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00:00:30 | LUBRIZOL FOUNDATION. >> MOST OHIOANS HAVE POWER AGAIN |
00:00:41 | AFTER LAST WEEKEND'S POWERFUL STORMS. |
00:00:43 | EXPERTS FOLLOWING THE OIL AND GAS BOOM IN OHIO DEBATE ITS |
00:00:44 | ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. AND THE LONGEST SERVING WOMAN |
00:00:49 | JUSTICE ON THE OHIO SUPREME COURT TALKS ABOUT WHY SHE'S |
00:00:51 | LEAVING THE BENCH EARLIER THAN SHE EXPECTED. |
00:00:53 | ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF OHIO." |
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00:01:00 | MOST OF THE MILLION OHIOANS WHO WERE WITHOUT POWER AS A RESULT |
00:01:03 | OF LAST WEEKEND'S VIOLENT THUNDERSTORMS ARE BACK ON LINE. |
00:01:05 | BUT IT WASN'T AN EASY JOURNEY FOR THEM OR FOR THE UTILITY |
00:01:09 | CREWS THAT HAVE WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK ALL WEEK, AND HAVE |
00:01:11 | BATTLED MORE STORMS THAT SET BACK THEIR PROGRESS. |
00:01:14 | FRIDAY'S STORMS BROUGHT WINDS AS STRONG AS 80 MILES AN HOUR |
00:01:17 | -- WHAT SOME CALL A DERECHO OR "LAND HURRICANE." |
00:01:21 | THE STORM UPROOTED TREES AND YANKED DOWN ANCHES. |
00:01:25 | TREES FELL IN A MANSFIELD CEMETERY, TOPPLING OVER |
00:01:29 | HEADSTONES LIKE DOMINOES. POWER POLES FELL ON A STREET IN |
00:01:32 | COLUMBUS, TRAPPING DRIVERS IN THEIR CARS FOR HOURS. AT ONE |
00:01:36 | POINT AFTER THE STORMS LAST FRIDAY, TWO-THIRDS OF THE STATE |
00:01:40 | HAD NO POWER, WITH FRANKLIN COUNTY THE HARDEST HIT. |
00:01:42 | SOME CUSTOMERS WERE TOLD NOT TO EXPECT TO HAVE ELECTRICITY BACK |
00:01:45 | FOR A WEEK DURING WHAT WAS THE HOTTEST WEEK OF THE YEAR. THAT |
00:01:50 | LED THE CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO SAY |
00:01:53 | THAT THE AGENCY WILL REVIEW WHAT LESSONS CAN BE LEARNED FROM |
00:01:55 | THE MASSIVE POWER OUTAGES AFTER PEOPLE GET THEIR SERVICE |
00:01:59 | RESTORED. TODD SNITCHLER SAID ONCE POWER |
00:02:02 | IS BACK ON, THE COMMISSION WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT WHETHER |
00:02:04 | UTILITY COMPANIES HAVE BEEN AGGRESSIVE ABOUT KEEPING TREES |
00:02:07 | AWAY FROM LINES AND UPDATING UTILITY POLES. |
00:02:10 | IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA TO RESPOND TO |
00:02:15 | OHIO'S REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AFTER FRIDAY'S |
00:02:18 | STORMS. THAT BROUGHT PRAISE FROM |
00:02:21 | GOVERNOR KASICH AFTER HE MET WITH AEP CREWS IN COLUMBUS ON |
00:02:23 | TUESDAY. >> I CALLED HIM AND WITHIN 8 |
00:02:31 | HOURS, THEY DELIVERED A LOT. I WAS PLEASED WITH THE RESPONSE. |
00:02:36 | THE FACT THAT I KNOW HIM WELL ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO SAY, THIS |
00:02:41 | IS REALLY A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND THEN FEMA CAME IN QUICKLY, WHICH |
00:02:47 | IS GOOD. IT WAS A GOOD, QUICK RESPONSE IN |
00:02:50 | A DIFFICULT SITUATION. |
00:02:52 | >> PRESIDENT OBAMA CAME TO OHIO THIS WEEK, FOR A TWO-DAY BUS |
00:02:55 | TOUR OF THE BUCKEYE STATE AND PENNSYLVANIA. |
00:02:57 | HIS 250-MILE "BETTING ON AMERICA" BUS TOUR TOOK HIM |
00:03:00 | THROUGH FOUR NORTHERN OHIO COMMUNITIES WHERE HE RECEIVED |
00:03:03 | STRONG SUPPORT IN 2008. TYPICALLY, WHEN ONE |
00:03:06 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HAS COME TO OHIO, THE OTHER HASN'T BEEN |
00:03:10 | FAR BEHIND. BUT THIS TIME, REPUBLICANS |
00:03:12 | DISPATCHED LOUISIANA GOVERNOR BOBBY JINDAL AND FORMER |
00:03:15 | MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM PAWLENTY TO SOME OF THE SAME TOWNS ALONG |
00:03:19 | OBAMA'S TOUR TO OFFER A REBUTTAL. |
00:03:20 | AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD HERE LAST WEEK, A COALITION IS PUSHING A |
00:03:26 | PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE WAY THE CONGRESSIONAL AND STATE DISTRICT |
00:03:28 | MAPS ARE DRAWN. AND THIS WEEK, VOTERS FIRST |
00:03:32 | FILED MORE THAN 430-THOUSAND SIGNATURES TO PUT ONTO THIS |
00:03:35 | FALL'S BALLOT THE PLAN TO HAVE THE MAPS CREATED BY A 12-MEMBER |
00:03:39 | CITIZENS' COMMISSION WITH NO POLITICIANS, LOBBYISTS OR BIG |
00:03:41 | DONORS ALLOWED. THE GROUP IS STILL COLLECTING |
00:03:45 | SIGNATURES WHILE THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE DETERMINES IF |
00:03:47 | THE FILING IS SHORT. MEANWHILE, AN ANTI-ABORTION |
00:03:51 | GROUP PUSHING AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD DECLARE THAT LIFE BEGINS |
00:03:54 | WITH A HUMAN EGG IS FERTILIZED HAS FALLEN SHORT IN ITS ATTEMPT |
00:03:58 | TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. PATRICK JOHNSTON OF PERSONHOOD |
00:04:02 | OHIO SAID THE GROUP HAD COLLECTED ONLY ABOUT 33,000 OF |
00:04:06 | THE ROUGHLY 385,000 SIGNATURES REQUIRED FOR NOVEMBER BALLOTS. |
00:04:08 | AND GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH SIGNED TWO MORE BIG BILLS THIS WEEK. |
00:04:12 | HE SIGNED THE PLAN TO OVERHAUL THE CLEVELAND SCHOOLS ON MONDAY. |
00:04:15 | THAT LAW WOULD MAKES SOME CONTROVERSIAL CHANGES IN THE |
00:04:20 | CONTRACT WITH THE CLEVELAND TEACHERS' UNION AND ALSO ALLOWS |
00:04:23 | FOR LEVY MONEY TO BE SHARED WITH CERTAIN CHARTER SCHOOLS |
00:04:25 | THAT PARTNER WITH THE DISTRICT. AND ON THURSDAY, KASICH |
00:04:28 | TRAVELED BACK TO CLEVELAND TO DO A CEREMONIAL SIGNING OF THE |
00:04:32 | MEASURE THAT MAKES CHANGES IN THE STATE'S TOURISM DEPARTMENT |
00:04:35 | AT A POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION -- THE ROCK AND ROLL |
00:04:37 | HALL OF FAME. THE MEASURE WILL CREATE |
00:04:41 | TOURISMOHIO AS PART OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AGENCY, |
00:04:43 | AND A FIVE YEAR PILOT PROGRAM WILL LINK FUNDING FOR THAT |
00:04:46 | OFFICE TO GROWTH IN SALES TAX REVENUE FROM TOURISM-RELATED |
00:04:48 | INDUSTRIES. THE STATE'S OIL AND NATURAL GAS |
00:04:55 | INDUSTRY IS BOOMING ALONG, AND NOW HAS NEW RULES AND |
00:04:58 | REGULATIONS TO OPERATE UNDER THANKS TO A PACKAGE OF CHANGES |
00:05:02 | SIGNED INTO LAW EARLIER THIS MONTH. |
00:05:03 | BUT GOVERNOR KASICH'S PROPOSAL TO INCREASE THE SEVERANCE TAX |
00:05:07 | ON DRILLERS IS STILL IN LIMBO. FOR MANY OHIOANS, BOTH WHERE |
00:05:10 | THE DRILLING IS BEING DONE AND OUTSIDE THE AREA, THE IMPACT OF |
00:05:14 | THE INDUSTRY ON THE ECONOMY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ARE CRITICAL |
00:05:17 | AND ENTWINED CONCERNS. LAST WEEK, A PANEL OF EXPERTS |
00:05:21 | MET TO DISCUSS THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL |
00:05:24 | AND ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF FRACKING BEFORE THE COLUMBUS |
00:05:26 | METROPOLITAN CLUB. THE PANEL WAS ASKED BY COSI'S |
00:05:31 | PRESIDENT AND CEO DAVID CHESEBROUGH ABOUT THE FUTURE OF |
00:05:33 | FRACKING WHEN IT COMES TO THE ECONOMY, BOTH IN THE IMMEDIATE |
00:05:37 | FEW MONTHS AND YEARS AND LONG DOWN THE ROAD. |
00:05:38 | >> WE TALK ABOUT JOBS. WE KNOW THE BOOM AND BUST WE |
00:05:47 | HAVE SEEN. I AM LOOKING AT USE AN ECONOMIC |
00:05:53 | DEVELOPMENT OR ANYONE ELSE. DOES THE PROMISE OF JOBS AND |
00:05:58 | PROMISE OF GOOD TIMES -- IS IT TRANSIENT? |
00:06:03 | SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT IT AS A TRANSIENT? |
00:06:05 | IS THERE A STICKINESS BACK HERE? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT LASTS ON |
00:06:11 | A LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE BASIS AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING THAT IS THE |
00:06:16 | RUSH OF THE MOMENT AND IN 10 OR 15 YEARS, WE ARE BACK INTO AND |
00:06:20 | OTHER DEPRESSED AND -- TIME AND ERA. |
00:06:27 | >> OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY GEOPHYSICIST JEFF DANIELS SAID |
00:06:31 | THE STATE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT JOBS AND THE ECONOMY |
00:06:33 | RELATED TO THE INDUSTRY FOR SOME TIME. |
00:06:34 | >> WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT I CALL THE MOTHER LODE. |
00:06:41 | THIS IS THE SOURCE ROCK FOR OIL AND GAS. |
00:06:44 | IT IS DOWN THERE AND IT IS TRAPPED. |
00:06:51 | WHERE IT HAS FORMED, IT HAS BEEN TRAPPED IN THAT SHALE. |
00:06:54 | IT IS GOING TO BE A MORE RELIABLE SOURCE OF ENERGY FOR A |
00:07:01 | LONGER PERIOD BAND OF TIME THAT ANYTHING WE HAVE SEEN. |
00:07:03 | IT IS NOT JUST GOING TO BE THE UTICA. |
00:07:09 | PLEASANT SHALE. THERE IS OTHER SHALE THAT HAS |
00:07:11 | POTENTIAL. >> MIKE SLIVA IS A VICE |
00:07:14 | PRESIDENT WITH PNC BANK IN CADIZ EASTERN OHIO. |
00:07:16 | >> I BELIEVE OHIO IS POSITIONED WELL BECAUSE WE HAVE THE LIQUID |
00:07:24 | GAS UNDERNEATH US, THE OIL AND THE LIQUID GAS, THAT IS WHAT |
00:07:30 | THEY ARE CRAVING NOW. PENNSYLVANIA WAS MORE OF THE DRY |
00:07:34 | NATURAL GAS. THAT IS WHY YOU ARE SEEING A LOT |
00:07:36 | OF THE PLAY COMING INTO OUR AREA NOW. |
00:07:41 | WE HAVE AN EVENT IS AND WE HAVE TO BE READY TO GO. |
00:07:44 | -- AN ADVANTAGE AND WE HAVE TO BE READY TO GO. |
00:07:51 | WE ARE PREPARING OURSELVES FOR THAT. |
00:07:54 | WE ARE TRYING TO CONCENTRATE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
00:07:59 | EFFORTS IN ATTRACTING THE COMPANIES THAT WILL BE HERE LONG |
00:08:02 | AFTER THE DRILLING PROCESS IS DONE. |
00:08:03 | >> WE HAVE AN ADVANTAGE AND WILL PLAY HERE FOR MANY YEARS TO |
00:08:08 | COME. >> BUT OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL |
00:08:10 | COUNCIL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KEITH DIMOFF SAYS HE'S WORRIED ABOUT |
00:08:12 | THE EFFECT ALL THIS ACTIVITY IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY IS |
00:08:13 | GOING TO HAVE ON OTHER ENERGY- RELATED JOBS. |
00:08:15 | >> IS IT GOING TO DISCOURAGE INVESTMENT IN RENEWABLES? |
00:08:21 | I WILL ADD A COUPLE CAUTIONARY NOTES ON THE OPTIMISTIC |
00:08:26 | PREDICTIONS THAT SOME COMPANIES MAKE FOR THEIR OWN FINANCIAL |
00:08:29 | BENEFIT. THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REDUCED |
00:08:33 | BY NEARLY 70% THEIR ESTIMATE OF THE GAS AVAILABLE FROM MARCELLUS |
00:08:41 | SHALE. THERE IS THE UTICA SHELL |
00:08:44 | FORMATION IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE THAT HAS WET GASES. |
00:08:51 | THE LAST THING I WILL LEAVE THE WHICH IS THAT CHESAPEAKE ENERGY |
00:08:54 | HAS BEEN A LARGE PLAYER IN THIS. IN PENNSYLVANIA, A CHESAPEAKE |
00:09:02 | WAS AT THE TOP OF THEIR LIST. YOU CAN READ IN THE PAPER |
00:09:06 | QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER CHESAPEAKE IS AN INVESTOR IN |
00:09:10 | COMMUNITIES OR WHETHER IT IS AND IN LINE -- ENRON-TYPE |
00:09:17 | CORPORATION. >> TERRY FLEMING IS WITH THE |
00:09:19 | OHIO ENERGY RESOURCE ALLIANCE AND SPEAKS FOR THE DRILLERS. |
00:09:20 | HE SAYS THE INDUSTRY WILL HAVE A HUGE AND LONG-LASTING FOOTPRINT |
00:09:22 | IN OHIO. >> SOME ARE TRANSIENT. |
00:09:26 | OTHERS WILL BE PERMANENT. THEY WILL BE IN THE AREA. |
00:09:30 | IF YOU ARE A GOOD CITY PLANNER, YOU WILL ATTRACT INDUSTRIES THAT |
00:09:35 | WILL COME IN BECAUSE OF THE SHALE, BUT THE DEADLY THEY WILL |
00:09:38 | BE ABLE TO STAND ON THEIR OWN. THE-BUT HE EVENTUALLY, THEY WILL |
00:09:43 | BE ABLE TO STAND ON -- BUT HE EVENTUALLY, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO |
00:09:50 | STAND ON THEIR OWN. SOME JOBS WILL BE TRANSFERRED AS |
00:09:54 | WE MOVE FURTHER WEST INTO THE STATE. |
00:09:57 | SOME JOBS, BY THEIR NATURE, ARE TRANSIENT. |
00:10:00 | THERE WILL BE A LOT OF JOBS LEFT BEHIND. |
00:10:03 | >> THERE WILL BE MORE DEVELOPMENT BEYOND JOBS AND WHAT |
00:10:09 | IS HAPPENING AT THE WELLS. >> AS YOU BRING IN MORE |
00:10:13 | EMPLOYEES, THEY ARE GOING TO BE BUYING THINGS AND PAYING INCOME |
00:10:16 | TAXES. THERE WILL BE PROPERTY TAXES. |
00:10:21 | EVERYTHING THEY WILL BE DOING IN OHIO WILL INCREASE REVENUES FOR |
00:10:25 | THE STATE. THE STATE WILL BENEFIT IN THE |
00:10:29 | LONG RUN. THE IDEA THAT THE STATE OWNS |
00:10:31 | THIS AND SHOULD SHARE IN EVERYTHING IS NOT TRUE. |
00:10:34 | WE HAVE LAND OWNERS THAT ONLY THE MINERAL RIGHTS ON THAT LAND. |
00:10:38 | THAT IS THEIR RIGHT AND NOT THE STATE'S. |
00:10:41 | >> GOVERNOR KASICH HAS VOWED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON A COMPROMISE |
00:10:44 | TO GET HIS SEVERANCE TAX PROPOSAL THROUGH THE |
00:10:46 | LEGISLATURE. AFTER 16 YEARS, THE SECOND |
00:10:49 | LONGEST SERVING JUSTICE ON THE OHIO SUPREME COURT IS IN HER |
00:10:51 | FINAL MONTHS ON THE JOB. JUSTICE EVELYN LUNDBERG |
00:10:55 | STRATTON ANNOUNCED A FEW WEEKS AGO SHE'S LEAVING THE BENCH TO |
00:10:58 | FOCUS ON CAUSES SHE FEELS ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COURT SYSTEM |
00:11:00 | OVERALL, SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND JUVENILE JUSTICE |
00:11:03 | CONCERNS. THE LONGEST SERVING WOMAN |
00:11:07 | JUSTICE ON OHIO'S HIGHEST COURT SAYS THERE WAS NO SUDDEN REASON |
00:11:10 | FOR HER DEPARTURE, BUT SAYS SHE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT NOW |
00:11:13 | BECAUSE RUMORS WERE CIRCULATING THAT SHE WAS LEAVING. |
00:11:14 | I TALKED WITH JUSTICE STRATTON ABOUT HER DECISION TO STEP |
00:11:20 | DOWN, AND ASKED HER TO EXPAND ON HER DESIRE TO FOCUS ON THOSE |
00:11:21 | ISSUES SHE FEELS ARE CRITICAL TO THE COURTS IN OHIO AND |
00:11:23 | ELSEWHERE. >> FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS, I HAVE |
00:11:32 | WORKED EXTENSIVELY IN THE FIELD OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE |
00:11:36 | CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. I WAS FRUSTRATED WHEN I WAS A |
00:11:39 | TRIAL JUDGE BECAUSE I SAW PEOPLE HAD MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN MY |
00:11:43 | COURT AND I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM. |
00:11:45 | THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM WOULD NOT TAKE THEM IF THEY HAD A |
00:11:49 | FELONY. THE DRUG AND ALCOHOL SYSTEM |
00:11:51 | WOULD NOT TAKE THEM IF THEY HAD MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. |
00:11:54 | I PUT THEM IN JAIL FOR THEIR PROTECTION, WHICH WAS THE WORST |
00:11:58 | THING I COULD DO FOR THEM. I DECIDED TO PUT TOGETHER A |
00:12:03 | COMMITTEE BECAUSE I HAD HEARD OF THE MENTAL HEALTH CORP., |
00:12:06 | WHICH SEEMED LIKE A BETTER WAY TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM. |
00:12:08 | IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO COMMITS A LOW LEVEL FELONY AND IT IS NOT |
00:12:13 | SERIOUS AND THEY ARE GOING TO GET TWO MONTHS OR PROBATION. |
00:12:17 | LET'S SAY YOU PUT THEM ON PROBATION. |
00:12:20 | YOU SAY, YOU NEED TO GET DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT AND YOU |
00:12:24 | NEED TO GET MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND YOU NEED TO GET |
00:12:28 | DIAGNOSED. YOU MIGHT QUALIFY FOR SOCIAL |
00:12:31 | SECURITY AND YOU NEED TO HAVE A JOB. |
00:12:33 | YOU LET THEM OUT OF THE DOOR AND A CYCLE RIGHT BACK INTO THE |
00:12:38 | EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE EVERY OTHER SYSTEM IS MORE EXPENSIVE. |
00:12:41 | WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH COURTS, YOU BRING THAT TEAM TOGETHER AND |
00:12:45 | YOU PUT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ON ONE DAY AND YOU BRING IN A |
00:12:49 | MENTAL HEALTH PERSON AND A HOUSING PERSON AND SAY, WE HAVE |
00:12:52 | TO GET THEM DIAGNOSED BEFORE WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH. |
00:12:56 | WE HAVE TO GET THEM OFF OF ILLEGAL DRUGS BEFORE WE CAN GET |
00:12:59 | THEM ON ILLEGAL DRUGS. THAT TEAM CONCEPT COUPLED WITH |
00:13:06 | THE AUTHORITY THAT MAKES THE DEFENDANT WANTS TO COMPLY MAKES |
00:13:09 | A HUGE DIFFERENCE. I THOUGHT, THIS IS SUCH A BETTER |
00:13:13 | WAY. I PUT A COMMITTEE TOGETHER OF 10 |
00:13:15 | PEOPLE. I HAD NO BUDGET, STAFF, |
00:13:19 | TRAINING. I HAD A BIG TITLE. |
00:13:21 | THAT WAS IT. WHEN I INVITED PEOPLE TO COME TO |
00:13:24 | MY MEETING, THEY SAID THEY WOULD COME TO MY MEETING. |
00:13:28 | THAT WAS THE BIRTH OF MY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MENTAL |
00:13:32 | ILLNESS AND THE COURTS. IT HAS EMERGED INTO THE ATTORNEY |
00:13:38 | GENERAL'S TASK FORCE. THAT IS A SHORT EXPLANATION OF |
00:13:41 | HOW I STARTED IN THE WHOLE AREA. >> YOU ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT |
00:13:46 | MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND ISSUES RELATED TO VETERANS, ESPECIALLY |
00:13:49 | THOSE RETURNING FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. |
00:13:52 | >> THAT HAPPENS THREE YEARS AGO. I WAS AT A CONFERENCE IN |
00:13:57 | WASHINGTON SPEAKING ON MENTAL HEALTH. |
00:13:58 | I SPOKE TO A GENTLEMAN FROM THE VA. |
00:14:02 | HE SAID, WE ARE GOING TO START A BETTER AND'S -- AND THAT IRAN |
00:14:09 | -- VETERAN'S COURT. HE DESCRIBED IT AND I SAID, THAT |
00:14:17 | IS A MENTAL HEALTH COURT WITH A BETTER AND -- VETERAN IN IT. |
00:14:24 | IT TAKES A LOT TO GET IT GOING. I SAID, WHY DON'T YOU JOINED THE |
00:14:31 | MENTAL HEALTH COURTS MOVEMENT AND ADD THE VET COMPONENT. |
00:14:36 | I WORKED WITH THE VA FOR A WHILE. |
00:14:39 | WE PUT ON A BIG, NATIONAL CONFERENCE A COUPLE OF YEARS |
00:14:44 | AGO, MIT AND A LOT OF THE AID FOLKS TO TALK ABOUT MENTAL |
00:14:48 | HEALTH COURTS -- AND IN LIGHT A LOT 00 INVITED A LOT THE FOLKS |
00:15:03 | TO TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH COURTS. |
00:15:05 | I HAD SPIED -- BI SPECIALIST TO CONNECT DEFENDANTS -- FIVE |
00:15:13 | SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT PEOPLE COMING INTO THE MENTAL HEALTH |
00:15:18 | COURT. THEY HIRED THESE PEOPLE AND CAME |
00:15:21 | BACK AND THE COURT SYSTEM ASKED IF THEY WERE A VETERAN. |
00:15:29 | THAT STARTED MY THREE YEAR CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE AND CONNECT |
00:15:34 | THE DOTS AND TO GET PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT IS OUT THERE AND TO |
00:15:36 | GET THEM AWARE THAT THERE IS A VAST NUMBER OF VA SERVICES. |
00:15:43 | WE HAVE TO START WITH, DO YOU HAVE A MILITARY BACKGROUND? |
00:15:47 | IT CANNOT ASK IF THEY ARE VETERANS. |
00:15:52 | OMBAT, THEY IF THEY ARE NOT IN |
00:15:55 | WILL SAY NO. çóxDWE WILL SAID, DO YOU HAVE |
00:16:00 | MILITARY EXPERIENCE. OUT OF THAT CAME THE WHOLE |
00:16:04 | PROJECT ON VETERANS. >> YOU SAY IT STARTED WHEN YOU |
00:16:09 | BROUGHT A GROUP TOGETHER UNDER YOUR BID TITLE BECAUSE THAT IS |
00:16:13 | WHAT YOU HAD GOING FOR YOU. KEEPING THE BIG TITLE, WOULDN'T |
00:16:17 | IT ALLOW YOU TO KEEP WORKING ON THESE ISSUES? |
00:16:20 | WHEN YOU WALK AWAY, DOESN'T THAT TAKE AWAY SOME OF THE GRAVITY |
00:16:23 | YOU BRING TO THIS SUBJECT? >> THAT WAS THE DEBATE. |
00:16:26 | WHAT DO IpX÷ LOSE BY GIVING UP S TITLE AND WHAT DO I GAIN? |
00:16:31 | >> SINCE I HAVE BEEN A JUDGE FOR 23 YEARS, I HAVE ENOUGH WAY TO |
00:16:36 | -- WEIGHT AS A FORMER JUSTICE TO KEEP DOING WHAT I AM DOING. |
00:16:43 | IT IS THE WORK THAT I DO THAT IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT. |
00:16:48 | I HAVE TO SPEND 40-60 HOURS PER WEEK READING BRIEFS EVERY TWO |
00:16:56 | WEEKS. EVERYONE'S IN A WHILE, WE HAVE |
00:17:00 | THREE WEEKS TO READ IT. FOR 16 -- EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, |
00:17:05 | WE HAVE THREE WEEKS TO READ IT. IF YOU TOOK THE SUMMER OFF, WE |
00:17:15 | WOULD STILL HAVE 14 FEET OF BRIEFS AT THE END OF THE SUMMER. |
00:17:19 | I LOOK AT THAT AND I THOUGHT, I ALWAYS GIVE MY JOB FIRST |
00:17:26 | PRIORITY. I DID NOT WANT THE PEOPLE OF |
00:17:29 | OHIO TO SAY YOU GAVE THAT SECOND CHOICE. |
00:17:32 | I ALWAYS GIVE IT THAT TOP PRIORITY. |
00:17:34 | THERE IS A PRICE YOU PAY FOR THAT. |
00:17:37 | I GO TO THE DENTIST'S OFFICE AND t(xDI READ BETWEEN THE DENTIST G |
00:17:42 | OUT OF THE ROOM. I SAID, WHAT DO I GIVE UP? |
00:17:45 | I GIVE UP ALL OF THAT TIME COMMITMENT AND I GAINED THE |
00:17:49 | ABILITY TO REALLY FOCUS ON THIS. BECAUSE I THINK I HAVE DONE IT |
00:17:54 | LONG ENOUGH, IF YOU KEEP YOUR TITLE OF JUSTICE FOR THE REST OF |
00:17:58 | YOUR LIFE. I HOPE PEOPLE WILL STILLxD RETUN |
00:18:01 | MY PHONE CALLS. I THINK THEY WILL. |
00:18:03 | IT WILL GIVE ME THE FREEDOM TO NOT HAVE THE AT THE RESTRAINTS. |
00:18:07 | I AM LIMITED IN WHAT I CAN ADVOCATE FOR. |
00:18:11 | xDTHE ETHICAL RULES -- YOU HAVEO BE CAREFUL TO STAY WITHIN THE |
00:18:17 | ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. WHEN I LOOKED AT ALL A BIT, THE |
00:18:20 | ONLY THING I GAVE UP WAS THE EGO -- ALL OF IT, THE ONLY |
00:18:28 | THING I GAVE UP WAS THE EAGLE STROKING OF BEING A JUDGE. |
00:18:30 | xD>> WHY RETIRE NOW -- EGO STROKING. |
00:18:39 | >> WHY RETIRED NOW INSTEAD OF IN 2015? |
00:18:44 | >> I HAD TO SHUT DOWN ALL MY ADVOCACY WORK AND CAMPAIGN AND I |
00:18:51 | FEEL LIKE I GIVE UP A LOT OF GROUND ON THE WORK I DO. |
00:18:53 | THEN I STARTED THINKING, IF SOMEBODY WERE TO COME TO ME WITH |
00:19:00 | A CONSULTING JOB ON A NATIONAL SCALE EARLIER, IT STARTS |
00:19:04 | SNOWBALLING. SOME THINGS STARTED HAPPENING. |
00:19:08 | THE NUMBER OFq WITH POST TRAUMATIC STRESS |
00:19:16 | INJURIES -- THAT STARTED SNOWBALLING. |
00:19:19 | THE DEATHS -- I HAD A GOOD FRIEND WHO WAS A DEFENSE |
00:19:27 | ATTORNEY I KNEW. HE BECAME THE CHIEF COUNSEL TO |
00:19:30 | THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN'S SERVICES. |
00:19:36 | HE WAS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN ALMOST A MONTH AGO. |
00:19:39 | IT WAS LIKE, I CANNOT WAIT AND JUST FINISH THIS JOB. |
00:19:44 | WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ALL OF THESE VETS IN THE |
00:19:51 | MEANTIME. THEY CANNOT WAIT. |
00:19:52 | I SAT DOWN WITH MY HUSBAND AND HAD A LONG TALK. |
00:19:57 | HE IS SUPPORTIVE. I PULLED THE PLUG EARLY. |
00:20:01 | >> DO YOU FEEL YOU OWE IT TO THE PARTY WITH THE COURT TO STEP |
00:20:07 | ASIDE A LITTLE EARLIER SO THAT SOMEBODY YOU CAN GET ON AND GET |
00:20:11 | THE GROUND UNDER HIM OR HER BEFORE THEY HAVE TO START |
00:20:14 | RUNNING A STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN? >> I DID NOT FEEL I OWE IT TO |
00:20:19 | ANYBODY. DOING IT NOW, IT HIT THE COURT |
00:20:23 | SCHEDULE AND DID NOT MESS UP THE COURT SCHEDULE. |
00:20:25 | WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE RUNNING FOR OFFICE. |
00:20:27 | WE HAVE0L SET THE COURSE SCHEDS SO THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO WRITE |
00:20:32 | ALL OF OUR OPINIONS AND HAVE EVERYTHINGWn -- COURTS SCHEDULE- |
00:20:37 | COURTfá SCHEDULES SO THAT WE WIL BE ABLE TO WRITE ALL OUR |
00:20:44 | OPINIONS AND HAVE EVERYTHING OUT THE DOOR BY OCTOBER 31. |
00:20:46 | IF I PICKED A DIFFERENT TIMING, THEY WOULD HAVE TO HIRE A |
00:20:51 | VISITING JUDGE TO FILL IN. YOU HAVE TOxD PAY A VISITING JUE |
00:20:55 | TO FILL IN. I DID NOT WANT TO CREATE THAT |
00:20:58 | DESTRUCTION. BY GIVING THEM TWO YEARS ON THE |
00:21:02 | JOB -- I WAS APPOINTED IN MARCH AND I HAD TO RUN IN NOVEMBER. |
00:21:06 | I WISH THAT ON NOBODY. IT DOES GIVE THEM TIME TO LEARN |
00:21:11 | THE JOB BEFORE THEY HAVE TO RUN. >> THE HAVE ANY IDEAS OF WHO YOU |
00:21:16 | LIKE TO -- YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN A POSITION? |
00:21:20 | >> I HAVE A BEST FRIEND WHO DECIDED THE TIMING WAS NOT RIGHT |
00:21:24 | FOR HER. WHEN I MET WITH THE GOVERNOR I |
00:21:28 | SAID, I DO NOT. I DO NOT FEEL THAT THERE ARE THE |
00:21:33 | GOOD JUDGES THAT GET APPEALED. I DO NOT KNOW WHO IS GOOD AND |
00:21:36 | WHO IS OUT THERE. I DO NOT WORK WITH THEM AT THAT |
00:21:40 | LEVEL. THE GOVERNOR MADE A COMMITMENT |
00:21:43 | TO ME. HIS WORDS WERE, I WILL FIND |
00:21:46 | SOMEONE SO ABOVE APPROACH AND SO QUALIFIED THAT EVERYONE WILL SAY |
00:21:49 | THAT WAS A GOOD CHOICE. >> NOW THAT YOU WILL NOT BE |
00:21:53 | RUNNING ANOTHER STATE CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE, HOW DIFFICULT IS IT |
00:21:57 | TO CAMPAIGN AND FUND-RAISING YOU ARE A JUSTICE, WHEN YOU ARE IN |
00:22:02 | THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM -- AND FRUNDRAISExD WHEN YOU ARE A |
00:22:09 | JUSTICE -- FUNDRAISE WHEN YOU ARE A JUSTICE IN THE JUDICIAL |
00:22:18 | JUSTICE SYSTEM? >> I WANT TO KEEP MY |
00:22:23 | CONNECTIONS. TO ME, IT IS A TOTALLY CONSUMING |
00:22:26 | EFFORT TO GET OUT THERE. >> ISN'T IT DIFFICULT BECAUSE |
00:22:30 | YOU CANNOT SPEAK ON ISSUES? YOU CANNOT TALK ABOUT THE CASES |
00:22:33 | YOU REALLY LIKE. YOU CANNOT TALK ABOUT ANY OF |
00:22:38 | THIS STUFF. >> I TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH |
00:22:41 | EVERYWHERE I GO. I DO NOT CARE WHAT SPEECH I |
00:22:44 | GIVE. I AM INTERESTED IN TALKING ABOUT |
00:22:47 | MENTAL HEALTH COURTS. I HAVE A WHOLE PACKET OF |
00:22:52 | MATERIALS. EVERY TIME I GO TO THE MEDIA, I |
00:22:55 | SAY, HERE IS CIT. YOU NEED TO GET IT IN YORK |
00:23:01 | COUNTY. I PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE NEARLY |
00:23:03 | AS FAR ALONGfá IN OHIO IF I WAST FORCED BY A CAMPAIGN TO GO TO |
00:23:08 | ALL OF THESE COUNTIES. EVERY COUNTY AND WENT TO, I WAS |
00:23:12 | ARMED WITH ALL THIS INFORMATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS AND |
00:23:15 | THE NEED FOR DRUG COURTS. IF I WERE JUST CAMPAIGNINGÑpJz |
00:23:22 | EVE STRATTON, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BAD. |
00:23:27 | BUT I HAD A CHANCE TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT THEY CAN DO IN THEIR |
00:23:31 | COMMUNITY. >> THE PARTISAN LABEL ON THE |
00:23:34 | COURT -- DOES IT MAKE IT HARDER FOR YOU AS A JUSTICE? |
00:23:37 | >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. DESPITE THE MEDIA LIKING TO |
00:23:42 | LABEL US, WE TAKE OUR ROLE AS NON-PARTISAN EXTREMELY |
00:23:46 | SERIOUSLY. IF ANYONE BEGINS TO MENTION ANY |
00:23:49 | PARTY POLITICS, IF WE SHUT THEM DOWN. |
00:23:52 | WE DO NOT THINK THAT WAY. I CAN POINT TO SOME EXAMPLES |
00:23:56 | WHERE THE MEDIA SAYS, THE REPUBLICAN COURT DOES X. |
00:24:01 | THEN WE WOULD DO THE OPPOSITE. WE HAD SEVERAL RULINGS IN FAVOR |
00:24:07 | OF JENNIFER BRUNER. SO IT IS A BIAS IN THE |
00:24:17 | NEWSPAPERS. THEY LIKE TO MAKE THE HEADLINES. |
00:24:19 | WE TAKE THAT ROLE SERIOUSLY. WHEN GOVERNOR STRICKLAND WAS IN |
00:24:26 | OFFICE -- I DID NOT TALK ABOUT THIS DURING THE CAMPAIGN BECAUSE |
00:24:29 | I NEVER WANTED TO BE TRADED TRUST IN ME. |
00:24:32 | AT THE END OF HIS TENURE, I MET WITH NINE CABINET DIRECTORS AND |
00:24:39 | WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL QUARTERLY TO WORK ON MENTAL- |
00:24:43 | HEALTH ISSUES. TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF TRUST |
00:24:45 | BETWEEN HIS ADMINISTRATION AND ME, I WAS HONORED BY IT. |
00:24:51 | I NEVER WANTED TO USE IT AS A CAMPAIGN ISSUE. |
00:24:55 | THE GOVERNOR TRUST ME AS A REPUBLICAN JUSTICE. |
00:24:58 | , A JUSTICE ISSUES ARE NONPARTISAN. |
00:25:02 | WHENUgx YOU LOOK AT THEe CRIMINAL-JUSTICE ISSUES ARE |
00:25:09 | NONPARTISAN. ALMOST EVERY REPUBLICAN AND |
00:25:14 | EVERY DEMOCRAT IN THE LEGISLATURE VOTED FOR REFORMS I |
00:25:19 | HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN. IT IS A NON-PARTISAN ISSUE. |
00:25:23 | >> YOU SAY YOU ARE NOT GOING AWAY. |
00:25:26 | IS THERE A POSSIBILITY YOU WOULD RUN FOR ANOTHER POSITION? |
00:25:30 | >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. I WOULD BE SO GLAD TO GET RID OF |
00:25:34 | ALL THESE REPORTING Ar-- THIS REPORTING AND RESTRICTIONS AND |
00:25:38 | JUST WORK ONpyu THIS WITHOUT THE RESTRICTIONS. |
00:25:40 | >> STRATTON WAS APPOINTED TO THE HIGH COURT IN 1996. HER CURRENT |
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