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00:00:28 | >> THIS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE HAS BEEN A BUSY ONE FOR |
00:00:33 | GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH. HE'S SEEN SOME OF HIS KEYSTONE |
00:00:36 | PIECES OF LEGISLATION SAIL THROUGH THE STATEHOUSE, BUT ONE |
00:00:38 | MAJOR INITIATIVE HE PUT HIS MUSCLE BEHIND WAS SMASHED AT THE |
00:00:40 | POLLS. THE GOVERNOR LOOKS BACK ON HIS |
00:00:42 | FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE -- AND PREVIEWS WHAT'S HE'SÑi THINKING |
00:00:44 | ABOUT FOR NEXT YEAR -- NEXT TIME ON "THE STATE OF OHIO". |
00:00:46 | THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN MANY OF US LOOK BACK ON WHAT'S |
00:00:53 | HAPPENED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS AND LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT'S AHEAD |
00:00:55 | FOR THE COMING NEW YEAR. IN THAT SPIRIT, I USUALLY SIT |
00:00:59 | DOWN WITH THE STATE'S KEY LEADERS IN THE EXECUTIVE AND |
00:01:02 | LEGISLATIVE BRANCH -- I TALKED WITH SENATE PRESIDENT TOM |
00:01:05 | NIEHAUS AND MINORITY LEADER CAPRI CAFARO LAST WEEK, AND |
00:01:07 | HOPE TO HAVE HOUSE SPEAKER BILL BATCHELDER AND MINORITY LEADER |
00:01:11 | ARMOND BUDISH TOGETHER SOMETIME EARLY IN 2012. |
00:01:13 | THIS WEEK IT'S GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH'S TURN TO LOOK BACK ON |
00:01:17 | HIS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE. ÑiIN EVERY OTHER ADMINISTRATION |
00:01:21 | SINCE THIS SHOW WAS CREATED MORE THAN A DECADE AGO, THE |
00:01:23 | SITTING GOVERNOR HAS DONE ONE- ON-ONE INTERVIEWS WITH |
00:01:26 | REPORTERS, BOTH BROADCAST AND PRINT. |
00:01:28 | THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT -- KASICH CHOSE NOT TO DO |
00:01:31 | INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS WITH THE MANY REPORTERS WHO ASKED, |
00:01:35 | INCLUDING ME. INSTEAD, HE INVITED JOURNALISTS |
00:01:38 | TO THE GOVERNOR'S RESIDENCE FOR A MARATHON PRESS CONFERENCE |
00:01:40 | WITH A QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION, WHERE HE WENT OVER SOME |
00:01:43 | OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND OUTLINED HIS PLANS FOR THE |
00:01:45 | FUTURE. HE RAN THROUGH HIS LIST OF HIGH |
00:01:49 | POINTS, INVITING MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET TO STEP FORWARD AND SAY |
00:01:52 | A FEW WORDS -- JOBSOHIO CHIEF MARK KVAMME EVEN BROUGHT ALONG |
00:01:55 | A VIDEO. HE TALKED ABOUT BOOKS HE'S |
00:01:59 | READING, ABOUT CHRISTMAS PARTIES, ABOUT HIS FAITH, AND |
00:02:01 | ABOUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST MOMENTS IN POLITICS THIS YEAR -- |
00:02:03 | WHEN HE INVITED PRESIDENT OBAMA, VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN AND US |
00:02:08 | HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER FOR A FRIENDLY GAME OF GOLF. |
00:02:11 | >> AS YOU KNOW, I HAD THAT FAMOUS GOLF MATCH. |
00:02:19 | JOHN BOEHNER SAID WHEN I FOUND OUT I WOULD HAVE TO PLAY WITH |
00:02:22 | JOE BIDEN, I ALMOST CRIED. WHAT REALLY MADE ME CRY WAS |
00:02:27 | BIDEN AND PLAINER IN SHORTS. [APPLAUSE] |
00:02:29 | [LAUGHTER] >> IN A TWO HOUR SESSION THAT |
00:02:35 | HAD PERIODS OF HIGH PRAISE FOR CABINET MEMBERS AND POINTED |
00:02:38 | REMARKS AT HIS CRITICS, AND HAD MOMENTS THAT SEEMED RAMBLING AND |
00:02:41 | DISCONNECTED, KASICH RAN DOWN A LIST OF CHANGES AND REFORMS |
00:02:42 | HE'S MADE, STARTING OUT BY SAYING THAT HE -- QUOTING HERE |
00:02:44 | -- "REALLY TRIES TO KEEP POLITICS TO AN ABSOLUTE |
00:02:46 | MINIMUM." >> I FIND A LOT OF TIMES THERE |
00:02:50 | IS A FOCUS ON THE POLITICS OF WHAT WE ARE DOING. |
00:02:53 | YOU KNOW, IN SOME RESPECTS, I SUPPOSE FOCUSING ON THE POLITICS |
00:02:59 | IS AN EASY THING FOR YOU TO DO. BUT I WOULD ASK YOU TODAY, JUST |
00:03:03 | FOR TODAY, TO LOOK THROUGH THE OTHER END OF THE TELESCOPE. |
00:03:07 | THINK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IN TERMS OF |
00:03:12 | IMPROVING THE STATE OF OHIO, BEING IN AÑi POSITION OF |
00:03:19 | MINIMIZING POLITICS IN OUR STATE, AND BEGINNING TO DO |
00:03:24 | THINGS THAT HAVE EITHER BEEN LEFT UNDONE, OR THINGS THAT ARE |
00:03:28 | CRITICAL THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE. |
00:03:29 | >> HE LOOKED BACK ON WHAT HE WAS FACING WHEN HE CAME INTO OFFICE. |
00:03:36 | >> I THINK FOR ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM WHO HAVE WITNESSED THIS |
00:03:41 | LEVEL OF CHANGE OVER THIS LAST YEAR, I DO NOT THINK ANYBODY HAS |
00:03:45 | SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. I DO NOT THINK WE ARE GOING TO |
00:03:48 | SEE ANYTHING LIKE IT IN THE FUTURE. |
00:03:51 | IT IS REALLY AMAZING. REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE LOST 400 |
00:03:57 | DOZEN JOBS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. |
00:04:00 | 600,000 JOBS OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS. |
00:04:03 | ONLY MICHIGAN AND CALIFORNIA HAVE DONE WORSE THAN OHIO. |
00:04:08 | WHEN I CAME HERE IN 1970, OHIO TRULY WAS THE PROMISED LAND. |
00:04:15 | WHEN I STOP AND THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE WERE BEING |
00:04:18 | DEVASTATED -- IN FACT, I THINK WE WERE ON DEATH'S DOORSTEP. |
00:04:22 | THE LOSS OF ALL THESE JOBS, THE RISE IN POVERTY IN THE STATE TO, |
00:04:29 | POPULATION GROWTH WAS ANEMIC, WE LOST TO CONGRESSMAN. |
00:04:33 | OUR CREDIT RATING WAS HEADED SOUTH. |
00:04:36 | WE WERE ON THE EDGE OF GETTING A DOWNGRADE WITH OUR CREDIT. |
00:04:39 | ONE-THIRD OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WERE LEAVING THE STATE AFTER |
00:04:47 | THEY GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE. AFTER THREE YEARS, STILL A |
00:04:52 | CHALLENGE WE HAVE. THEY WERE LEAVING BECAUSE THE |
00:04:55 | OPPORTUNITY WAS NOT IN OHIO. THERE WERE GOING OTHER PLACES, |
00:04:59 | WHETHER IT WAS THE TRIANGLE IN NORTH CAROLINA OR AUSTIN, |
00:05:04 | TEXAS, A MAGNET TO YOUNG PEOPLE. WE WERE IN VERY BAD SHAPE. |
00:05:08 | I COME INTO OFFICE AND INHERIT IS A DOLLAR BILLION DEFICIT. |
00:05:13 | THERE IS NOT ONE MEMBER OF THE PRESS= |
00:05:18 | BILLION BUDGET DEFICIT COULD BE ELIMINATED WITHOUT A TAX |
00:05:21 | INCREASE OR WITHOUT DEVASTATING POOR PEOPLE. |
00:05:24 | THERE WAS NOT ONE PERSON IN THE STATE WHO THOUGHT THAT. |
00:05:27 | THERE WERE CERTAIN MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY THAT DID NOT THINK WE |
00:05:31 | COULD DO IT. BUT I KIND OF KNEW IT, BECAUSE I |
00:05:34 | HAD SPENT 10 YEARS OF MY LIFE IN WASHINGTON, BUILDING A TEAM. |
00:05:39 | WE HAVE SPENT TIME LOOKING AT THIS STAGE. |
00:05:41 | "WE WERE ABLE TO CONCLUDE IS BASICALLY POLITICAL |
00:05:49 | CONSIDERATIONS OR AN UNWILLINGNESS TO FACE THE MUSIC |
00:05:51 | HAD PUT OHIO IN THIS DEEP, DEEP HOLE. |
00:05:54 | IF WE COULD JUST -- IF WE COULD JUST GET OURSELVES IN A POSITION |
00:06:01 | WHERE WE WOULD THROW THE POLITICS OUT AND JUST AN ACT |
00:06:05 | GOOD POLICY, WE WERE CONVINCED THAT WE COULD GET THIS DONE. |
00:06:08 | >> THE GOVERNOR TALKED ABOUT HOW HIS TEAM SAT DOWN TWO OR |
00:06:13 | THREE YEARS AGO AND OUTLINED WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY NEEDED TO |
00:06:15 | DO. AND THOUGH HE NEVER MENTIONED |
00:06:16 | THAT PLAN WHEN HE WAS REPEATEDLY ASKED DURING THE |
00:06:18 | CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR HOW HE WOULD DEAL WITH THE ESTIMATED $8 |
00:06:20 | BILLION DEFICIT, KASICH SAYS IT'S -- IN HIS WORD -- "AMAZING" |
00:06:22 | HOW MANY OF THE ACTIONS THAT ENDED UP IN THE BUDGET CAME FROM |
00:06:24 | THE PLAN HE AND HIS ADVISERS WORKED OUT A FEW YEARS AGO. |
00:06:28 | HE SAYS OHIO IS NOW EIGHTH IN THE NATION IN JOB CREATION AND |
00:06:34 | NUMBER ONE IN THE MIDWEST. >> HOW ABOUT THE UNEMPLOYMENT? |
00:06:40 | IT WENT FROM 9% TO 8.5%. THESE NUMBERS WILL MOVE AROUND. |
00:06:48 | I AM NOT GOING TO TELL YOU THIS HAS ALL HAPPENED BECAUSE WE ARE |
00:06:51 | HERE. BUT I GOT TO TELL YOU -- IF THE |
00:06:55 | NUMBERS WENT UP, YOU WOULD BE WORKING THE. |
00:06:58 | WHY DON'T WE TAKE A LITTLE CREDIT FOR THE FACT THAT THIS IS |
00:07:01 | THE SINGLE BIGGEST DROP IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS IN 28 |
00:07:05 | YEARS? >> AND HE SAID OVERALL, THIS |
00:07:08 | HAS MEANT BIG RETURNS FOR OHIO. >> WE HAVE ABOUT A QUARTER OF A |
00:07:14 | BILLION DOLLARS IN A RAINY DAY FUND, AND ARE RUNNING AN OVERAGE |
00:07:17 | IN THE BUDGET, WHICH IS CALLED FOR IN THE STATUTE. |
00:07:20 | WE ARE RUNNING AHEAD OF REVENUES. |
00:07:23 | WE ARE NOT GOING TO POUND OUR CHESTS TOO HARD, BECAUSE THE |
00:07:28 | NATIONAL ECONOMY, IN EUROPE, AND WHAT HAPPENS IN WASHINGTON -- |
00:07:32 | WHO KNOWS ABOUT NEXT WEEK. BUT FOR NOW, HERE WE FEEL PRETTY |
00:07:37 | GOOD. WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE CREDIT OF |
00:07:40 | AN INCREASED CREDIT OUTLOOK, WHICH SENDS A MESSAGE ACROSS THE |
00:07:43 | COUNTRY. >> THE GOVERNOR TALKED ABOUT |
00:07:47 | WHAT HE CALLED THE TRANSFORMATION OF MEDICAID, |
00:07:49 | ABOUT THE SALE OF A PRISON AND PRISONS SENTENCING REFORM, |
00:07:51 | ABOUT THE WAR ON PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. |
00:07:53 | HE TALKED ABOUT THE STATE'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY |
00:07:55 | AND ITS ROLE IN THE ECONOMY, AND ABOUT HIS NEW INVESTOHIO |
00:07:57 | PROGRAM, WHICH GIVES PEOPLE BREAKS ON THEIR INCOME TAXES FOR |
00:07:59 | INVESTING IN SMALL BUSINESSES. AND KASICH TALKED UP EDUCATION |
00:08:03 | -- BOTH AT THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LEVEL, AND PROMOTED |
00:08:06 | HOW HE HAS -- IN HIS WORDS -- TAKEN THE LID OFFÑi CHARTER |
00:08:09 | SCHOOLS, SAYING THAT IT'S NOT TO UNDERMINE PUBLIC EDUCATION |
00:08:11 | BUT TO PROVIDE BETTER COMPETITION AND A LITTLE BIT |
00:08:15 | MORE CHOICE TO FORCE NEEDED CHANGE. |
00:08:17 | BUT MUCH OF HIS TIME AT THE PODIUM WAS SPENT TALKING ABOUT |
00:08:22 | JOBS. HE SAID THERE ARE 76,500 JOB |
00:08:26 | OPENINGS IN OHIO RIGHT NOW, AND THAT THE STATE WILL WORK TO GET |
00:08:29 | THEM FILLED. >> IF I WALKED IN HERE TODAY AND |
00:08:35 | SAID THAT WE -- I HAVE A COMPANY BRINGING 76,500 EMPLOYEES. |
00:08:41 | EVEN BILL COHEN WOULD HAVE STOOD AND CHEERED. |
00:08:45 | THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE HAVE TO ALIGN THE WORKFORCE |
00:08:51 | OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM. |
00:08:53 | THAT MEANS -- JIM TALK ABOUT THIS EARLIER. |
00:08:58 | THINK OF EDUCATION OF SCOT -- AS KATE-20, NOT JUST K-12. |
00:09:06 | >> -->> KASICH SPENT TIME TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR |
00:09:13 | JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE OIL AND NATURAL GAS IN |
00:09:16 | SHALE DEPOSITS THROUGHOUT OHIO, AND SAID THE STATE WOULD NOT |
00:09:18 | OVERREGULATE THAT INDUSTRY, BUT ALSO WOULDN'T UNDERREGULATE IT. |
00:09:20 | THE GOVERNOR RAN DOWN A LIST OF WHAT HE CALLED JOB WINS -- |
00:09:22 | AMERICAN GREETINGS, BOB EVANS, DIEBOLD, OMNICARE, CHRYSLER, |
00:09:24 | REPUBLIC STEEL, FORD, WENDY'S AND AMTRUST, AMONG OTHERS -- AS |
00:09:27 | EVIDENCE THAT JOBSOHIO IS WORKING. |
00:09:28 | AND HE SAID THAT HIS FOCUS ON JOBSOHIO FITS WITH THE OVERALL |
00:09:32 | MISSION OF HIS TEAM. Ñi>> EVERYTHING WE THINK ABOUT S |
00:09:38 | HOW DO WE CREATE A JOB. THE REASON WHY WE DID SENATE |
00:09:42 | BILL 52, OR WHATEVER IT IS -- THE REASON WAS TO GIVE THESE |
00:09:49 | LOCAL COMMUNITIES THE TOOLS THEY NEEDED SO THEY COULD CREATE A |
00:09:53 | BUSINESS-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT. IF THEY WANT OTHER THINGS, WE |
00:09:58 | WILL GIVE IT TO THEM. WORKFORCE TRAINING IS CRITICAL. |
00:10:02 | GRADUATING KIDS IS CRITICAL. SHALE DEVELOPMENT IS CRITICAL. |
00:10:07 | KEEPING DOWN HEALTH-CARE COSTS IS CRITICAL TO JOB CREATION. |
00:10:10 | EVERYTHING WE DO IS THROUGH THE PRISM -- DOES THIS CREATE A JOB? |
00:10:15 | DOES THIS IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT? |
00:10:17 | >> WHEN THE GOVERNOR GOT TO THE Q&A SECTION OF HIS PRESS |
00:10:21 | CONFERENCE, HE WAS ASKED ABOUT SENATE BILL 5, THE COLLECTIVE |
00:10:23 | BARGAINING REFORM LAW THAT WAS DEFEATED IN NOVEMBER AS ISSUE 2. |
00:10:25 | >> BUT KASICH APPEARED TO GET -- >> I NEVER SAID -- I SAID I |
00:10:31 | WOULD REFLECT ON IT. LIKE I SAID, THE OCEAN IS FULL |
00:10:35 | OF SHARKS. SOMETIMES, YOU GET THE SHARKS. |
00:10:38 | SOMETIMES, THE SHARK GETS YOU. THAT IS THE PEOPLE'S VOTE. |
00:10:43 | WHEN PEOPLE SPEAK IN GREAT NUMBERS IN GREAT UNANIMITY, YOU |
00:10:47 | LISTEN TO THEM. WHAT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IS |
00:10:49 | WHAT DO THESE LOCAL COMMUNITIES WANT US TO DO TO BE ABLE TO HELP |
00:10:54 | THEM WITH THE EASE OF DOING BUSINESS, BECAUSE THERE IS NO |
00:10:57 | MORE MONEY. WE ARE NOT PASSING MONEY BACK |
00:11:00 | OUT. THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. |
00:11:02 | THERE IS NO MONEY TREE. BUT WE ARE TALKING ALL THE TIME |
00:11:06 | ABOUT IMPROVEMENT THEY CAN HAVE TO HELP THEM EASE THEIR |
00:11:10 | CHALLENGES IN THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. |
00:11:13 | IÑi THINK RAISING TAXES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IS JUST DEVASTATING |
00:11:18 | TO CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE CAN GET BUSINESSES. |
00:11:21 | SOME PEOPLE THINK YOU CAN TAX YOUR WAY TO PROSPERITY. |
00:11:25 | THE WAY YOU GET THE REVENUE IN THE STATE -- TIM WILL TELL YOU |
00:11:30 | THIS. LOOK AT HIS REVENUE NUMBERS. |
00:11:32 | WHEN YOU CREATE JOBS, MORE PEOPLE PAY TAXES AND YOU GET |
00:11:36 | MORE REVENUE. IF YOU RAISE TAXES, YOU DRIVE |
00:11:40 | BUSINESSES OUT. IT IS LIKE A JOB -- A DOG |
00:11:43 | CHASING ITS TAIL. PEOPLE WERE CLEAR. |
00:11:45 | CITIES HAVE TO COME TO ME AND SAY WHAT THEY WANT. |
00:11:48 | >> BUT CASE IT APPEARED TO GET RUFFLED WHEN OHIO PUBLIC RADIO |
00:11:54 | AND TV'S BILL COHEN ASKED ABOUT THE WARNINGS IN ADS AND DEBATES |
00:11:56 | BY ISSUE 2 SUPPORTERS OF LAYOFFS AND BIG FINANCIAL |
00:11:58 | PROBLEMS IF SENATE BILL 5 WERE DEFEATED. |
00:11:59 | >> I SAID IT WOULD CAUSE TROUBLE, AND IT HAS. |
00:12:04 | ARE YOU KIDDING? DO YOU READ THE PAPERS? |
00:12:07 | REMEMBER, I DON'T, BUT I KNOW ABOUT THIS. |
00:12:11 | YOU SHOULD START READING THEM, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN -- LOOK. |
00:12:15 | THE WHOLE THING WAS DESIGNED TO TRY TO PREVENT THOSE KINDS OF |
00:12:19 | LAYOFFS. AND LOOK, STILL -- I KNOW YOU |
00:12:22 | FOLKS ARE SO FIXATED ON THIS. THAT WAS A TIME WHERE THE SHORT |
00:12:27 | A ME, OK? IT IS OK. |
00:12:29 | IN A SEA OF CHANGE -- I HAD TO CUT MYSELF OFF, OR SCOTT WAS |
00:12:34 | GOING TO TASER ME. IT IS JUST ONE THING THAT |
00:12:39 | HAPPENED. IT WAS A BIG DEAL. |
00:12:40 | THERE WERE A LOT OF PROTESTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. |
00:12:44 | SOME DAYS, THE STORY WILL BE WRITTEN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED |
00:12:47 | HERE. ABOUT THE UNBELIEVABLE LEVEL OF |
00:12:51 | CHANGE THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE STATE OF OHIO, AND THE BENEFITS |
00:12:55 | OF THAT CHANGE. I DO NOT ALWAYS GET IT RIGHT. |
00:12:58 | I MAKE MISTAKES. IT IS JUST THE WAY IT GOES. |
00:13:01 | IF YOU CANNOT LOSE SOMETHING AND TAKE IT LIKE A MAN OR LIKE A |
00:13:07 | LEADER AND LEARN FROM IT, YOU KNOW YOU ARE NOT -- YOU HAVE NOT |
00:13:11 | LEARNED ANYTHING ABOUT LIFE. I AM OK WITH THAT. |
00:13:16 | IT IS COOL. >> THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID |
00:13:19 | SEVERAL TIMES THAT EVEN THOUGH HE PRESERVED THE INCOME TAX CUTS |
00:13:21 | THAT HAVE GONE INTO EFFECT SINCE 2005, HE STILL BELIEVES TAXES |
00:13:23 | ARE TOO HIGH. HE WAS ASKED IF HE PLANS TO |
00:13:25 | CHANGE THAT. KASICH STARTED HIS ANSWER BY |
00:13:28 | NOTING THAT CAPITAL GAINS TAXES ARE LOWER IN OTHER STATES SUCH |
00:13:31 | AS FLORIDA THAN IN OHIO. >> NOW, IT DOES NOT TAKE A |
00:13:37 | GENIUS TO FIGURE OUT THAT PEOPLE WOULD RATHER GIVE THE GOVERNMENT |
00:13:42 | 15% RATHER THAN 21%. IT IS JUST UNDER 21%, BECAUSE |
00:13:48 | OUR INCOME TAX TREATS ALL INCOME AS REGULAR INCOME. |
00:13:51 | YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE INCOME TAX. |
00:13:55 | SLOWLY BUT SURELY, BRING IT DOWN. |
00:13:57 | AS WE GET MORE REVENUE AND MORE OPPORTUNITY TO GENERATE MORE |
00:14:01 | JOBS, AND IF WE RUN THESE SURPLUSES LIKE I HOPE WE WOULD, |
00:14:06 | IN TOUGH TIMES WITH THE WIND IN OUR FACE FROM WASHINGTON, I |
00:14:10 | THINK PEOPLE SHOULD GET SOME OF THEIR MONEY BACK. |
00:14:12 | LET US NOT TAKE A BREATH, CELEBRATE WHAT WE HAVE DONE, |
00:14:17 | THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE. BUT I AM NOT PREPARED TO MAKE |
00:14:21 | ANY DECISIONS AT THIS POINT. >> THE GOVERNOR DROPPED A LOT OF |
00:14:24 | NAMES AND SLIPPED IN A LOT OF JARGON, AND CALLED OUT |
00:14:26 | INDIVIDUAL REPORTERS AND TO HIS CABINET MEMBERS TO CHIME IN. |
00:14:28 | ÑiKASICH WAS ASKED WHAT HE MIGHT TELL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WHICH |
00:14:31 | HAVE SEEN THE ONE-TIME MONEY IN THEIR LAST BUDGETS NOT REPLACED |
00:14:35 | -- AND MANY ARE STRUGGLING TO BALANCE BUDGETS. |
00:14:36 | >> IT IS A CHALLENGING TIME. BUT IF WE RAISE TAXES AND DRIVE |
00:14:45 | COMPANIES OUT, OUR PROBLEMS ARE GOING TO BE EXAGGERATED, NOT |
00:14:50 | EXAGGERATED BUT EXACTA -- EXHAUST OF -- WHATEVER THE WORD |
00:14:59 | IS. THEY WILL BE MADE OR CHRONIC. |
00:15:01 | IF THESE SCHOOLS HAVE A WAY IN WHICH WE CAN HELP THEM, WE WOULD |
00:15:06 | BE GLAD TO DO THAT. LET ME ALSO TELL YOU THE BASIC |
00:15:10 | SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA WENT UP, OK? |
00:15:12 | THE OTHER THING IS THESE SCHOOLS WERE BEING RUN WITH ONE-TIME |
00:15:17 | MONEY. I WARNED DURING THE CAMPAIGN, |
00:15:21 | "DO NOT RUN WITH ONE-TIME MONEY. PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE." |
00:15:26 | THEY WERE PROBABLY HOPING THE FUTURE WOULD BE TAX INCREASES, |
00:15:30 | MAYBE. I DON'T KNOW. |
00:15:31 | BUT WE CANNOT DO THAT. WE ARE STARTING TO WIN. |
00:15:34 | >> AND HE REPEATED HIS CALL FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OTHER UNITS |
00:15:39 | OF GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER SHARING SERVICES AND |
00:15:41 | COLLABORATING TO LOWER COSTS. KASICH ALSO SAID THE STATE |
00:15:42 | WOULD BE LOOKING CAREFULLY AT HOW IT HELPS WITH COMMUNITY |
00:15:44 | PROJECTS -- NOTING THAT THE FORTHCOMING CAPITAL BILL WON'T |
00:15:47 | HAVE ANY SUCH PROJECTS IN IT. AND THE GOVERNOR SUGGESTED THAT |
00:15:53 | COMMUNITIES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TURN TO CORPORATIONS AND |
00:15:56 | RESIDENTS INSTEAD OF THE STATE. ALL IN ALL, THE GOVERNOR SEEMED |
00:16:00 | TO PROMOTE CHANGING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STATE AND |
00:16:03 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND WITH THOSE WHO LOBBY GOVERNMENT |
00:16:05 | OFFICIALS. AND KASICH SAYS THAT'S WHAT |
00:16:08 | THAT COMMENT A YEAR AGO WAS ABOUT WHEN HE SAID, QUOTING HERE |
00:16:10 | -- "WE NEED YOU ON THE BUS, AND IF YOU'RE NOT ON THE BUS, WE |
00:16:15 | WILL RUN OVER YOU WITH THE BUS." >> THIS WAS A MESSAGE TO PEOPLE, |
00:16:23 | FRANKLY. IF IT WAS EXPLAINED TO THE |
00:16:28 | PUBLIC, THEY WOULD AGREE. THEY DO NOT HAVE A LOBBYIST. |
00:16:31 | THEY ARE UP THERE ON THEIR OWN. JUST TO GET THIS NURSING HOME |
00:16:36 | BUSINESS FIXED SO THAT PEOPLE COULD STAY IN THEIR OWN HOMES |
00:16:39 | -- YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OF LOBBYISTS WHO WALK AROUND? |
00:16:41 | WHAT I WAS SAYING TO PEOPLE WHO REPRESENTS INTERESTS FOR ALL |
00:16:46 | HIGH ONES. WE EXPECT YOU TO COOPERATE WITH |
00:16:49 | US AND NOT REPRESENT A NARROW SPECIAL INTEREST. |
00:16:52 | THAT IS WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO SAY. |
00:16:55 | ONE THING I HAVE LEARNED IN THIS JOB IS THE SAME THING I WAS JUST |
00:16:59 | READING. VACLEV HAVEL SAID SOMETIMES THE |
00:17:05 | THING YOU LEARNED IS NOT WHAT SHOULD COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. |
00:17:07 | FRANKLY, THE LOBBYISTS SHOULD NOT BE CALLING THE TUNE, AND |
00:17:16 | THEY ARE NOT. THE LEGISLATURE HAS BEEN |
00:17:19 | FANTASTIC. WE HAVE SET A TONE TO DO THE |
00:17:21 | RIGHT THING. >> ASKED IF HE THOUGHT HE'D DONE |
00:17:24 | A GOOD JOB, HE PRAISED HIS CABINET AND SAID MORE THAN |
00:17:25 | 83,000 JOBS HAVE BEEN CREATED OR RETAINED IN OHIO -- QUOTING |
00:17:27 | HERE -- "MAKES ME FEEL REALLY GOOD". |
00:17:28 | HE ADMITTED HAVING REGRETS AND THAT THERE WERE THINGS THAT |
00:17:32 | COULD HAVE BEEN DONE DIFFERENTLY BUT THAT HE WASN'T |
00:17:34 | GOING TO TALK ABOUT THEM THEN. WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS WELL- |
00:17:38 | PUBLICIZED RIFT WITH OHIO GOP PARTY CHAIR KEVIN DEWINE, |
00:17:41 | KASICH DIDN'T SAY MUCH, BUT DID SAY HE THINKS -- IN HIS WORDS -- |
00:17:44 | "WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO UNITE THE |
00:17:48 | PARTY." >> IT IS NOT LIKE SOME BIG THING |
00:17:54 | I THINK ABOUT, BECAUSE I JUST SPENT AN HOUR AND HALF GOING |
00:17:58 | THROUGH THIS LIST. SORRY TO GO ON SO LONG. |
00:18:01 | IT IS SOMETHING I THINK CAN BE IMPROVED UPON, AND I THINK IT |
00:18:04 | WILL BE. THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT |
00:18:07 | THAT. >> AND WHEN ASKED TO WEIGH IN |
00:18:09 | ON THE REPUBLICAN RACE FOR NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT, KASICH |
00:18:12 | SAID HE HAD NOTHING TO SAY. HA >> IF WE HAVE TOO MUCH TO DO |
00:18:16 | HERE. I MEAN, EVERYBODY I ENDORSED |
00:18:19 | EITHER DID NOT RUN OR DROPPED OUT. |
00:18:21 | WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? I WATCHED A LITTLE BIT OF THE |
00:18:26 | DEBATE. I DO READ ABOUT IT ON POLITICO |
00:18:31 | AND FOX NEWS AND REAL CLEAR POLITICS. |
00:18:34 | I READ ABOUT SOME OF IT. MY COMMENTS WOULD NOT SERVE ME |
00:18:39 | WELL. PROBABLY NOT THE PEOPLE I |
00:18:42 | COMMENT ON EITHER. ÑiSO MERRY CHRISTMAS. |
00:18:45 | I AM JUST NOT GOING TO DO IT. >> AND HE CLOSED WITH A HINT OF |
00:18:49 | CONTROVERSY TO COME WITHÑi HIS SCHOOL FUNDING REFORM, WHICH IS |
00:18:51 | LIKELY TO COME OUT SOMETIME NEXT YEAR. |
00:18:52 | >> WE HAVE A WINDOW TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS IN THE RIGHT WAY AND |
00:18:58 | HAVE A GOOD CONVERSATION THAT DOES NOT ALIENATE PEOPLE. |
00:19:00 | AT THE END OF THE DAY, WILL PEOPLE BE ALIENATED SOME? |
00:19:05 | ABSOLUTELY. BUT IF I CAN GET CEO'S, CHAMBERS |
00:19:10 | OF COMMERCE, AND EDUCATION REFORMERS TO PARTICIPATE IN |
00:19:12 | FIXING THE SYSTEM, IT WILL BE BETTER. |
00:19:15 | I AM GOING TO DO THE BEST I CAN. I CANNOT PROMISE ANYTHING, BUT |
00:19:19 | WE WILL DO THE BEST WE CAN. >> HERE TO PICK APART THE |
00:19:23 | GOVERNOR'S YEAR-END NEWS CONFERENCE AND LOOK AHEAD TO |
00:19:25 | JOHN KASICH'S SECOND YEAR IN OFFICE ARE THE REPORTERS OF THE |
00:19:26 | STATEHOUSE NEWS BUREAU, BILL COHEN AND JO INGLES. |
00:19:28 | LET ME TALK ABOUT THE NEWS CONFERENCE A LITTLE BIT. |
00:19:33 | IT WAS KIND OF UNUSUAL. WE HAVE BEEN SITTING DOWN WITH |
00:19:37 | GOVERNORS IN RECENT YEARS AND HAVING ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS. |
00:19:41 | THIS WAS DIFFERENT, BUT SIMILAR. THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS I |
00:19:45 | HAVE HEARD BEFORE. I WONDER IF YOU HAD THE SAME |
00:19:48 | EXPERIENCE OF THESE HEART- SPEECHES WE HAVE HEARD BEFORE, |
00:19:54 | AND HOW EVENTS WE HAVE BEEN AT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. |
00:19:56 | >> YOU SAID IT. IT WAS A LOT OF SPEECHES WE HAVE |
00:19:59 | HEARD ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF PROGRAMS. |
00:20:02 | IT WAS A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE SAID ON THE TRAIL. |
00:20:06 | THE CABINET MEMBERS WERE AT THIS. |
00:20:09 | THERE WERE DIFFERENT PEOPLE WAITING IN ON ISSUES. |
00:20:11 | IT WAS AN HOUR AND A HALF -- MORE THAN AN HOUR AND A HALF |
00:20:16 | INTO THE PROGRAM -- BEFORE REPORTERS GOT TO ASK QUESTIONS. |
00:20:19 | OF COURSE, THAT PART OF THE PROGRAM WAS VERY SHORT PERIOD IT |
00:20:23 | WAS MORE A SYNOPSIS,, A PRESENTATION BY THE GOVERNOR, |
00:20:30 | THEN IT WAS A NEWS CONFERENCE WHERE THERE WAS A TRUE |
00:20:34 | OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE GOVERNOR. |
00:20:36 | THIS IN LIEU OF A SIT-DOWN INTERVIEW WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD |
00:20:40 | WITH THE GOVERNOR, WHERE YOU CAN TALK AND TALK ABOUT THINGS OF |
00:20:43 | INTEREST AND HAVE A LITTLE GIVE AND TAKE. |
00:20:46 | THAT WAS NOT THERE. WE COULD NOT FOLLOW UP THE |
00:20:50 | QUESTION VERY EASILY. IT WAS TOUGH TO TRY TO GET WHAT |
00:20:54 | WE ARE USED TO GETTING AT THE END OF THE YEAR. |
00:20:56 | >> AND THE MESSAGE ABOUT HOW MUCH WAS ACCOMPLISHED MAY HAVE |
00:21:00 | BEEN OBSCURED BY THE WAY THE NEWS CONFERENCE WAS HELD. |
00:21:03 | IT IS IMPORTANT. YOU CAN MAKE A CASE THAT THIS |
00:21:07 | FIRST YEAR, THIS BIENNIAL SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE, WAS |
00:21:11 | THE BUSIEST AND MOST PRODUCTIVE IN AT LEAST FOUR DECADES. |
00:21:14 | IF YOU ARE A CONSUMER, YOU ARE CHEERING THE CHANGES. |
00:21:18 | IF YOU ARE A LIBERAL, YOU ARE HITTING THE CHANGES. |
00:21:21 | STILL, IT IS PRODUCTIVE. USUALLY, PASSING A STATE BUDGET |
00:21:26 | IS A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT IN ITSELF. |
00:21:28 | THIS BUDGET WAS A STRUGGLE TO GET THROUGH. |
00:21:31 | IT WAS A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT. ON TOP OF THAT, THEY DID THE |
00:21:35 | COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LAW. THAT WAS REPEALED BY VOTERS, BUT |
00:21:38 | STILL AN INCREDIBLE CHANGE LEGISLATORS PASSED. |
00:21:42 | THINK OF THE OTHER CHANGES -- GUNS IN BARS, NO ABORTIONS AFTER |
00:21:47 | THE FETUS IS VIABLE. THEY WIPED OUT THE ESTATE TAX. |
00:21:51 | DRILLING FOR OIL AND GAS IN LIKE ERIE. |
00:21:54 | ON AND ON. >> IT WAS STATE PARKS. |
00:21:59 | >> YOU ARE RIGHT. JUST A HUGE, A PRODUCTIVE |
00:22:03 | SESSION. YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT, BUT VERY |
00:22:06 | PRODUCTIVE. >> THESE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS |
00:22:09 | HE DID OUTLINE IN THIS HOUR AND A HALF. |
00:22:11 | HE DID GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE THINGS. |
00:22:13 | HE TALKED ABOUT INDIVIDUAL NUMBERS AND JOBS THAT HAVE BEEN |
00:22:17 | CREATED OR RETAINED. WE HAVE HEARD A LOT OF THESE |
00:22:20 | THINGS WHEN HE HAS SPOKEN. HE SPEAKS ALL THE TIME TO |
00:22:25 | CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER THINGS. |
00:22:26 | IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF REPETITIVE INFORMATION FOR US. |
00:22:30 | WE HEAR A LOT. MAYBE NOT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO |
00:22:33 | WATCHÑi ON THE OHIO CHANNEL. A LOT OF THINGS DID GET DONE. |
00:22:37 | THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE WHEN THE LEGISLATURE IS |
00:22:42 | WITH YOU. >> THAT IS THE POINT I WOULD |
00:22:44 | LIKE TO MAKE. A LOT OF THINGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN |
00:22:47 | DONE. YOU HAVE A REPUBLICAN HOUSE, A |
00:22:51 | REPUBLICAN SENATE, AND EVERY OFFICE IS HELD BY A REPUBLICAN |
00:22:55 | OFFICEHOLDER WHO, EVERY STATE OFFICE. |
00:22:57 | THEN YOU HAVE THE SUPREME COURT, WHICH IS REPUBLICAN. |
00:23:01 | WHEN YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF BACKING, YOU CAN MAKE THE BIG |
00:23:05 | CHANGES. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE THE |
00:23:08 | COMPROMISES. YOU GO FOR THE BIG THINGS THAT |
00:23:10 | HAVE BEEN ON THE WISH LIST. THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED. |
00:23:13 | >> BETWEEN 1995 AND 2005, REPUBLICANS CONTROLLED ALL OF |
00:23:19 | THAT AND DID NOT MAKE THESE HUGE CHANGES. |
00:23:21 | WHY? THERE WERE MODERATE REPUBLICANS. |
00:23:24 | THIS IS A NEW BREED OF VERY CONSERVATIVE IDEOLOGUE TO CALL |
00:23:29 | -- A VERY CONSERVATIVE IDEOLOGIES. |
00:23:33 | THE WANTED TO MAKE THESE BIG CHANGES IN ABORTION AND TAXES. |
00:23:36 | >> SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY THE GOVERNOR HAS APPEARED TO BE A |
00:23:40 | LITTLE SOFTER ON SOME THINGS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE SAFETY NET, AND |
00:23:45 | PUTTING MONEY TOWARD FOOD BANKS AND THE MENTALLY ILL. |
00:23:48 | THE PRISON SENTENCING REFORM CROSSED PARTY LINES. |
00:23:52 | YOU HAVE CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERALS ON BOTH SIDES WORKING |
00:23:56 | ON THAT. THIS IS WHY YOU SAY IT IS A |
00:23:59 | CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS, AND A CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN |
00:24:03 | LEADING IT. >> ONCE IN AWHILE, THE GOVERNOR |
00:24:06 | WILL SURPRISE EVERYBODY. HE VETOED THE REPUBLICAN BILL |
00:24:10 | THAT PUT A LOOSE LIMIT ON HOW MUCH WATER COMPANIES COULD TAKE |
00:24:13 | OUT OF LAKE ERIE. HE WAS SIDING WITH |
00:24:17 | ENVIRONMENTALISTS. ONCE IN AWHILE, HE SURPRISES |
00:24:20 | YOU. MOST OF THE TIME, YOU CAN |
00:24:23 | PREDICT THE CONSERVATIVE VIEW. >> LOOKING AT 2012, THE ENTIRE |
00:24:28 | HOUSE AND HAVE THE SENATE IS UP FOR REELECTION. |
00:24:30 | WILL 2012 BE AS BIG A YEAR AS 2011? |
00:24:34 | >> WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THERE WILL BE NEW DISTRICTS AS WELL. |
00:24:37 | THEY ARE DRAWN IN A WAY THAT OPPONENTS OF THE PLAN SAY IT WAS |
00:24:42 | SPLIT. THAT IS FOR CONGRESS. |
00:24:47 | BUT ALSO FOR THE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS. |
00:24:49 | THEY ARE NEW AS WELL. WE HAVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE MOVING |
00:24:54 | AROUND TO DIFFERENT PLACES ON THE MAP. |
00:24:56 | IT IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON HOW THEY CAN CAMPAIGN. |
00:25:01 | IT WILL BE CHEAPER FOR REPUBLICANS TO CAMPAIGN IN VERY |
00:25:05 | REPUBLICAN AREAS. IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. |
00:25:10 | >> IF YOU ARE HINTING WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEE THE DILUTION OF |
00:25:14 | ACTS WE SAW THIS YEAR, I THINK THAT IS RIGHT. |
00:25:18 | FIRST, THEY HAVE DONE SO MANY THINGS ALREADY. |
00:25:21 | WHAT IS LEFT FOR THEM TO DO? I AM SURE THERE WILL FIND SOME |
00:25:25 | THINGS. MAYBE PENSION REFORM, ALTHOUGH |
00:25:28 | THEY MIGHT PUT THAT OFF. >> I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING A |
00:25:32 | LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO GET BEHIND. |
00:25:34 | >> I DO NOT THINK THEY WILL WANT TO DO ANYTHING TOO |
00:25:38 | CONTROVERSIAL. THE REPUBLICANS JUST GOT SLAPPED |
00:25:40 | ON THE REST BY THE VOTERS ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. |
00:25:43 | I THINK THEY WANT THINGS TO COME DOWN, SO THERE WILL NOT BE THAT |
00:25:46 | MUCH. >> MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW |
00:25:50 | YEAR, AND WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF FUN NEXT YEAR AS WELL. |
00:25:52 | AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK. FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT OHIO PUBLIC |
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