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>> WE LOOK BACK AT A LONG YEAR
00:03:43IN LEGISLATION, AND PREVIEW
WHAT'S AHEAD HERE AT THE
00:03:45STATEHOUSE AND AT THE OHIO
SUPREME COURT.
00:03:47ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
OHIO."
00:03:56WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE 130TH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WHICH IS THE
00:04:00SECOND HALF OF JOHN KASICH'S
FIRST TERM AS GOVERNOR.
00:04:02THAT'S WORTH NOTING, WHEN YOU
LOOK AT STATS FROM THE LAST
00:04:05THREE GENERAL ASSEMBLIES.
THE 127TH WAS DEMOCRATIC TED
00:04:14STRICKLAND'S FIRST TWO YEARS IN
OFFICE, AND HE WAS DEALING WITH
00:04:16A REPUBLICAN HOUSE AND SENATE.
175 LAWS AND 3 RESOLUTIONS WERE
00:04:19PASSED.
THE NEXT YEAR, GOV.
00:04:21STRICKLAND'S SECOND TWO YEARS,
INCLUDING THE YEAR HE WAS
00:04:24RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION AGAINST
KASICH, DEMOCRATS CONTROLLED THE
00:04:27HOUSE WHILE REPUBLICANS
CONTINUED TO DOMINATE THE
00:04:28SENATE.
THERE WERE 58 LAWS AND 5
00:04:32RESOLUTIONS PASSED.
AND IN THE 129TH GENERAL
00:04:34ASSEMBLY, WHICH WAS KASICH'S
FIRST TWO YEARS IN OFFICE, THERE
00:04:37WERE 202 LAWS AND 2 RESOLUTIONS.
REPUBLICANS CONTROLLED THE HOUSE
00:04:42AND SENATE AGAIN THAT SESSION,
AND THIS ONE THE GOP HAS A
00:04:49SUPERMAJORITY IN THE HOUSE AND
REPUBLICANS OUTNUMBER DEMOCRATS
00:04:512-1 IN THE SENATE.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE BILLS
00:05:02THAT DID PASS AND WERE SIGNED BY
THE GOVERNOR IN THIS FIRST YEAR
00:05:04OF THE 130TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS
STATEHOUSE NEWS BUREAU REPORTER
00:05:06JO INGLES.
THE BIGGEST BILL WAS THE BUDGET.
00:05:11TALK ABOUT GETTING THAT FROM THE
INTRODUCTION ALL THE WAY TO
00:05:13BEING PASSED.
>> YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, WHEN
00:05:17GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH INTRODUCED
THE BUDGET, HE HAD A SEVERANCE
00:05:20TAX ON GAS AND OIL, AN INCOME
TAX BREAK THAT WAS RATHER LARGE,
00:05:25AND HE WANTED MEDICAID
EXPANSION.
00:05:28WHEN IT WENT TO THE HOUSE, THEY
DID NOT WANT MEDICAID EXPANSION
00:05:31IN REG OUT POLL OUT -- SPANSION.
I GOT PULLED OUT.
00:05:37>> THEY ALSO CHANGED THINGS WITH
SALES TAXES.
00:05:43IT WAS TINKERED IN THE HOUSE
VERSION OF THE BUDGET.
00:05:48THE SALES TAX INCREASE, THE THE
EXPANSION WAS NARROWED.
00:05:52>> IT WAS NOT THE INCREASE AS
MUCH AS GOVERNOR KASICH HAD
00:05:55CALLED FOR.
WHEN IT FINALLY WENT -- THIS IS
00:06:00A PROCESS OF MONTHS HERE -- WHEN
IT FINALLY WENT TO THE SENATE, A
00:06:03CHANGED YET AGAIN, AND SOME OF
THE MONEY WAS ALLOCATED FOR
00:06:10EDUCATION THAT WAS NOT IN IT
BEFORE, AND THEY MADE OTHER
00:06:13CHANGES.
WHEN IT WENT THROUGH THE
00:06:17CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, WHEN
EVERYTHING WAS SAID AND DONE,
00:06:18SOME ABORTION LANGUAGE WAS PUT
IN THERE, VERY CONTROVERSY OF, I
00:06:23MIGHT ADD, AND THERE WERE OTHER
THINGS THAT WERE PUT IN OR
00:06:28DROPPED AT THE LAST MINUTE.
APRIL WONDERED WHY THIS OR THAT,
00:06:31-- PEOPLE WONDERED WHY THIS OR
THAT, BUT IT LOOKED VERY
00:06:35DIFFERENT.
>> AS USUAL, IT IS A LONG
00:06:38PROCESS. IT CULMINATED WITH A
MARATHON SESSION.
00:06:42LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS.
00:06:47FOX'S PLAN WILL PUT YOU $.7
BILLION -- >> THIS PLAN WILL PUT
00:06:54$2.7 BILLION -- I'LL REPEAT
THAT, $2.7 BILLION INTO THE OHIO
00:06:56ECONOMY.
AS HIS EXIT -- SIGNIFICANT
00:07:00GROWTH.
WE ARE ACHIEVING PROGRESS FOR
00:07:06ALL OHIO.
IN FACT, MANY -- MILLIONS OF
00:07:14MIDDLE-CLASS OHIOANS ARE GOING
TO GET AN INCOME TAX CUT.
00:07:16>> FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
HEARTLESS.
00:07:20COWARDLY.
SHORTSIGHTED.
00:07:23JUST A FEW WORDS I WOULD USE TO
DESCRIBE THE ACTIONS OR LACK
00:07:28THEREOF THAT ARE DELINEATED IN
THE CONTENT OF THE CONFERENCE
00:07:33REPORT AS IT PERTAINS TO
MEDICAID.
00:07:34>> THIS BUDGET IS NOT THE
REFLECTION OF THE WILL OF THE 11
00:07:39MILLION OHIOANS.
IT IS THE PERSONIFICATION OF
00:07:42ABSOLUTE POWER RUN AMOK.
FOR THE WORKING CLASS OF THIS
00:07:47EIGHT, I URGE A NO VOTE.
FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES OF
00:07:51THIS STATE, I URGE A NO VOTE.
FOR THE WOMEN OF THIS STATE, I
00:07:58URGE A NO VOTE.
FOR THE CHILDREN OF THIS STATE,
00:08:02I URGE A NO VOTE, AND I WOULD
KINDLY ASK THAT THE MEMBERS OF
00:08:09THIS GROUP GROW A PAIR, OVARIES
OR OTHERWISE.
00:08:15I URGE A NO VOTE ON THIS BILL.
[APPLAUSE]
00:08:17MY COLLEAGUES ARE IN THE
SOMEWHAT UNENVIABLE POSITION AS
00:08:24PART OF THE MINORITY OF
EXPRESSING THEIR DEEP HIS
00:08:29APPOINTMENT, FRUSTRATION, AND
EVEN ANGER OVER A BUDGET THAT IN
00:08:33MY SEVEN BIENNIAL BUDGETS IS THE
BEST I HAVE SEEN IN 13 YEARS.
00:08:39IT IS A BUDGET THAT GIVES TAX
CUTS TO 98.5% OF THE TAXPAYERS
00:08:45IN OHIO.
>> THE FIRST AREA OF CONCERN I
00:08:50HAVE BEEN THE BUDGET IS THERE IS
WAY TOO MUCH POLICY IN IT.
00:08:53THERE ARE THINGS IN THIS BUDGET
THAT I FEEL SHOULD NOT BE IN
00:08:55THIS BUDGET.
THERE ARE BILLS THAT WE PASSED
00:08:59OVER TO THE SENATE, AND RATHER
THAN THEM VOTING AND BETTING
00:09:03THAT, THE BUDGET COMES BACK TO
US AND THOSE BILLS ARE IN THERE.
00:09:09THAT IS NOT THE WAY TO THAT
POLICY, TO GET THINGS DONE.
00:09:14>> THIS IS A BUDGET THAT
ABSOLUTELY SHIFTS THE TAX BURDEN
00:09:18IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
THIS IS A BUDGET THAT CREATES A
00:09:23MORE REGRESSIVE TAX SYSTEM IN
THE STATE OF OHIO.
00:09:25>> A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY IF WE DO
NOT CUT TAXES, AS HAPPENS, IF WE
00:09:33DO, THAT HAPPENS.
I HAVE A MORE SIMPLISTIC VIEW.
00:09:34WHEN THE GOVERNMENT HAS LESS OF
MY MONEY OR MY CONSTITUENTS
00:09:39MONEY, WE HAVE MORE FREEDOM.
I LIKE FREEDOM.
00:09:40I THINK THERE IS A DIRECT
CORRELATION BETWEEN THE
00:09:45GOVERNMENT TAKING MORE OF MY
MONEY AND LESS FREEDOM AND WHEN
00:09:50THE GOVERNMENT TAKES LESS OF MY
MONEY, WE HAVE MORE FREEDOM.
00:09:54>> THIS BUDGET PUTS THE
GOVERNMENT BETWEEN A WOMAN AND
00:10:00HER PHYSICIAN.
I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DO NOT WANT
00:10:04TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
FOR MIDDLE-CLASS OHIOANS, THIS
00:10:11BUDGET IS TERRIBLE.
FOR MIDDLE-CLASS OHIOANS, IT IS
00:10:19GOING TO MAKE IT HARDER TO PASS
SCHOOL LEVIES.
00:10:24FOR MIDDLE-CLASS OHIOANS, IT
MAINTAINS CUTS TO EDUCATION.
00:10:30FOR MIDDLE-CLASS OHIOANS, IT IT
MAINTAINS CUTS TO LOCAL POLICE
00:10:34AND LOCAL FIRE.
>> THE FINAL VOTES HAD SEVEN
00:10:37HOUSE REPUBLICANS AND ONE SENATE
REPUBLICAN JOINING THE DEMOCRATS
00:10:42IN VOTING AGAINST, AND IT WAS A
BIG MOVE THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT
00:10:48IN A MINUTE, MEDICAID EXPANSION,
BUT THE DAY THE BUDGET WAS
00:10:51SIGNED, SUNDAY, THERE WAS A
PICTURE THAT I TWEETED OF THE
00:10:54GOVERNOR AND HIS STAFF
SURROUNDED HIM THAT WAS PICKED
00:10:59UP BY ABORTION RIGHT ACTIVISTS
THAT FELT THIS WAS TELLING THAT
00:11:05THIS BUDGET DID DO DAMAGE TO
ABORTION RIGHTS CAUSES AND THERE
00:11:10WERE A LOT OF MEN IN THE
PICTURE, --
00:11:13>> RIGHT, THEY WERE ALL MEN IN
THE PICTURE.
00:11:17>> WE DID GET A BUDGET, ON-TIME,
SIGNED FOR THE START OF THE
00:11:26FISCAL YEAR.
THE ONE THING THAT WAS TAKEN OUT
00:11:29WITH MEDICAID EXPANSION.
THAT WENT THROUGH, BUT NOT
00:11:31THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
00:11:34GOVERNOR KASICH WAS ADAMANT THAT
HE WANTED THAT, SO HE SAID I AM
00:11:38NOT GIVING UP ON THIS, NOT
GIVING UP ON THE SEVERANCE TAX,
00:11:42AND WHAT HE DID WAS WEIGHTED AND
GAVE THEM TIME TO COME BACK AND
00:11:47RECONSIDER, AND WHEN IT WAS
COMING CLOSE TO DEADLINE,
00:11:51GOVERNOR KASICH USED THE
CONTROLLING BOARD, WHICH IS A
00:11:56LEGISLATIVE PANEL, AND WAS ABLE
TO GET THE MEDICAID EXPANSION
00:11:59THROUGH THAT WAY.
JUST LIKE THE ABORTION STUFF,
00:12:03HOWEVER, YOU CAN GET IT THROUGH,
BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THERE IS
00:12:09NOT A LAWSUIT.
THERE IS A LAWSUIT PENDING ON
00:12:12MEDICAID EXPANSION, AND
BASICALLY THE GROUNDS FOR THAT
00:12:15WOULD BE TO SAY IT WOULD BE
ILLEGAL TO USE THE CONTROLLING
00:12:17BOARD IN SUCH A WAY AFTER
LAWMAKERS HAD TAKEN IT OUT AND
00:12:22NOT CONSIDER IT.
WE WILL SEE WHERE THAT GOES.
00:12:24>> WE HAVE SEVERAL LAWMAKERS
THAT SAY THEY BELIEVE THE
00:12:28GOVERNOR ACTUALLY EXPANDED
MEDICAID, THE CONTROLLING BOARD
00:12:33JUST FUNDED IT.
THAT IS AN ARGUMENT THERE.
00:12:35WHAT, FOR A LOT OF REPORTERS IS
A BIG SURPRISE ON MEDICAID
00:12:40EXPANSION, THE CONTROLLING BOARD
-- IT WAS A PACKED MEETING.
00:12:45WE HAVE NEVER SEEN A PACKED
CONTROLLING BOARD WITH AN
00:12:47OVERFLOW ROOM.
IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY.
00:12:50ON THE MEDICARE EXPANSION, STATE
LAWMAKERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE
00:12:54REFORM MEASURES THEY HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON.
00:12:56THEY HAVE A BILL THAT THEY SAY
WOULD SLOW THE GROWTH OF
00:13:00EXPENSES IN MEDICAID BY 1.6% PER
YEAR, AND SAVE THE STATE $3
00:13:04BILLION BY 2020, A TOTAL STATE
AND FEDERAL SAVING OF $8.6
00:13:09BILLION OVER SEVERAL YEARS HIM
AND THAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN
00:13:12WORKING ON THAT THEY .2.
THERE WERE OTHER MEASURES THAT
00:13:17PASSED BEYOND THE BUDGET AND
MEDICAID EXPANSION SUCH AS --
00:13:20>> THE OTHER THING THEY TALKED
ABOUT WAS THE INTERNET CAFÉS.
00:13:24BASICALLY, THERE WERE THESE
PLACES IN OHIO, AND THERE MIGHT
00:13:28STILL BE SOME THAT ARE OPEN,
WHERE YOU GO IN AND YOU CAN USE
00:13:31-- IT IS LIKE A SWEEPSTAKES.
YOU GO IN, AND IT IS AN INTERNET
00:13:36SITE -- SWEEPSTAKES.
YOU GET GIFT CARDS OR PHONE
00:13:42CARDS, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
AND EARLY ON THE OHIO HOUSE AND
00:13:45WE DO NOT LIKE THIS IDEA, THERE
ARE PROBLEMS WITH IT AND THE
00:13:48ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE DEWINE
CAME OUT IN THE SUMMER AND SAID
00:13:52THERE ARE PROBLEMS AS FAR AS
CRIME.
00:13:56AT THAT POINT, WE SAW THE SENATE
COME IN AND TAKE ACTION, AND
00:14:06THEY BASICALLY PASSED
LEGISLATION TO BAN THESE
00:14:07INTERNET CAFÉS, AND NOW WE ARE
SEEING ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE
00:14:12DEWINE GO AFTER THESE CAFÉS TO
MAKE SURE THEY ARE SHUTTING
00:14:15DOWN, AND THAT ARE NOT OPERATING
ILLEGALLY.
00:14:18>> ONE THING WE'LL BE WATCHING
FOR IF THE ELECTION LAW CHANGES
00:14:24THAT HAVE GONE HALFWAY THROUGH
THE LEGISLATURE.
00:14:25WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THOSE
APPROACHING THE BIG ELECTION IN
00:14:312014.
>> WE HAVE SEEN SOME ALREADY,
00:14:33THE MINOR PARTY LEGISLATION
PASSED, WHICH MAKES IT HARDER
00:14:36FOR A CANDIDATE TO GET ON THE
BALLOT WITH, FOR EXAMPLE,
00:14:39LIBERTARIAN NEXT TO THEIR NAME,
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
00:14:43THAT WAS THE PEOPLE THAT DID NOT
LIKE THAT IDEA CALLING IT THE
00:14:48CASE OF PROTECTION PLAN, BECAUSE
-- JOHN KASICH DETECTION PLAN
00:14:54BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID A
LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE WOULD BE
00:14:57ABLE TO RIVAL THE GOVERNOR IN A
PRIMARY, AND IT LOOKS AT HE
00:15:00MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEONE IN
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
00:15:03WE ARE NOT REALLY SURE.
IT IS ALL UP FOR DEBATE TO SEE
00:15:07IF -- HOW THIS GOES AND WE WILL
FOLLOW UP ON IT.
00:15:12IF THIS PERSON CAN'T GET ENOUGH
SUPPORT, THERE COULD BE A
00:15:17PRIMARY -- THERE COULD BE --
CAN'T GET ENOUGH SUPPORT, THERE
00:15:21COULD BE A PRIMARY.
>> THANK YOU.
00:15:22JO, AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
THOSE ARE THE BILLS THAT PASSED,
00:15:29BUT MANY, MANY MORE WERE
PROPOSED 387 IN THE HOUSE, 257
00:15:30IN THE SENATE.
SOME OF THOSE HAVE MADE IT
00:15:31PARTWAY THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE,
SOME HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED TO
00:15:33MOVE, AND THERE ARE PLENTY THAT
HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE OF
00:15:35PASSING.
TO GO OVER A FEW OF THE
00:15:37HEADLINE-MAKING BILLS THAT
DID NOT PASS, HERE'S STATEHOUSE
00:15:45NEWS BUREAU REPORTER ANDY CHOW,
WHO JOINED OUR BUREAU THIS YEAR.
00:15:47WELCOME.
LET'S TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE MORE
00:15:51CONTROVERSY OH BILLS, THE SO-
CALLED STAND YOUR GROUND BILL.
00:15:54TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS WILL DO AND
WHAT ACTIVISTS ARE SAYING FOR
00:16:00AND AGAINST.
>> LIKE JO WAS SAYING, THE
00:16:06BUDGET SPARKED RALLIES, AND
ULTIMATELY THIS IS LEFT IN THE
00:16:08SENATE COMMITTEE HEARD --
COMMITTEE.
00:16:10THE STAND YOUR GROUND, WE HEARD
ABOUT A LOT IN THE DEATH OF
00:16:17TRAYVON MARTIN, SUPPORTERS SAY
THIS IS A BIG BILL THAT TAKES ON
00:16:22A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS,
EVERYBODY IS FOCUSED ON THE SCAN
00:16:25YOUR GROUND PROVISION.
SUPPORTERS SAY ALL IT DOES IS
00:16:27TAKE AWAY THE REQUIREMENT FOR
PEOPLE FACING A DEADLY
00:16:33SITUATION, THE REQUIREMENT THAT
THEY SHOULD TRY TO FLEE FIRST
00:16:36BEFORE USING DEADLY FORCE.
THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE SAYING,
00:16:38BUT OPPONENTS ARE SAYING THESE
ARE THE THINGS THAT INCREASES
00:16:42CRIME.
IN FLORIDA, THEY KEEP POINTING
00:16:46TO THE TRAYVON MARTIN THING.
THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING.
00:16:49THERE ARE RALLIES FOR AND
AGAINST IT.
00:16:50THERE ARE PEOPLE FOR THE BILL
THAT BROUGHT GUNS ONTO
00:16:55STATEHOUSE GROUNDS TO PROTEST.
ACTUALLY, THE LEGISLATIVE BLACK
00:16:59CAUCUS HAS BEEN A KEY DRIVING
FACTOR TO OPPOSE THE DIVISION.
00:17:05>> THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST
WERE PASSIONATE.
00:17:07THE DEBATE IN THE HOUSE WENT ON
FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
00:17:12IT WAS INTERRUPTED BY A SMALL
PROTEST IN THE BALCONY.
00:17:14HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
>> THERE IS NO KILL AT WILL.
00:17:20THIS IS NOT AN EXPANSION OF
CASTLE DOCTRINE.
00:17:23CASTLE DOCTRINE STATES WHEN YOU
-- WHEN SOMEONE BREAKS INTO YOUR
00:17:28HOME OR ATTEMPTS TO BREAK INTO
YOUR HOME OR CAR YOU CAN USE
00:17:32LETHAL FORCE WHEN YOU ARE
PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN ACTING IN
00:17:34SELF-DEFENSE.
IN THAT CASE, THE BURDEN OF
00:17:37PROOF IS NOT ON THE DEFENDANT.
THAT IS CASTLE DOCTRINE IN A
00:17:39NUTSHELL.
THE CANCEL BILL -- COUNCIL BILL
00:17:45MAKES A CHANGE TO SELF-DEFENSE
LAWS IN PLACES THAN OTHER YOUR
00:17:50-- OTHER THAN YOUR HOME OR YOUR
CAR.
00:17:52>> WE KNOW WHAT THE PROVISIONS
IN HOUSE BILL 203 THE STAND YOUR
00:17:57GROUND, KILL AT WILL PROVISION
DOES -- WE ALREADY SEEN WHAT IT
00:18:03DOES WHEN IT GOES WRONG. WE HAVE
ALREADY SEEN WHEN WE ALLOW
00:18:07CITIZENS TO BECOME JUDGE, JURY,
AND EXECUTIONER.
00:18:10>> CAN YOU IMAGINE, IF ANYONE,
MR. SPEAKER, EVER PROPOSE THAT
00:18:16TO EXERCISE YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT
RIGHTS, YOU NEED YOUR LICENSE,
00:18:20OR TRAIN, OR THAT SOMEHOW THE
GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE
00:18:23OF WHAT YOU DO IN ADVANCE.
WE WOULD NEVER STAND TO -- FOR
00:18:27THAT, OR FOR OUR RIGHT TO
WORSHIP, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO
00:18:31GUN RIGHTS, SOMEHOW IT IS OK.
>> THIS PASSES, BECAUSE WE
00:18:38FORGET THAT OUR ACTIONS HAVE
WAIT.
00:18:40YOU PASS THIS, SOMEBODY IS GOING
TO DIE.
00:18:42ABSOLUTELY.
IT IS ALREADY HAPPENED.
00:18:45GEORGE ZIMMERMAN AND TRAYVON
MARTIN ARE NOT AN ISOLATED CASE.
00:18:49>> TURNDOWN STAND YOUR GROUND.
?
00:18:55>> SO, BE THE SO-CALLED STAND
YOUR GROUND BILL, ANOTHER IDEA
00:19:06OUT THERE THAT APPEARS TO BE
POISED FOR ANOTHER GO AROUND,
00:19:09THE SO-CALLED RIGHT TO WORK
BILL.
00:19:11>> THERE ARE 2, 1 THAT DEALS
WITH PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, AND ONE
00:19:15THAT DEALS WITH PRIVATE
EMPLOYEES.
00:19:19THERE WAS A FIRESTORM OF DEBATE.
IN THE END, IT DID NOT GO
00:19:23ANYWHERE.
THERE WAS ONE COMMITTEE HEARING.
00:19:24THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SAYS WE
WILL HAVE ONE HEARING IN THE
00:19:29HOUSE, AND THAT IS ALL WE HAVE
HEARD SO FAR.
00:19:30DURING THE COMMITTEE HEARING,
THERE WERE PEOPLE SHOUTING.
00:19:34THEY HAD TO BE GAVELED DOWN.
>> ONCE AGAIN, AN OVERFLOW ROOM,
00:19:42A LOT OF PEOPLE, MOSTLY OPPOSED
TO THE RIGHT TO WORK BILL.
00:19:44>> ON A LOT OF THE RHETORIC,
THEY WERE SAYING IT IS AN ATTACK
00:19:51ON UNIONS.
AFTER YOU SAW OPPOSITION, THE
00:19:57GOVERNOR SAID I AM NOT
INTERESTED IN THIS RIGHT NOW,
00:19:59THE SENATE SAID THEY ARE NOT
GOING TO TOUCH THIS, SO IT
00:20:01REALLY STALLED.
>> AMONG THE BILLS, THE 300-SOME
00:20:09IN THE HOUSE, AND THE 200-SOME
IN THE SENATE, WE STILL HAVE
00:20:15REPEALING COMMON CORE STANDARDS,
SHORTENING EARLY VOTING WINDOWS,
00:20:20ROLLING BACK MEDICAID, ALLOWING
MOTORISTS TO TAKE HOME WILD
00:20:26TURKEYS AND PHARAOH HOG-TIES.
THAT ONE PAST THE HOUSE.
00:20:31>> THANKFULLY.
>> WHAT OTHER BILLS MIGHT GO ALL
00:20:35THE WAY?
>> THE ONE THAT PEOPLE DO NOT
00:20:40THINK ABOUT IS THE ENERGY BILL
THAT LOOKS AT THE STANDARDS AND
00:20:43POLICIES CREATED IN 2008.
OPPONENTS ARE SAYING IF THIS
00:20:47BILL PASSES PEOPLE WILL SEE
THEIR ELECTRIC BILLS GO WAY UP
00:20:52AND SUPPORTERS SAY THE SAME
THING, BUT IF THE BILL DOES NOT
00:20:54PASS, PEOPLE WILL SEE THEIR
BILLS GO WAY UP.
00:21:00PEOPLE WILL DEBATE WHAT IT WILL
REALLY COST, WHAT WILL COST MORE
00:21:05TO THE RATEPAYERS IN THE END.
>> THIS BILL LOOKS LIKE A
00:21:08SLAMDUNK FOR A WHILE, THE
GRADUALLY MORE GROUPS AND
00:21:11INFLUENCE MAKERS CAME OUT AND
SAID WE ARE NOT TOO SURE.
00:21:16>> ANYTIME YOU TALK ABOUT
TOUCHING THE RENEWABLE AND
00:21:20EFFICIENCY STANDARDS, USUAL
GROUPS COME OUT -- ADVANCED
00:21:23ENERGY, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS
COME OUT AND SAY LET'S NOT DO
00:21:27IT, BUT THEN THE OHIO
MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATION CAME
00:21:30OUT AGAINST IT, TOO, AND THAT
BROUGHT MORE PEOPLE WHO WOULD
00:21:34USUALLY BE ON THE OTHER SIDE,
REALLY BROUGHT THEM AGAINST THE
00:21:37BILL.
SLOWLY, IT LOST MOMENTUM, AND
00:21:39RIGHT NOW IT IS STALLED IN THE
SENATE COMMITTEE, WHERE WE
00:21:41THOUGHT IT WOULD BE VOTED OUT
LAST MONTH.
00:21:43>> MY FAVORITE DEBATE, TRAFFIC
CAMERAS COME AND THE REASON I
00:21:47LIKED IT WAS IT WAS BIPARTISAN.
WHEN SOMEBODY GOT UP, YOU HAD NO
00:21:52IDEA WHAT THEY WOULD SAY.
>> YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON
00:21:58BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE AGREEING
WITH EACH OTHER WHEN YOU USUALLY
00:22:01DO NOT SEE THEM AGREEING.
IT IS INTERESTING.
00:22:04IT DEPENDS ON YOUR OUTLOOK.
PEOPLE WHO ARE FOR RED LIGHT
00:22:09CAMERAS, FOR THE USE OF THESE
CAMERAS, SPEAKING FOR IT, OR IN
00:22:14OPPOSITION OF THIS BILL, AND
THOSE THAT SAY TOO MANY TOWNS IN
00:22:19ITS ABILITIES ARE ABUSING THESE
DEVICES TO GET MORE MONEY.
00:22:22IT IS AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC.
>> ALL RIGHT.
00:22:28THANK YOU.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND WELCOME TO
00:22:29THE CREW.
ONE THING WE HAVE NOT TALKED
00:22:31ABOUT IS JOBSOHIO.
IN THE CATEGORY OF BOTH "BILLS
00:22:36THAT PASSED" AND "BILLS THAT
HAVE NO CHANCE OF PASSING" ARE
00:22:38MEASURES RELATED TO GOV.
KASICH'S QUASI-PRIVATE JOBS
00:22:39CREATING ENTITY JOBSOHIO.
THERE IS NOW A LAW BANNING THE
00:22:41STATE AUDITOR FROM CONDUCTING AN
AUDIT OF JOBSOHIO, THOUGH HE DID
00:22:50COMPLETE AN AUDIT WITH DOCUMENTS
YOST RECEIVED AFTER SUBPOENAING
00:22:52JOBSOHIO'S RECORDS IN MARCH.
YOST'S AUDIT SCOLDED JOBSOHIO
00:22:54FOR SLOPPY HANDLING OF ETHICS
AND CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST
00:22:56PROCEDURES IN ITS FIRST YEAR.
BUT YOST'S AUDIT SAYS THAT NO
00:23:02BUSINESS CONFLICTS EXIST AMONG
JOBSOHIO'S EXECUTIVES.
00:23:06THE REVIEW DID NOT ASSESS THE
OFFICE'S FISCAL HEALTH, BUT
00:23:08SLAPPED THE OFFICE FOR SEVERAL
INSTANCES WHERE IT LACKED OR
00:23:11DIDN'T FOLLOW INTERNAL
PROCEDURES.
00:23:13IN ITS RESPONSE, JOBSOHIO SAYS
ALL THE ISSUES HAVE SINCE BEEN
00:23:16ADDRESSED.
DEMOCRATS WERE FURIOUS THAT
00:23:19JOBSOHIO COULDN'T BE AUDITED BY
THE STATE AUDITOR.
00:23:25I ASKED GOV. KASICH ABOUT THAT
IN A RARE SITDOWN INTERVIEW IN
00:23:27MARCH.
>> THE THING YOU GET CONCERNED
00:23:33ABOUT IS IF THERE IS A SENSE YOU
COULD AUDIT PRIVATE ENTITIES,
00:23:36THAT MAKES PEOPLE NERVOUS,
WHETHER THEY ARE CHARITIES,
00:23:38NONPROFITS, OR COMPANIES.
I THINK HE NEEDS TO BE
00:23:43CLARIFIED.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, JOBSOHIO
00:23:45WAS A START UP, A NEW
ORGANIZATION, AND WE ARE UP OVER
00:23:50100,000 JOBS, AND JOBSOHIO HAS
BEEN INSTRUMENTAL.
00:23:53I DO NOT WANT THIS TO BE LOOKED
AT AS A GOVERNMENT OPERATION
00:23:56BECAUSE IT IS NOT.
>> SOME PEOPLE GET NERVOUS IF
00:24:01YOU CANNOT AUDIT.
THERE IS A FEELING YOU ARE
00:24:04TRYING TO HIDE SOMETHING.
>> I DO NOT THINK SO ANYMORE
00:24:07BECAUSE WE HAVE TURNED THE
RECORDS OVER.
00:24:08JOBSOHIO HAS ALREADY BEEN
AUDITED BY A PRIVATE AUDITOR.
00:24:14IF THE INTENT IS TO TURN IT BACK
INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:24:17DEVELOPMENT, WHICH HAS FAILED
US, I AM NOT FOR THAT HAD I AM
00:24:21FOR AN ENTITY, -- FOR THAT.
I AM FOR AN ENTITY, A PRIVATE
00:24:24ENTITY, NO MORE PUBLIC MONEY,
AND THEY ARE TALKING THE
00:24:29LANGUAGE OF JOB CREATORS, AND I
WANTED TO KEEP DOING IT.
00:24:32IF IT HAS TO BE CLARIFIED, IT
HAS TO BE, BUT IT IS NOT JUST
00:24:36JOBSOHIO.
ANY ORGANIZATION THAT RECEIVES
00:24:41PUBLIC MONEY, ARE THEY SUBJECT
TO AUDIT, AND IF THEY ARE, IT
00:24:44CAUSES GREAT CONCERN FOR THEM.
LET'S SAY -- SEE WHERE THIS
00:24:50GOES.
>> DEMOCRATS SAY THIS IS A SLUSH
00:24:51FUND.
>> I DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO
00:24:55WHAT THESE POLITICAL TYPES SAY.
>> BUT HOUSE DEMOCRATS HAVE
00:24:58PROPOSED SEVERAL MEASURES THIS
YEAR THAT THEY SAY WOULD IMPROVE
00:25:01THE TRANSPARENCY OF JOBSOHIO,
INCLUDING THE JOBSOHIO
00:25:03ACCOUNTABILITY ACT, BROUGHT
FORWARD IN MAY.
00:25:11THEY HAVE ALSO ASKED A HOUSE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT
00:25:14HEARINGS TO FORCE EXECUTIVES TO
TESTIFY BEFORE COMMITTEES, AND
00:25:21THEY HAVE ASKED FOR THE ETHICS
COMMISSION INSPECTOR GENERAL TO
00:25:25INVESTIGATE JOBSOHIO AND BOTH
WERE REJECTED ON THE GROUNDS
00:25:28THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE
AUTHORITY TO INITIATE SUCH
00:25:31INVESTIGATIONS, BUT SPEAKER BILL
BACHELDER SAID HE HAD NO PLANS
00:25:36TO TAKE UP OTHER MEASURES
RELATED TO JOBSOHIO.
00:25:38>> WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE IT IS
GETTING SILLY.
00:25:43I GET IT THROUGH THE HOUSE IN 11
DAYS.
00:25:48WE ARE CREATING JOBS.
BOTTOM LINE.
00:25:53THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ABOUT.
>> THE MAN THAT HAD BEEN BROUGHT
00:25:56IN FROM CALIFORNIA TO BE THE
FIRST HEAD OF JOBSOHIO HAS HAD
00:26:01AN INTERESTING YEAR.
HE STEPPED DOWN AS PRESIDENT
00:26:05MORE THAN A YEAR AGO AND STARTED
HIS OWN VENTURE -- VENTURE
00:26:08CAPITAL FIRM.
HE TURNED UP AT THE OHIO STATE
00:26:13FAIR IN AUGUST, ALTHOUGH HE WAS
ALMOST INCOGNITO.
00:26:14>> HERE IS OUR BUYER.
YOU ARE FROM WHERE?
00:26:21>> I AM FROM SUN VERY, OHIO.
>> WOULD YOU DO?
00:26:26>> I AM IN THE INVESTMENT
BUSINESS.
00:26:28>> HE SET A RECORD GRADE -- BIT.
HE SAID HE AND HIS WIFE RECENTLY
00:26:38BOUGHT A FARM IN CENTRAL OHIO.
A FEW MONTHS LATER, HE WOULD BE
00:26:42BACK ON THE MEDIA STAGE IN A
LESS FAVORABLE LIGHT.
00:26:44IT WAS REPORTED THAT DRIVE
CAPITAL HAD RAISED NEARLY $200
00:26:49MILLION, WITH THE GOAL OF
BRINGING IN $300 MILLION. IT WAS
00:26:54A $50 MILLION INVESTMENT FROM
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY THAT GOT A
00:27:01LOT OF ATTENTION, AND BROUGHT UP
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER HIS
00:27:02FRIENDSHIP WITH THE FORMER OSU
PRESIDENT HELPED HIM SECURE THE
00:27:07DEAL, WHICH THE PROGRESSIVE
GROUP, PROGRESS OHIO, ESTIMATES
00:27:13COULD NET HIM $9 BILLION IN
FEES.
00:27:14OHIO STATE WOULD NOT COMMENT
EXCEPT TO SAY IT HAS A LEGAL
00:27:19OBJECT -- OBLIGATION NOT TO
DISCLOSE TRADE SECRETS, AND
00:27:25DRIVE CAPITAL OFFERED NO
COMMENT.
00:27:28SPEAKING OF JOBSOHIO, THE OHIO
SUPREME COURT IS TAKEN UP INTO
00:27:36THE ROW CASES INVOLVING THE
ENTITY.
00:27:37EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE JUSTICES
RULED THAT JOBSOHIO CAN'T BE
00:27:39COMPELLED TO PRODUCE CERTAIN
DOCUMENTS BY THE STATE'S PUBLIC
00:27:41RECORDS LAW, BECAUSE STATE
LEGISLATORS SPECIFICALLY
00:27:43EXEMPTED MOST OF JOBSOHIO'S
RECORDS FROM THAT LAW.
00:27:46BUT THERE'S BEEN NO RULING ON
WHAT IS ARGUABLY THE BIGGEST
00:27:48CASE THAT WAS BEFORE THE OHIO
SUPREME COURT THIS YEAR -- THE
00:28:00QUESTION OF WHO CAN FILE A
LAWSUIT TO SETTLE THE QUESTION
00:28:02OF CONSTITUTIONALITY.
BOTH SIDES GOT THE QUESTION "WHO
00:28:11HAS THE LEGAL STANDING TO SUE
THE STATE IN A CASE LIKE THIS?
00:28:13CHIEF JUSTICE MAUREEN O'CONNOR
ASKED IT OF MAURICE THOMPSON
00:28:18FROM PROGRESS OHIO, WHICH FILED
THE SUIT.
00:28:24AND JUSTICE PAUL PFEIFER ASKED
IF THE OPPOSITION TO PROGRESS
00:28:27OHIO'S CASE HAS TO DO WITH
JOBSOHIO'S DECISION TO COMPLETE
00:28:28THE LIQUOR PROFITS TRANSFER AND
SELL BONDS EVEN WITH THE
00:28:29CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
OUTSTANDING.
00:28:33THAT IS IT FOR "THE STATE OF
OHIO."
00:28:44HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND PLEASE JOIN
US AGAIN NEXT YEAR FOR "THE
00:28:49STATE OF OHIO."
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