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00:00:00>> SUPPORT OF THE STATEWIDE
BROADCAST OF "THE STATE OF OHIO"
00:00:04COMES FROM THE OFFICES OF
PORTER, WRIGHT, MORRIS AUTHOR --
00:00:08MORRIS, AND ARTHUR LLP.
ON THE WEB AT PORTERWRIGHT.COM.
00:00:16ANDREW PRESENTING 120 THOUSAND
TEACHERS, SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS,
00:00:23AND HIGHER EDUCATION FACULTY
COMMITTED TO THE SUCCESS OF
00:00:25EVERY CHILD.
>> THE PRIMARY DEADLINE IS
00:00:30COMING CLOSER AND AT LEAST ONE
CANDIDATE KNOWS WHETHER HE WILL
00:00:33FACE A CHALLENGER.
GOVERNOR KASICH TALKS
00:00:37OFF-THE-CUFF ABOUT HIS PLANS AND
PRIORITIES.
00:00:38AND THE MAJOR PARTY LEADERS
ENGAGE IN A NETHER DEBATE ABOUT
00:00:43THE UPCOMING ELECTION.
ALL THIS WEEKEND IN THE STATE OF
00:00:47OHIO.
?
00:00:53IT APPEARS THAT GOV. JOHN KASICH
WILL NOT HAVE AN OPPONENT IN THE
00:00:57MAY REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.
TEA PARTY ACTIVISTS SAY THAT
00:01:00THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PUT
TOGETHER A TEAM TO GATHER THE
00:01:021,000 SIGNATURES REQUIRED BY
FEBRUARY 5 TO BE ON THE SPRING
00:01:05BALLOT.
TEA PARTY LEADER TOM
00:01:10ZAWISTOWSKI, WHO WAS ON THIS
SHOW TWO WEEKS AGO TALKING ABOUT
00:01:12HIS GROUP'S AMBITIONS TO RUN
AGAINST KASICH, NOW SAYS THERE
00:01:14WON'T BE A CHALLENGE TO KASICH,
FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
00:01:21>> FOR ME IT HAS BEEN ONE
COLLABORATES AFTER ANOTHER.
00:01:26THE PROCESS OF GETTING ON THE
BALLOT, YOU HAVE TO COLLECT 1000
00:01:32SIGNATURES AND WE ARE PRETTY
CLOSE TO HAVING THAT DONE.
00:01:34I THINK WE COULD'VE HAD THAT
DONE.
00:01:36IT IS JUST A MATTER OF THE
CANDIDATES THEMSELVES BEING PUT
00:01:42UNDER SUCH SCRUTINY BY THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
00:01:44THE PROBLEM IS IT IS NOT ABOUT
YOUR IDEAS, IT IS ABOUT
00:01:48CHARACTER ASSASSINATION.
COMMON PEOPLE WANT TO DO THAT?
00:01:54>> TEA PARTY ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN
ANGRY WITH KASICH OVER MEDICAL
00:01:58ISSUES.
ZAWISTOWSKI SAYS LIBERTARIAN
00:02:00CANDIDATE CHARLIE EARL WILL BE
INVITED TO SPEAK BEFORE TEA
00:02:02PARTY GROUPS, BUT THAT HE HASN'T
BEEN ENDORSED.
00:02:03MEANWHILE, DEMOCRATS ARE STILL
WAITING TO HEAR FROM TODD
00:02:05PORTUNE.
THE HAMILTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER
00:02:07WAS ALSO ON THAT SHOW TWO WEEKS
AGO, TALKING ABOUT HIS PLANS TO
00:02:10RUN FOR THE DEMOCRATIC
NOMINATION AGAINST ED
00:02:12FITZGERALD, THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY
EXECUTIVE.
00:02:23SO FAR, PORTUNE HASN'T MADE ANY
ANNOUNCEMENTS, OTHER THAN TO SAY
00:02:25HE'S HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING
SOMEONE TO RUN AS HIS LIEUTENANT
00:02:27GOVERNOR.
THE BRUTAL WEATHER THIS WINTER
00:02:28HAS COST MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS
ALL OF THEIR CALAMITY DAYS AND
00:02:30WE STILL HAVE ALMOST TWO MONTHS
TO GO.
00:02:31NOW LAWMAKERS ARE PROPOSING
LETTING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TAKE UP
00:02:33TO FOUR ADDITIONAL
WEATHER-RELATED DAYS OFF THIS
00:02:35YEAR, FOLLOWING A CALL FROM THE
GOVERNOR.
00:02:38REPUBLICAN STATE REPS. TONY
BURKLEY AND BRIAN HILL
00:02:41INTRODUCED THE MEASURE AFTER
GOV. KASICH URGED ADDING SOME
00:02:44EXTRA CALAMITY DAYS ON A
ONE-TIME BASIS BECAUSE OF THIS
00:02:46YEAR'S UNUSUALLY SEVERE WEATHER.
KASICH SAID MANY SCHOOLS HAVE
00:02:55EXHAUSTED THEIR FIVE ALLOWABLE
DAYS OFF FOR SNOW OR BAD
00:02:57WEATHER, OR SOON WILL.
THAT MEANS DISTRICTS WILL HAVE
00:02:59TO EXTEND THE SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH
HE SAYS WOULD "WREAK HAVOC" ON
00:03:01SCHOOL BUDGETS AND SCHEDULES.
NEXT YEAR, DISTRICTS WON'T HAVE
00:03:09THIS PROBLEM, THANKS TO A NEW
LAW CHANGING THE CLASSROOM
00:03:10REQUIREMENTS TO BE MEASURED IN
HOURS, NOT DAYS, SO DISTRICTS
00:03:12WILL HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO
LENGTHEN SCHOOL DAYS IF NEEDED.
00:03:19A STATE INVESTIGATION INTO
OHIO'S LARGEST PUBLIC SCHOOL
00:03:21DISTRICT, THE COLUMBUS CITY
SCHOOLS, HAS UNCOVERED YEARS OF
00:03:23ALLEGED RULE-BREAKING IN ORDER
TO IMPROVE ITS STATUS.
00:03:32STATE AUDITOR DAVID YOST
REVEALED THE RESULTS OF HIS
00:03:34AUDIT THIS WEEK, SAYING THAT
SCHOOL OFFICIALS PLAYED "FAST
00:03:36AND LOOSE" WITH ATTENDANCE DATA,
GRADE CHANGES AND OTHER RECORDS
00:03:38AND DOCUMENTATION.
>> THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST
00:03:40TROUBLING THINGS IN THE 14 YEARS
THAT I'VE BEEN A PUBLIC SERVANT
00:03:42THAT I'VE EVER COME ACROSS.
>> YOST SAID THERE WAS A
00:03:48TOP-DOWN CULTURE OF DATA
MANIPULATION AND EMPLOYEE
00:03:50INTIMIDATION, AND HIS OFFICE'S
REPORT CLAIMS THAT MAJOR
00:03:51OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN GAMING THE
SYSTEM FOR YEARS IN ORDER TO
00:03:53IMPROVE ITS RANKING.
YOST SAID A REVIEW OF A SAMPLE
00:04:02OF 200 LETTER GRADE CHANGES
FOUND THAT 83.5 PERCENT OF THE
00:04:04DATA TESTED DID NOT HAVE
DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT THE
00:04:06GRADE CHANGES.
AND YOST SAYS A TOP
00:04:13ADMINISTRATOR ORDERED DISTRICT
TO WITHDRAW STUDENTS THEN
00:04:15RE-ENROLL THEM, SO THAT THOSE
STUDENTS' TEST SCORES WOULD NOT
00:04:17BE COUNTED TOWARD THE SCHOOL'S
OVERALL PERFORMANCE.
00:04:22SOON AFTER THE REPORT WAS
RELEASED, COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOLS
00:04:24ANNOUNCED THAT SEVERAL
ADMINISTRATORS WOULD BE FIRED
00:04:26FOR THEIR ROLE IN CHANGING DATA.
BUT THERE COULD BE BIGGER
00:04:32CONSEQUENCES FOR SOME HIGHER
OFFICIALS, SUCH AS FORMER
00:04:34SUPERINTENDENT GENE HARRIS, WHO
RETIRED IN 2012.
00:04:38YOST DIDN'T OFFER ANY DETAILS,
BUT SAID HE WOULD BE SENDING
00:04:40INFORMATION TO PROSECUTORS.
NEW STATE STATISTICS SHOW THAT
00:04:4240 PERCENT OF OHIO HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATES WEREN'T READY FOR
00:04:44COLLEGE-LEVEL MATH OR ENGLISH
--
00:04:51SECRETARY HOUSTON STARTED IT OFF
THIS WEEK.
00:04:58THEN IT WAS GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH
POSTERITY TO TAKE QUESTIONS FROM
00:05:01REPORTERS.
UP HE TALKED ABOUT JOBS, EVEN
00:05:04MORE ABOUT EDUCATION, AND
MENTIONED POVERTY QUITE A A LOT
00:05:07OF LOW.
>> I HAVE LOTS OF THOUGHTS ABOUT
00:05:12HOW TO MAKE EDUCATION MORE
RELEVANT TO OUR STUDENTS.
00:05:14WE LOSE 24,000 STUDENTS EACH
YEAR TO DROPOUTS.
00:05:18WE GET -- WE HAVE ONE MILLION
OHIOANS WHO DO NOT HAVE A
00:05:21DEGREE.
I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT BELIEVE A
00:05:28THOROUGHLY REFORMED EDUCATION
SYSTEM THAT CAP SINCE IT TO --
00:05:29INTO STUDENTS PASSIONS AND GIFTS
IS NOT ONLY A WAY TO HELP
00:05:34STUDENTS HAVE PASSION, GET A
JOB, AND IMPROVE THEIR LIVES,
00:05:42BUT I HAPPEN TO BELIEVE IT IS
ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT ANSWERS
00:05:46TO OUR SEEMINGLY INTRACTABLE
PROBLEM OF POVERTY.
00:05:49EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT.
WE DO NEED TO KEEP AT IT AND
00:05:54THINK ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO SAY ABOUT
00:05:55IT.
>> KASICH WAS ASKED ABOUT JOBS,
00:06:03AND SPECIFICALLY WHY HE TALKS
ABOUT OHIO GAINING 170,000 JOBS,
00:06:05WHICH ARE ALL PRIVATE SECTOR
JOBS, BUT NOT THE TOTAL JOB
00:06:07NUMBER, WHICH IS LOWER BECAUSE
PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS HAVE SHRUNK.
00:06:11>> I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT
PRIVATE SECTOR GROWTH.
00:06:20DO THE GOVERNMENT JOBS MATTER?
THEY MATTER.
00:06:21IN OHIO WE HAVE THE SMALLEST
NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
00:06:28THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE STATE
FOR 30 YEARS.
00:06:29WE DID IT BY HAVING PEOPLE
RETIRE.
00:06:34WE HAVE HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE DIDN'T DO THE
00:06:42JOBS THEY DID.
WE JUST FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO
00:06:43THEM BETTER.
I THINK THE BETTER MEASURE OF
00:06:50HOW AN ECONOMY IS DOING IS
PRIVATE SECTOR JOB CREATION.
00:06:52>> DEMOCRATS HAVE SAID THAT OHIO
WAS 45TH IN THE NATION FOR JOB
00:06:56GROWTH LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO
THE JOB GROWTH USA REPORT FROM
00:06:58ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY.
AND THEY NOTE THAT OHIO'S
00:07:00UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, AT 7.2
PERCENT FOR DECEMBER, IS ABOVE
00:07:02THE NATIONAL RATE OF 6.7
PERCENT, AND IT'S A HALF A POINT
00:07:05HIGHER THAN IT WAS AT THE END OF
2012.
00:07:13ON THE STATE'S BIG HEROIN
PROBLEM, KASICH SAID HE'S HOPING
00:07:16TO CONTINUE THE EFFORTS THAT
WERE STARTED TO DEAL WITH THE
00:07:18PAINKILLER AND OPIOID EPIDEMIC.
HE SAYS HE'D LIKE TO THINK THAT
00:07:25OHIO IS ONE OF THE LEADERS IN
THE COUNTRY, NOT JUST IN
00:07:26CRACKING DOWN, BUT WITH
CONSISTENT EDUCATION EFFORTS,
00:07:28BUT HE SAYS HE WORRIES THAT
MOMENTUM MIGHT BE LOST.
00:07:31AND KASICH ADDED THAT ONE OF THE
REASONS HE WANTED TO EXPAND
00:07:33MEDICAID WAS TO GET ADDICTS
ACCESS TO REHAB.
00:07:38>> THE REHAB HAS GOT TO BE THERE
I THINK PART OF WHAT YOU ARE
00:07:46SAYING IS THIS SYRINGE EXCHANGE.
THEY HAVE TO GET INTO REHAB.
00:07:51THEY MUST GET INTO REHAB AND
THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
00:07:55>> KASICH WAS ASKED ABOUT THE
PROBLEMATIC EXECUTION OF DENNIS
00:08:00MCGUIRE, THE LONGEST ON RECORD
IN OHIO.
00:08:01MCGUIRE'S FAMILY IS SUING THE
STATE AND A PHARMACEUTICAL
00:08:03COMPANY, SAYING MCGUIRE SUFFERED
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT
00:08:05DURING HIS 26 MINUTE EXECUTION.
WITNESSES SAID MCGUIRE APPEARED
00:08:11TO BE GASPING AND SNORTING AFTER
THE DRUGS WERE INJECTED.
00:08:12THE GOVERNOR SAYS HE'S ALWAYS
CONSIDERED THE DEATH PENALTY
00:08:14VERY SERIOUSLY.
>> I LOOK AT THIS VERY VERY
00:08:22CAREFULLY.
BUT I AM A SUPPORTER OF THE
00:08:26DEATH PENALTY BECAUSE I THINK
THAT WHEN SOMEBODY'S LIFE IS
00:08:31TAKEN, MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD,
THE DEATH PENALTY IS AN
00:08:38APPROPRIATE RESPONSE THAT WE
TAKE IT -- IS APPROPRIATE --
00:08:45APPROPRIATE RESPONSE.
BUT WE TAKE IT VERY VERY
00:08:46SERIOUSLY.
>> KASICH NOTED THAT THE PRISONS
00:08:47DEPARTMENT IS DOING A
POST-EXECUTION REPORT, BUT HE
00:08:49SAYS HE DOESN'T EXPECT THAT IT
WILL RECOMMEND THE NEXT
00:08:51EXECUTION NOT GO FORWARD.
GREGORY LOTT IS THE NEXT
00:08:55CONDEMNED INMATE SCHEDULED FOR
LETHAL INJECTION ON MARCH 19.
00:09:00LOTT WAS SENTENCED TO DIE FOR
KILLING 82 YEAR OLD JOHN MCGRATH
00:09:02BY SETTING HIS EAST CLEVELAND
HOME ON FIRE IN 1986.
00:09:05LOTT'S ATTORNEYS HAVE SUED TO
STOP THE EXECUTION, SAYING THAT
00:09:07THE STATE'S LETHAL INJECTION
METHOD IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND
00:09:11COULD RESULT IN AN INMATE
SURVIVING FOR AS LONG AS 45
00:09:13MINUTES AFTER THE INJECTION IS
ADMINISTERED.
00:09:22KASICH ALSO MENTIONED 40 YEAR
OLD RONALD PHILLIPS, WHO LAST
00:09:24YEAR HAD HIS EXECUTION DELAYED
UNTIL JULY 2 AFTER HE REQUESTED
00:09:29TO DONATE HIS ORGANS.
KASICH SAYS PHILLIPS SHOULD HAVE
00:09:31THE CHANCE TO DO THAT, AND WILL
WRITE TO THE NATIONAL ORGAN
00:09:34DONATION ORGANIZATION TO FIND
OUT WHAT CAN BE DONE.
00:09:38KASICH WAS ALSO ASKED BY THE AP
STATEHOUSE CORRESPONDENT AND
00:09:40EVENT MODERATOR JULIE CARR SMYTH
ABOUT THE LATEST PROPOSAL FOR A
00:09:42SEVERANCE TAX ON OIL AND NATURAL
GAS DRILLERS.
00:09:47HOUSE LEADERS WHO STRIPPED HIS
SEVERANCE TAX OUT OF HIS BUDGET
00:09:52HAVE COME UP WITH THEIR OWN
PLAN, WHICH HE'S SAID IN OTHER
00:09:54PUBLIC SETTINGS ISN'T ENOUGH.
>> IF I DON'T HAVE A SEVERANCE
00:09:56TAX THAT DOESN'T PASS THE SMELL
TEST
00:10:00IN TERMS OF WHAT I THINK IS
FAIR, I TOLD THE LEADERS I WOULD
00:10:03VETO IT.
I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE SOME PUNY
00:10:06LITTLE -- WE ARE WORKING
TOGETHER.
00:10:09PART OF IT IS WE HAVE WORKED ON
THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
00:10:13YOU ARE A LEGISLATOR AND YOU ARE
TRYING TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE.
00:10:17WE KEEP SHARING KNOWLEDGE WITH
THE LEGISLATORS AS TO WHAT IS
00:10:22FAIR.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A
00:10:28SEVERANCE TAX THAT -- AND I WANT
TO COMMEND THE HOUSE.
00:10:29THEY STEP FORWARD TO SAY WE NEED
TO DO SOMETHING.
00:10:31GREAT.
BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DO
00:10:34SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
THE TAXPAYERS OF THIS STATE GET
00:10:41SOME FAIR VALUE FOR THE
RESOURCES THAT ARE BEING
00:10:42DEPLETED.
ON THE OTHER HAND WE DON'T WANT
00:10:45TO HAVE A SEVERANCE TAX THAT
DRIVES PEOPLE OUT.
00:10:47>> AND KASICH REITERATED HIS
CONCERN THAT A GROUP COULD PUT A
00:10:50SEVERANCE TAX PROPOSAL ON THE
BALLOT THAT WOULD BE, IN THE
00:10:52GOVERNOR'S WORDS, "SKY HIGH".
THE GOVERNOR DIDN'T OFFER TOO
00:10:56MANY HINTS ABOUT WHAT HE HAS
PLANNED FOR THE COMING FEW
00:10:57MONTHS, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE
STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH IN
00:10:59MEDINA ON FEBRUARY 24 AND THE
MID-BUDGET-CYCLE UPDATE.
00:11:07>> WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING
ON.
00:11:08THERE WILL BE A SERIES OF THINGS
YOU WILL SEE IN THE MBR RELATED
00:11:12TO TAXES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
EDUCATION, JOB TRAINING.
00:11:19THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO DO.
MAYBE SOME INITIATIVES AROUND
00:11:24POVERTY.
IT IS NOT ALL DONE YET.
00:11:29I AM NOT TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING
FROM YOU.
00:11:30IT IS NOT ALL DONE YET.
SOME OF THAT WILL BE INTEGRATED
00:11:36INTO THE STATE OF THE STATE.
YOU MAY ASK YOURSELF WHAT WILL
00:11:41BE IN THE STATE OF THE STATE.
I DON'T KNOW YET.
00:11:43THE WAY I WORK IS ICONIC REPAIR
MY OWN THINGS.
00:11:50LAST YEAR WAS NOT INSUFFERABLY
LONG.
00:11:55OF TWO YEARS AGO IT WAS PROBABLY
INSUFFERABLY LONG.
00:12:01HOPEFULLY IT WILL NOT BE A LONG
TALK.
00:12:06WE WILL LAY DOWN SOME PRINCIPLES
AND VALUES ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO
00:12:09DO.
IT WON'T BE READY UNTIL THREE OR
00:12:16FOUR DAYS BEFORE.
>> BY THE WAY THE GOVERNOR SPOKE
00:12:19FOR JUST OVER AN HOUR IN HIS
SPEECH AND LIMA LAST YEAR.
00:12:21THE YEAR BEFORE HE SPOKE FOR 83
MINUTES.
00:12:25WE WILL HAVE COVERAGE OF HIS
STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH ON
00:12:31MOST OF OHIO'S PUBLIC RADIO AND
TELEVISION STATIONS.
00:12:34HE WAS ALSO ASKED ABOUT TO
POLITICAL HOT BUTTON ISSUES AND
00:12:38OFFERED VERY BRIEF ANSWERS.
HERE IS WHAT HE SAID WHAT HE WAS
00:12:41ASKED ABOUT THE POSSIBLE CLOSING
OF ALL THE ABORTION CLINICS IN
00:12:46SOUTHWESTERN OHIO.
>> I THINK THEY NEED TO FOLLOW
00:12:48THE LAW.
>> DOES THAT MEAN IN EVERY
00:12:53METROPOLITAN AREA?
>> IT MEANS WE NEED TO FOLLOW
00:12:57THE LAW.
THAT IS WHAT THE HEALTH
00:12:58DEPARTMENT DID.
>> HE WAS ALSO ASKED ABOUT A
00:13:06RIGHT TO WORK AMENDMENT.
>> IT IS NOT ON MY AGENDA.
00:13:10WE HAVE ENOUGH THINGS WE ARE
DOING THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR
00:13:17GROWING THE STATE.
IT IS NOT AN AGENDA ITEM.
00:13:19>> IT MIGHT NOT BE ON YOUR
AGENDA --
00:13:22>> YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK OTHER
PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR AGENDA.
00:13:27I'M JUST TELLING YOU ABOUT MY
AGENDA.
00:13:29>> THIS WEEK IT IS REVEALED HE
IS NOT LIKELY TO SEE A CHALLENGE
00:13:32ON THE MAY PRIMARY BALLOT.
TEA PARTY ACTIVISTS ARE STILL
00:13:37ANGRY WITH THE GOVERNOR.
HE WAS ASKED IF HE HAS A BASE
00:13:42PROBLEM.
CASE IT SAID HE IS NOT GOING TO
00:13:44SHY AWAY ABOUT ISSUES THAT
CONCERN HIM >> I AM A
00:13:56CONSERVATIVE
-- THAT CONCERN HIM.
00:13:59>> I AM A CONSERVATIVE.
I HAVE A RIGHT TO SHAPE WHAT
00:14:06CONSERVATIVE PHILOSOPHY MEANS.
I HAVE A RIGHT TO MOVE FORWARD
00:14:09WITH PROGRAMS THAT MAY BE NOT
THAT POPULAR BUT MAY YIELD AN
00:14:15AWFUL LOT OF GOOD.
WHY NOT? WHY WOULD I NOT DO
00:14:21THAT?
WHY WOULD I NOT SPEAK OUT?
00:14:23WHY WOULD I NOT TALK ABOUT THE
FACT THAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT
00:14:26THE MENTALLY ILL OR THE POOR?
THAT'S ABOUT DOING IT RIGHT.
00:14:28I -- OR THE POOR?
I KNOW WHO IS HAPPY ABOUT IT.
00:14:36I KNOW IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE.
I AM NOT TELLING YOU THAT WE
00:14:41DON'T HAVE POLITICAL
CONSIDERATION ON SOME THINGS.
00:14:43IT IS ABOUT DOING IT RIGHT.
>> AND WHEN ASKED HOW MUCH MONEY
00:14:45HE WOULD BE REPORTING IN HIS
CANDIDATE CAMPAIGN FINANCIAL
00:14:46STATEMENT, DUE ON FRIDAY, KASICH
SAID ONLY THAT "THE APPROPRIATE
00:14:49PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU."
POLITICS AND THE UPCOMING
00:14:53ELECTION MAY NOT HAVE BEEN WHAT
KASICH WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, BUT
00:14:56IT WAS ALL POLITICS WHEN THE
CHAIRS OF THE STATE'S MAJOR
00:14:58POLITICAL PARTIES TOOK OVER
AFTER LUNCH. AND RIGHT TO WORK
00:15:00WAS RIGHT AT THE TOP. OHIO
DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN CHRIS
00:15:04REDFERN SAID KASICH'S COMMENT
ABOUT HOW IT WASN'T ON HIS
00:15:08AGENDA WAS WORD-FOR-WORD WHAT
MICHIGAN GOV. RICK SNYDER SAID
00:15:12BEFORE IT PASSED THERE. AND HE
SAID IT WILL CERTAINLY PASS IN
00:15:17OHIO IF KASICH IS RE-ELECTED.
>> WE KNOW WHAT IS COMING
00:15:25-- NOT JUST DEMOCRATS BUT THOSE
INDEPENDENTS AND FEW REPUBLICANS
00:15:29LEFT IN THE LEGISLATURE WHO
SUPPORT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
00:15:32THEY KNOW IT'S COMING.
WE KNOW IT'S COMING.
00:15:35RICK SNYDER SAID THAT HE DID NOT
SUPPORT RIGHT TO WORK.
00:15:40IT WAS NOT ON HIS AGENDA.
HERE WE ARE WITH THE JOHN
00:15:43KASICH, MIMICKING.
IT'S COMING.
00:15:48>> BUT OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY
CHAIR MATT BORGES SAID THIS
00:15:50ISSUE IS A RED HERRING TO COVER
FOR A LACK OF STRENGTH IN
00:15:53CANDIDATES AND MESSAGE.
>> RIGHT TO WORK BILLS WERE
00:15:56DROPPED.
THE TWO REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURES
00:16:06THOUGHT THE CONCEPT AND THE
ISSUE SHOULD BE AT LEAST
00:16:10DISCUSSED.
THOSE BILLS NEVER GOT TO THE
00:16:11POINT OF HAVING HEARINGS.
WHEN REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP TELLS
00:16:15YOU IT IS NOT ON THEIR AGENDA,
IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF ANY
00:16:18NEFARIOUS ATTEMPT TO DODGE AN
ISSUE.
00:16:21IT IS BECAUSE IT IS NOT ON THEIR
AGENDA.
00:16:22>> THE TALK THEN TURNED TO
ABORTION, AND SPECIFICALLY THE
00:16:24FIRST-EVER APPEARANCE OF THE
ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC TICKET
00:16:26TOGETHER LAST WEEK TO RECEIVE
THE ENDORSEMENT OF PLANNED
00:16:28PARENTHOOD OF OHIO. BORGES SAID
WHAT DEMOCRATS ADVOCATE ON
00:16:29ABORTION IS OUTSIDE THE
MAINSTREAM. AND HE SAID THE
00:16:35SELECTION OF THE DEMOCRATS'
RUNNING MATE PROVES IT.
00:16:38>> GOING DOWN THE PATH OF
FINDING SHAREN NEUHARDT REALLY
00:16:41CRYSTALLIZED
, IN A LOT OF PEOPLES MINDS,
00:16:49THAT THE DEMOCRATS KNOW THEY
CANNOT WIN ON THE ECONOMIC
00:16:51ISSUES.
THEY KNOW THEY CANNOT WIN ON
00:16:54THEIR OWN QUALIFICATIONS FOR
OFFICE.
00:16:56THEY KNOW THEY CANNOT WIN ON
COMPARING THEMSELVES TO THE JOBS
00:16:59THE REPUBLICANS HAVE DONE.
THEY ARE GOING TO TURN TO THESE
00:17:03ISSUES.
THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO SCARE
00:17:04VOTERS.
THAT IS NOT A POSITION I WANT TO
00:17:11BE AND BECAUSE IT IS NOT A
WINNING MESSAGE.
00:17:12>> BUT REDFERN SAID IT'S THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY AND GOVERNOR
00:17:15KASICH THAT ARE GOING AGAINST
WHAT OHIO VOTERS WANT.
00:17:17>> GOVERNOR KASICH AND THE OHIO
REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE RADICAL AND
00:17:25EXTREME
ON ISSUES FOR WOMEN BOTH
00:17:31ECONOMIC AND --
AT SOME POINT I WOULD EXPECT
00:17:41THAT I WOULD SUSPECT THAT
SOMEBODY WHO IS ACTUALLY
00:17:44CONFRONTED CERVICAL CANCER, WHO
HAS ACTUALLY DEALT WITH THESE
00:17:49ISSUES, WOULD SPEAK OUT IN
SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNOR'S FAILED
00:17:54PER -- FAILED ATTEMPTS.
>> THE CHAIRS COULDN'T PREDICT
00:18:03HOW MUCH THE UPCOMING GOVERNOR'S
RACE MIGHT COST, BUT BOTH SAY IT
00:18:05WILL BE VERY EXPENSIVE.
BUT REDFERN SAYS THAT WON'T STOP
00:18:06HIS TEAM.
>> WILL WE RAISE MORE THAN
00:18:08KASICH? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
ED FITZGERALD IS NOT GOLF AND HE
00:18:14CERTAINLY DOES NOT GOLF WITH ASH
AND HE CERTAINLY DOES NOT GOLF
00:18:21WITH THE CEOS OF OTHER
WELL-HEELED CORPORATIONS WHO
00:18:23HAVE RECEIVED TENS OF MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS FROM PUBLIC WALLETS
00:18:28WITHOUT ANY TRANSPARENCY TO
SUGGEST THAT THAT INVESTMENT IS
00:18:30WHITES -- IS WISE.
>> BUT REDFERN SAID THAT IN
00:18:322012, US SENATOR SHERROD BROWN
WAS OUTSPENT BY STATE TREASURER
00:18:34JOSH MANDEL, AND PRESIDENT OBAMA
WAS OUTSPENT BY MITT ROMNEY IN
00:18:36OHIO, BUT THOSE DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES STILL WON.
00:18:46BORGES WAS ASKED ABOUT THE BUZZ
THAT'S SURROUNDED KASICH FOR THE
00:18:48LAST FEW YEARS, THAT HE HAS
PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS.
00:18:49BORGES SAID HE'S NEVER TALKED TO
KASICH ABOUT IT, BUT THAT IT'S
00:18:51GRATIFYING TO SEE NATIONAL MEDIA
PAYING ATTENTION TO HIS
00:18:52CANDIDATE.
>> WHEN VOTERS ARE ASKED WHO
00:18:55THEY GIVE CREDIT FOR
THEY GIVE 93% -- 93% OF THEM
00:19:03GIVE CREDIT TO JOHN KASICH
RETURN IT THE ECONOMY AROUND.
00:19:07IT CERTAINLY IS A REFLECTION OF
WHAT THE REAL WORLD LOOKS AT IN
00:19:11TERMS OF HOW JOHN KASICH HAS
DONE -- OF WHAT JOHN KASICH HAS
00:19:16DONE AND HIS POTENTIAL PLANS FOR
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
00:19:21>> AND BORGES SAID THAT
PRESIDENT OBAMA GOLFS, AND THAT
00:19:23HE'S GOLFED WITH JOHN KASICH.
THE CHAIRS WERE THEN ASKED ABOUT
00:19:25THE STATEWIDE EXECUTIVE
OFFICEHOLDER WHO MAY BE THE MOST
00:19:27VULNERABLE ON THIS FALL'S BALLOT
- JOSH MANDEL.
00:19:30INTERESTING, MANDEL WAS THE ONLY
EXECUTIVE OFFICEHOLDER NOT AT
00:19:33THIS AP EVENT.
THE FINAL ELECTED PANEL FEATURED
00:19:41MIKE DEWINE AND AUTHOR DAVID E
HOST.
00:19:42BORGES TALKED UP MANDEL'S WORK
ETHIC AND MILITARY SERVICE, AND
00:19:45SAID HE WASN'T IMPRESSED WITH
DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER STATE REP.
00:19:46CONNIE PILLICH OF CINCINNATI.
THEN REDFERN TOOK OVER.
00:19:49>> WE HAVE A TENDENCY, MYSELF
INCLUDED, TO BE A BIT POINTED.
00:19:59IT STRIKES ME HOW AGGRESSIVE THE
CHAIRMAN IS AND OTHERS AND HIS
00:20:07PARTY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE
CANDIDATES HAPPENS TO BE A
00:20:09WOMAN.
THIS IS A FORMER ACTIVE DUTY
00:20:13MEMBER OF THE AIR FORCE WHO HAS
BEEN ELECTED THREE TIMES TO THE
00:20:17OHIO LEGISLATURE.
UNLIKE ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES IN
00:20:20SOUTHWEST OHIO, HE IS NOT UNDER
INDICTMENT.
00:20:24THIS VILLAGE UNDERSTANDS HER
DISTRICT IN SOUTHWEST OHIO AND
00:20:30HAS WORKED INCREDIBLY HARD.
I WOULD SUSPECT YOU WOULD SAY
00:20:33THE SAME.
I THINK OHIOANS ARE LOOKING FOR
00:20:43THE KIND OF DIFFERENCE THAT
CONNIE AND NINA PROVIDES.
00:20:48I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR
SLATED CANDIDATES ON THIS
00:20:58TICKET.
IT IS THE MOST DIVERSE SLATE IN
00:21:00RECENT MEMORY.
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME
00:21:05WE HAD AS MANY WOMEN RUNNING
STATEWIDE.
00:21:07I AM EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW MATT IS EXCITED ABOUT HIS
00:21:09CANDIDATES AS WELL.
HE WILL HAVE TO DEFEND JOSH
00:21:14MANDEL IN A RECORD OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION.
00:21:16WHEN WE CONTINUE TO HEAR THINGS
LIKE ECONOMIC REBOUND, IT IS
00:21:22LIKE WHEN YOU ARE A KID AND YOU
SAY THINGS YOU KNOW AREN'T TRUE.
00:21:24YOU SAY THEM SO MUCH YOU THINK
THEY ARE TRUE.
00:21:28OVER THE COURSE OF THIS LAST
YEAR, DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR,
00:21:33NUMBER ONE IN JOB LOSS.
MARCH, NUMBER ONE IN JOB LOSS.
00:21:41IF YOU ARE REPUBLICAN, YOU KNOW
SOMETHING IS WRONG.
00:21:45A COLUMN WAS WRITTEN A COUPLE OF
WEEKS AGO ABOUT HOW OHIO -- HOW
00:21:52OHIO CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE AND
WHY INVESTING IN EDUCATION WOULD
00:21:55BE SO IMPORTANT.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS AS THE
00:21:59BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
SUGGESTS WE ARE 45TH IN THE
00:22:02NATION THIS MONTH IN TOTAL.
THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
00:22:08BACKS UP -- BACKS IT UP.
ECONOMISTS HAVE SAID THAT THIS
00:22:15ECONOMY IS STRUGGLING UNDER THIS
OHIO MIRACLE.
00:22:20>> LET'S ADDRESS A COUPLE OF
THINGS.
00:22:24DON'T MISS THAT UNDERCURRENT OF
ANOTHER DIVISIVE ISSUE -- IT
00:22:35WILL BE TURNED INTO ANOTHER ONE
OF THESE FALSE ACCUSATIONS OF A
00:22:42WAR ON A FEMALE CANDIDATE.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS PROUD OF
00:22:46ITS TRADITION OF OHIO SUPREME
COURT JUSTICES IN THIS BUILDING.
00:22:53THE FIRST FEMALE LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR, THE FIRST FEMALE
00:23:05GOVERNOR OF OHIO -- OUR CURRENT
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND LAST
00:23:09LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND ALL FOUR
WOMEN TO SERVE IN THE OFFICE
00:23:20HAVE BEEN REPUBLICANS.
WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THAT.
00:23:25THIS NOTION THAT WE DON'T
SUPPORT FEMALE CANDIDATES IS
00:23:31ABSURD.
WE DON'T BUY INTO IT TO LEAVE IT
00:23:33ALONE.
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THE
00:23:37JOB GROWTH IS UP IN THE STATE,
WHEN CHAIRMAN REDFORD WENT ON
00:23:42THE NOW INFAMOUS APPEARANCE AND
SAT ACROSS THE TABLE FROM ME AND
00:23:48SAID UNEMPLOYMENT HAS NOT
CHANGED SINCE 2010, THAT WAS NOT
00:23:54THE TRUTH.
UNEMPLOYMENT HAS DROPPED ALMOST
00:23:57THREE POINTS SINCE THEN.
THAT IS THE RECORD WE ARE GOING
00:24:02TO BE PROUD TO BE ABLE TO RUN
ON.
00:24:03IS THERE A LOT MORE WORK TO DO?
OF COURSE.
00:24:07HAVE YOU HEARD ANY OF US SAY
OTHERWISE?
00:24:08NO.
THIS IS THE PATH WE NEED TO GO
00:24:11DOWN AND THE WAY WE NEED TO LEAD
THE STATE MOVING FORWARD.
00:24:17NOT GO BACK TO THE POLICIES OF
THE ADMINISTRATION AND DEMOCRATS
00:24:23WHEN THEY RAN THE HOUSE FOR THAT
SHORT.
00:24:24BANG -- THAT SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME.
00:24:28IT HAD -- IT INCLUDED THAT
LEGISLATION THE GOVERNORS HAD TO
00:24:35CLEAN UP.
>> THE CHAIRS WERE ALSO ASKED TO
00:24:36NAME WHAT THEY CONSIDER THE
BIGGEST VULNERABILITIES OF THE
00:24:38OTHER PARTY'S CANDIDATE.
BORGES SAID FITZGERALD HAS A
00:24:39WEAK RECORD IN PUBLIC SERVICE
AND HAS NEVER COMPLETED A JOB TO
00:24:41WHICH HE WAS ELECTED, AND HE
CALLED THE CONTROVERSY
00:24:44SURROUNDING THE SELECTION AND
EVENTUAL DEPARTURE OF SEN. ERIC
00:24:46KEARNEY AS FITZGERALD'S RUNNING
MATE A "GOAT RODEO".
00:24:51REDFERN SAID OF KASICH THAT THE
ELECTION WILL BE ALL ABOUT THE
00:24:53ECONOMY, AND THAT WHEN IT COMES
TO WHAT HE CALLED THE TERRIBLE
00:24:59ECONOMIC NEWS IN OHIO QUOTING
HERE THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE, AND
00:25:02HE ALSO BLASTED KASICH FOR THE
ANTI-ABORTION POLICIES IN THE
00:25:04STATE BUDGET AND IN OTHER
LEGISLATION.
00:25:07AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT OHIO PUBLIC
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