DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES.
00:20:24WHY NOT, IF YOU ARE GOING TO
GIVE IT TO ONE INDUSTRY, -- ONE
00:20:28OF THIS ONE?
>> I THINK IT IS TIME WE RETHINK
00:20:32ALL OF THE TAX CREDITS AND MAYBE
THINK ABOUT LIMITING --
00:20:37ELIMINATING ALL THE TAX CREDIT
AND LOWERING -- LOWERING
00:20:41EVERYONE'S INCOME TAX IN OHIO.
IT BEHOOVES EVERY ONE TO CREATE
00:20:44WEALTH AND TO ALLOW MORE OHIO
TAXPAYERS, NOT JUST THE SELECTED
00:20:50FEW PICKED BY THE LEGISLATURE
AND PICKED BY THE FILM INDUSTRY
00:20:55AND THINGS ABOUT WHO GETS THE
TAX CREDITS.
00:20:57LET'S GIVE THE WORKING PEOPLE IN
PUTNAM COUNTY AND IN CLEVELAND
00:21:06GILLETT STREET THEM WITH THE
SAME RESPECT WITH LOW INCOME
00:21:09TAXES AS THE FEW PEOPLE WHO
WORKED IN THE FILM INDUSTRY.
00:21:12LET'S CREATE AN EVEN PLAYING
FIELD.
00:21:14>> THE FILM TAX CREDIT WAS PART
OF HOUSE BILL 508, A PACKAGE OF
00:21:19TAX CHANGES SIGNED BY THE
GOVERNOR THIS WEEK.
00:21:20THIS NEW LAW REPEALS A CURRENT
STATUTE THAT REQUIRED THE TAX
00:21:24COMMISSIONER TO REDUCE THE RATE
OF OHIO'S COMMERCIAL LIKE TO THE
00:21:28TAX ON BUSINESS INCOME IF
PROCEEDS OF THE TAX EXCEEDED
00:21:31PROJECTIONS BY MORE THAN 10%.
THE BILL ALSO STREAMLINES THE
00:21:35WAY STATE HORSE RACING TAXES ARE
DISTRIBUTED AND SPECIFIES HOW
00:21:39CASINO TAXES CAN BE USED.
AND IT INCLUDES TWEAKS FOR THE
00:21:43CORPORATE FRANCHISE TAX, SALES
AND USE TAX, MOTOR VEHICLE
00:21:47TAXES, AND PROPERTY TAXES.
BUT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE
00:21:50SEVERANCE TAX THAT GOVERNOR
KASICH HAD PROPOSED ON OIL AND
00:21:54NATURAL GAS DRILLERS IN OHIO.
THAT TAX TO FUND THE GOVERNOR'S
00:21:58PROPOSED INCOME TAX CUT WAS
PULLED OUT OF HIS MID BIENNIUM
00:22:01REVIEW BY REPUBLICANS LAWMAKERS
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEY RECEIVED
00:22:04THE MBR.
AFTER HE TALKED ABOUT ENDING TAX
00:22:09CREDIT PROGRAMS AND USING THAT
MONEY TO CUT THE STATE INCOME
00:22:11TAX, I ASKED REPRESENTATIVE
WACHTMANN ABOUT THE SEVERANCE
00:22:18TAX PROPOSAL AND WHETHER HE
WANTS TO SEE IT PUT INTO PLACE.
00:22:21>> THIS SUMMER THE NUMBER OF US
WILL BE WORKING WITH A PROPOSAL
00:22:24THAT I THINK THE HOUSE
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS -- WE ARE VERY
00:22:29INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THIS
ISSUE.
00:22:30WE UNDERSTAND AND MINERALS ARE
EXTRACTED FROM THE EARTH
00:22:36TYPICALLY IN MOST STATES ACROSS
THIS NATION THERE IS SOME TYPE
00:22:40OF SEVERANCE OR OTHER TAX THAT
IS IMPLEMENTED.
00:22:43I WAS NOT FOR THE GOVERNOR'S
PLAN BECAUSE HOUSE REPUBLICANS
00:22:47HAD NOT HAD TIME TO REALLY STUDY
WHAT HIS PROPOSAL WAS GOING TO
00:22:52DO BECAUSE, AT LEAST SPEAKING
FOR MYSELF, THIS INVESTMENT WE
00:22:56ARE SEEING IN OHIO IS HUGE --
HUGE JOB GROWTH, A HUGE ECONOMIC
00:23:00GROWTH.
THERE ARE MANY FAMILIES ACROSS
00:23:03THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE STATE
DOES HAVE THIS NEW WEALTH THEY
00:23:05HAVE NEVER HAD BECAUSE OF THE
MINERAL RIGHTS AND THINGS LIKE
00:23:08THAT.
SO, MY PRIMARY GOAL AS THE OHIO
00:23:13LEGISLATURE, EVEN THOUGH I DO
NOT REPRESENT THAT PART OF OHIO,
00:23:17WE WANT THE ENTIRE STATE TO BE
STRONG.
00:23:19MY GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
TAX POLICY THAT IS IMPLEMENTED
00:23:23ON THE NEW GAS AND OIL
EXPLORATION DOES A BOOMING NOW
00:23:29THROUGH WHAT EASTERN OHIO AND
MOVING ITS WAY WEST AS THEY FIND
00:23:33MORE DEPOSITS THAT THEY DIDN'T
THINK WERE THERE, THAT WE
00:23:39ENCOURAGE THAT DEVELOPMENT, WE
ENCOURAGE THOSE COMPANIES IN
00:23:43PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS INVESTING
BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
00:23:46IN OHIO.
BECAUSE WITH THOSE INVESTMENTS,
00:23:49COME JOBS.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME AT LEAST
00:23:52IN MY LIFETIME, THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT APPALACHIAN
00:23:57OF PART OF OHIO TO THRIVE AGAIN,
AND THAT IS EXCITING.
00:24:01>> YOU FEEL THERE IS A
COMPROMISE TO BE HAD IN TERMS OF
00:24:05SEVERANCE TAX TO FUND INCOME TAX
CUT?
00:24:08>> YES.
AND I WILL BE WORKING ON IT.
00:24:10WHAT I WANT IS A VERY DIRECT
CONNECTION BETWEEN ANY SEVERANCE
00:24:14TAX REVENUES AND THE INCOME TAX.
I DO NOT KNOW -- WANT WHAT
00:24:22LEGISLATURES HAVE DONE IN THE
PAST, TODAY'S WORK AND
00:24:24TOMORROW'S PROMISE.
I WANT TO DAY'S WORK AND TODAY'S
00:24:28PROMISE TO BE FULLY COMMITTED TO
ANY LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL WOULD
00:24:30COME UP WITH.
AND I AM REALLY COMFORTABLE THAT
00:24:36THIS GOVERNOR, GOVERNOR KASICH,
IS A TRUE BELIEVER IN INCOME TAX
00:24:40CUTS.
HE IS A LEADER.
00:24:42BUT AGAIN, AND THE END,
COMPROMISE AND WORK OUT -- WHICH
00:24:47I THINK WE WILL SOMETIME LATE
THIS YEAR.
00:24:49I WANT A DIRECT CONNECTION
BETWEEN ANY SEVERANCE TAX AND
00:24:53THE INCOME TAX BECAUSE I DON'T
WANT ANY NET INCREASES IN TAXES
00:24:56FOR OHIOANS.
>> THE SEVERANCE TAX PROPOSAL
00:24:59HAS SPLIT FISCAL CONSERVATIVES
ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
00:25:02STATE BUDGET DIRECTOR TIM KEAN
TOLD A COMMITTEE HEARING IN
00:25:05MARCH THAT THE BILL GOVERNOR
KASICH SIGNED THE ANTI-TAX
00:25:08PLEDGE CREATED BY GROVER
NORQUIST AND HIS ORGANIZATION
00:25:11AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM, THAT
GROUP WAS OKAY WITH THE PROPOSED
00:25:15TAX.
BUT ANOTHER ANTI-TAX COALITION
00:25:18CALLED THE NATIONAL TAXPAYERS
UNION CAME OUT AGAINST THE TAX
00:25:21THIS WEEK.
IT CALLED THE SEVERAL --
00:25:25SEVERANCE TAX PLAN A "DAMAGING
AND PUNITIVE ANTI-TAX HITE."
00:25:29AND THAT IS A FOR THIS WEEK.
FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT OHIO
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00:27:02>> ODOT HAS HIT A ROUGH STRETCH
OF ROAD.
00:27:04THE AGENCY HAS A $1.6 BILLION
POTHOLE IN ITS CONSTRUCTION
00:27:08BUDGET AND HAS HAD TO DELAY SOME
OF ITS BIGGEST PROJECTS FOR
00:27:11YEARS, AND THAT IS FUELING THE
ANGER OF COMMUNITIES AND FROM
00:27:15THE STATE.
ODOT SAYS CREATIVE REVENUE
00:27:17GENERATING IDEAS ARE THE LIGHT
AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, BUT
00:27:21WILL THEY BE ENOUGH?
WE WILL REV UP THAT ISSUE NEXT
00:27:23TIME ON "THE STATE OF OHIO."
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