00:00:00>> SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE
BROADCAST OF THE "STATE OF
00:00:07OHIO" COMES FROM --
AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
00:00:22ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING 131,000
TEACHERS, SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS,
00:00:27AND FACULTY WORKING FOR GREAT
PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR EVERY CHILD.
00:00:31ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS MADE
POSSIBLE BY E-TECH OHIO.
00:00:39>> THE HOUSE AND SENATE WRAP UP
THEIR TWO YEAR SESSION WITH A
00:00:44FEW LAST MINUTE BILLS -- BUT
SOME DON'T MAKE IT ALL THE WAY
00:00:46THROUGH.
AND THE GOVERNOR REVEALS HIS
00:00:48LONG-AWAITED PLAN FOR THE OHIO
TURNPIKE, AND IT'S NOT WHAT MANY
00:00:50PEOPLE EXPECT.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN
00:00:52EVERYONE'S HAPPY WITH IT.
ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
00:00:54OHIO."
>> FOR MANY MONTHS, THERE'S
00:00:59BEEN TALK THAT THE STATE WOULD
LEASE OR PRIVATIZE THE OHIO
00:01:01TURNPIKE.
GOV. JOHN KASICH PREVIEWED THE
00:01:05PLAN IN VAGUE TERMS WHEN HE
ANNOUNCED ON MONDAY THAT IT
00:01:08WOULD BE RELEASED THIS WEEK.
>> IT'S DEFINITELY A JOBS
00:01:12PROGRAM AND WE ALSO ARE TAKING
INTO ACCOUNT A LOT OF THE
00:01:16CONCERNS THAT WE HEARD UP
NORTH, SO WE THINK WE'VE ARRIVED
00:01:20AT THE RIGHT PLACE.
>> THE GOVERNOR HAS LONG
00:01:23CONSIDERED THE TURNPIKE AN
UNDERUTILIZED ASSET, AND WITH
00:01:26THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION FACING A BILLION
00:01:29DOLLAR BUDGET HOLE, THE
TURNPIKE'S APPEAL WAS
00:01:33CONSIDERABLE.
AND FOR AS LONG AS THE GOVERNOR
00:01:36HAS DROPPED HINTS ABOUT HIS
PLAN, THERE HAS BEEN WIDESPREAD
00:01:39OPPOSITION THROUGHOUT NORTHERN
OHIO TO A LEASE OR A DEAL TO
00:01:41PRIVATIZE THE 241-MILE TOLL
ROAD.
00:01:44ON WEDNESDAY, GOV. KASICH STOOD
WITH HIS KENTUCKY COUNTERPART,
00:01:49GOV. STEVE BESHEAR, TO ANNOUNCE
A DEAL THAT CREATES A BI-STATE
00:01:52MANAGEMENT TEAM TO INVESTIGATE
FUNDING OPTIONS TO REPLACE THE
00:01:55NEARLY 50-YEAR-OLD SPAN BETWEEN
THE TWO STATES -- WHICH IS
00:02:00ESTIMATED TO COST AROUND $2.6
BILLION.
00:02:02THE TWO GOVERNORS AND U.S.
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY RAY
00:02:06LAHOOD, WHO WAS ALSO AT THE
EVENT, ALL AGREED THAT TOLLS
00:02:09WOULD NEED TO BE PART OF A
FUNDING PLAN.
00:02:11THEN ON THURSDAY, THE GOVERNOR
RELEASED HIS TURNPIKE PLAN, IN
00:02:16THREE STOPS IN COMMUNITIES NEAR
THE TOLL ROAD -- TOLEDO,
00:02:18CLEVELAND, AND YOUNGSTOWN.
THE STATE WILL NOT LEASE THE
00:02:22TURNPIKE, AND INSTEAD THE
GOVERNOR WANTS TO RAISE $1.5
00:02:25BILLION IN BONDS BACKED BY
FUTURE TOLL REVENUES TO FUND
00:02:29LOCAL ROAD PROJECTS.
AND ANOTHER $1.5 BILLION COULD
00:02:32BE GENERATED BY MATCHING LOCAL
AND FEDERAL FUNDS.
00:02:35THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN CAPS TOLL
INCREASES ON TRUCKS AT
00:02:39INFLATION, FREEZING RATES FOR
10 YEARS ON LOCAL TRIPS PAID
00:02:42FOR WITH EZ PASSES.
AND 90% OF THE PROCEEDS FROM
00:02:46BOND SALES WOULD GO TO NORTHERN
OHIO PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE
00:02:49TURNPIKE.
>> WE MAY HAVE GIVEN UP SOME
00:02:56MONEY BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO
MAINTAIN CONTROL.
00:02:59IT WAS PRESENTED TO ME AS A SLAM
DUNK ON WHAT THE DECISION SHOULD
00:03:03BE.
WE GET THE MATCHING MONEY.
00:03:05WE MOVE THE PROJECTS UP AND
STILL HOLD THE ASSETS THAT WILL
00:03:09CONTAIN A VALUE WELL INTO THE
FUTURE.
00:03:11IT ALSO RESPONDS TO SOME OF THE
CONCERNS OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN
00:03:15THE NORTHERN PART OF OHIO WHO
ARE EMOTIONALLY ATTACHED TO THE
00:03:21ROAD.
>> HERE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF
00:03:24THE TURNPIKE PLAN FROM ODOT.
NO LONG-TERM, PRIVATE LEASE.
00:03:27A CONTINUED PUBLIC, INDEPENDENT
TURNPIKE WITH EXPANDED
00:03:29AUTHORITY AND RENAMED THE "OHIO
TURNPIKE AND INFRASTRUCTURE
00:03:33COMMISSION."
MORE THAN 90% OF NEW BOND MONEY
00:03:35WILL GO DIRECTLY TO NORTHERN
OHIO HIGHWAY PROJECTS,
00:03:38INCLUDING THE TURNPIKE ITSELF.
REBUILDING THE OHIO TURNPIKE
00:03:41WILL OCCUR DECADES SOONER THAN
PLANNED.
00:03:43TOLLS FOR LOCAL TRIPS PAID WITH
AN EZ PASS ARE FROZEN FOR 10
00:03:46YEARS.
ALL OTHER TOLL RATES ARE CAPPED
00:03:49AT INFLATION, WHICH IS
SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN
00:03:51HISTORIC TOLL INCREASES.
NO TURNPIKE EMPLOYEE LAY-OFFS
00:03:55ARE ANTICIPATED.
AFTER THE GOVERNOR RELEASED THE
00:03:58PROPOSAL, ODOT BEGAN SENDING
OUT ENDORSEMENTS FROM PEOPLE IN
00:04:01NORTHERN OHIO.
A STATEMENT FROM FULTON COUNTY
00:04:05RECORDER AND OHIO TURNPIKE
COMMISSION MEMBER SANDY BARBER,
00:04:08WHO'S ALSO THE CHAIR OF THE
FULTON COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY,
00:04:10READS IN PART:
"THIS PLAN IS GOING TO HELP
00:04:14CREATE NEW JOBS AND I LIKE THAT
THE FUNDING WILL HELP MAINTAIN
00:04:16OHIO'S TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AS
WELL AS ALLOW US TO CONTINUE
00:04:19MAKING IMPROVEMENTS."
A STATEMENT FROM REPUBLICAN
00:04:23PORTAGE COUNTY AUDITOR JANET
ESPOSITO INCLUDES THIS:
00:04:26"WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THE
GOVERNOR'S PLAN SINCE IT
00:04:30PRESERVES THE INTEGRITY OF THE
TURNPIKE WHILE AT THE SAME TIME
00:04:33WILL BOOST ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT."
00:04:35REMARKS FROM REPUBLICAN
CUYAHOGA FALLS MAYOR DON ROBART
00:04:38READ IN PART:
"I APPLAUD GOVERNOR JOHN
00:04:41KASICH'S PLAN FOR LEVERAGING
THE OHIO TURNPIKE WHICH WILL
00:04:43PROVIDE $1.5 BILLION TO IMPROVE
OUR AGING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
00:04:46AND PRESERVE OUR COMPETITIVE
ADVANTAGE THESE HIGHWAYS
00:04:50PROVIDE.
HIS PLAN DOES THIS WHILE
00:04:53KEEPING THE OHIO TURNPIKE
COMMISSION INTACT, KEEPS TOLLS
00:04:56ON THE TURNPIKE AMONGST THE
LOWEST IN THE NATION, KEEPS OUR
00:04:59LOCAL RESIDENTS EMPLOYED BY THE
COMMISSION, AS WELL AS REBUILDS
00:05:01THIS IMPORTANT ASSET IN THE
PROCESS."
00:05:04A STATEMENT FROM DAN WHITE, THE
PRESIDENT OF NORWALK FURNITURE
00:05:08AND A FORMER REPUBLICAN STATE
REPRESENTATIVE, READS IN PART:
00:05:10"AS A BUSINESSMAN VERY
INTERESTED IN ECONOMIC
00:05:14DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGION AND
THE ENTIRE STATE, I'M EXTREMELY
00:05:17PLEASED WITH THE GOVERNOR'S
PLAN... THE DECISION TO
00:05:19PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THE
TURNPIKE WHILE ALSO COMING UP
00:05:22WITH AN INNOVATIVE WAY TO FUND
OTHER CRITICAL PROJECTS SHOULD
00:05:25BE APPLAUDED."
AND THERE WERE STATEMENTS FROM
00:05:28DEMOCRATS, INCLUDING CLEVELAND
MAYOR FRANK JACKSON. HIS READS
00:05:31IN PART:
"[KASICH'S PLAN] IS THE BEST
00:05:33OUTCOME AROUND A VERY ANXIOUS
DECISION HE THAT HAD TO MAKE.
00:05:36AND A VERY POTENTIALLY
CONTROVERSIAL DECISION AROUND
00:05:39THE TURNPIKE.
WHAT HE HAS DONE IN HIS
00:05:42CONCLUSION, REALLY GIVES US THE
RESOURCES WE NEED TO INVEST IN
00:05:45THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE
TURNPIKE TO INSURE ITS LIFE.
00:05:47IT GIVES US THE ABILITY NOT
ONLY TO RETAIN JOBS, BUT TO
00:05:50CREATE ADDITIONAL JOBS.
AND THE FUNDING THAT IS SO
00:05:54NEEDED TO MOVE PROJECTS UP THAT
WERE YEARS AWAY BASED ON THE
00:05:57SHORTAGE OF FUNDING AT ODOT AND
MOVE THEM UP TO A MUCH CLOSER
00:06:01DATE."
ALSO WEIGHING IN -- THE OHIO
00:06:03TRUCKING ASSOCIATION, THOUGH IT
DIDN'T SEND ITS RELEASE OUT VIA
00:06:06ODOT.
THE GROUP, WHICH REPRESENTS
00:06:08MORE THAN 900 TRUCKING AND
SUPPLIER COMPANIES THROUGHOUT
00:06:11OHIO, SENT OUT A STATEMENT WHICH
READS IN PART:
00:06:13"OF ALL THE POSSIBLE SCENARIOS
REGARDING THE FUTURE OF THE
00:06:17OHIO TURNPIKE THAT HAVE BEEN
PUT FORTH IN THE PAST YEAR, THE
00:06:20OHIO TRUCKING ASSOCIATION (OTA)
BELIEVES GOVERNOR KASICH HAS
00:06:23CHOSEN THE BEST ONE FOR ALL
TRAVELERS IN THE STATE....
00:06:26'WE HAVE A TOP-NOTCH TURNPIKE
NOW WITH A STABLE AND FAIRLY
00:06:29PREDICTABLE FUNDING SOURCE,'
[OTA PRESIDENT LARRY] DAVIS
00:06:32SAID.
'IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO
00:06:34LEVERAGE THE VALUE OF WHAT WE
ALREADY HAVE TO BETTER OUR
00:06:37STATE'S ROADS AND BRIDGES THAN
TO ROLL THE DICE ON AN OUTSIDE
00:06:40OPERATOR WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE
BEST INTERESTS OF EFFICIENT
00:06:43TRANSPORTATION IN MIND.'"
THE PLAN KEEPS THE TURNPIKE IN
00:06:48THE STATE'S CONTROL, BUT
DIVERTING TOLL REVENUE AWAY
00:06:51FROM THE TURNPIKE WILL REQUIRE
APPROVAL FROM LAWMAKERS.
00:06:54AMONG THEM -- CONSERVATIVE
REPUBLICAN REP. JAY HOTTINGER
00:06:58OF NEWARK.
I ASKED REP. HOTTINGER IF HE
00:07:01SUPPORTS THE PLAN TO ISSUE
BONDS AGAINST FUTURE TOLL
00:07:04REVENUES.
>> THIS IS WHAT OHIOANS AND
00:07:13ELECTED OFFICIALS WILL HAVE TO
ANSWER.
00:07:15THE NEEDS ARE OUT THERE.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE
00:07:18UNDERFUNDING OF $1.6 MILLION.
THOSE ARE PROJECT READY TO GO.
00:07:23COMMUNITIES ARE SAYING TO DO
THEM NOW.
00:07:26WE DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY FOR
THEM.
00:07:27THE SECOND TIER ARE THOSE THE
STATE HAS NOT IDENTIFIED ALL THE
00:07:32FUNDING FOR.
THEY ARE IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR
00:07:35JOBS AND SAVE THE -- SAFETY.
WE NEED TO GET THE PROJECTS
00:07:40GOING IMMEDIATELY.
DOLLARS AND 2.6 BILLION
00:07:45SHORTFALL THERE.
IF WE SAY WE GO WITH THE STATUS
00:07:48AND WILL NOT GET THESE PROJECTS
FOR 15 YEARS, WE CAN LOOK FOR
00:07:57REVENUES AND EFFICIENCIES.
WE CAN DO SOME LONG-TERM BOND
00:08:00AND SO WE CAN GET TO THOSE
PROJECTS IMMEDIATELY.
00:08:03THESE PROJECTS DO A LOT OF
THINGS.
00:08:07THEY IMPROVE THE ECONOMY.
THEY CREATE JOBS.
00:08:11IN MANY INSTANCES, THEY IMPROVE
SAFETY IN COMMUNITIES.
00:08:14NOT LOST IS THE ROLE THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE AND JOBS PLAY.
00:08:21THEY OPEN UP ENTIRE AREAS FOR
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
00:08:25THE QUESTION WE WILL HAVE TO
ANSWER IS IF WE WANT TO GO WITH
00:08:30THE STATUS QUO AND SAY THE
PROJECTS HAVE TO WAIT OR LOOK
00:08:34FOR ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
>> YEAR REPRESENT NEWARK.
00:08:39MUCH OF THE MONEY WOULD BE SPENT
IN NORTHERN OHIO.
00:08:43ARE YOU OK WITH THAT?
>> 100% OF THE REVENUES
00:08:49GENERATED FROM THE TURNPIKE HAVE
TO BE SPENT WITHIN 1 MILE OF THE
00:08:53TURNPIKE.
THERE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE
00:08:56LEGISLATIVE CHANGES SO SOME OF
THE MONEY CAN BE SPENT IN
00:09:01CENTRAL OHIO AND CINCINNATI.
THE GOVERNOR HAS INDICATED MOST
00:09:08OF THE MONEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE
SPENT IN NORTHERN OHIO.
00:09:10HE HAS 241 MILES THAT RUN ACROSS
THE STATE OF OHIO.
00:09:15THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES
OF THERE.
00:09:18LEGISLATORS OF THEIR WILL NOT
TOLERATE -- LEGISLATORS UP THERE
00:09:23WILL NOT TOLERATE A 50% SPLIT.
WILL THEY STOMACH?
00:09:32THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WILL HAVE
TO BE DETERMINED.
00:09:34>>OTHER LAWMAKERS ARE FAR LESS
WELCOMING IN THEIR RECEPTION OF
00:09:41THE GOVERNOR'S TURNPIKE PLAN.
AS THE GOVERNOR WAS RELEASING
00:09:44HIS PLAN IN TOLEDO, DEMOCRATS
WERE HOLDING A NEWS CONFERENCE
00:09:46AT THE STATEHOUSE, BLASTING THE
PROPOSAL AS A PLAN TO "RAID"
00:09:48THE OHIO TURNPIKE AND ITS ASSETS
-- AND THEY PREDICTED IT WOULD
00:09:51BRING JOB LOSS ACROSS THE
STATE, ALONG WITH INCREASED
00:09:53TOLLS, TAX HIKES FOR ALL
OHIOANS, AND WHAT THEY CALLED A
00:09:56"SLUSH FUND" FOR KASICH'S RE-
ELECTION IN 2014.
00:09:58AT THAT PRESS CONFERENCE --
REP. RON GERBERRY AND REP. BOB
00:10:02HAGAN, BOTH DEMOCRATS AND
VETERAN LEGISLATORS -- AND BOTH
00:10:06ARE FROM YOUNGSTOWN, ALONG THE
OHIO TURNPIKE. HAGAN IS ALSO ON
00:10:09THE TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC
SAFETY, AND HOMELAND SECURITY
00:10:12COMMITTEE.
I ASKED THEM TO SHARE THEIR
00:10:14THOUGHTS ON THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN
FOR THE TURNPIKE.
00:10:17>> I THINK THE GOVERNOR WAS
DISRESPECTFUL TO THE DEMOCRATIC
00:10:27LEGISLATORS, PARTICULARLY IN THE
NORTHERN SECTION.
00:10:30NOT ONLY THEM DEMOCRATS, BUT ALL
THE LEGISLATORS IN THE NORTHERN
00:10:34PART OF THE STATE.
IF HE HAS THIS FINANCIAL
00:10:40ACCOUNTING HE THINKS WILL SELL
TO THE REST OF THE STATE, THIS
00:10:44IS OUR AREA.
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE REPRESENTED
00:10:48FOR A LONG TIME.
BOTH OF US HAVE SERVED ON THE
00:10:51TURNPIKE COMMISSION.
WE KNOW HOW IT WORKS.
00:10:52THIS TURNPIKE IS NOT BROKEN.
WHY IS HE FIXING IT?
00:10:57HE IS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING
THAT DOES NOT NEED TO BE DONE
00:11:01AND IGNORING THE FACT THAT
LEGISLATORS NEED TO BE TALKED TO
00:11:08ABOUT IT.
HE IS NOT DOING THAT.
00:11:09>> IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE
GOVERNOR IS TROLLING FOR
00:11:16DOLLARS.
FIRST IT WAS WE WERE GOING TO
00:11:18LEASE THE TURNPIKE.
OBVIOUS WE COULD NOT FIND A HIGH
00:11:23ENOUGH BIDDER.
I BELIEVE IF THERE WAS A HIGH
00:11:26ENOUGH BID, IT PROBABLY WOULD
HAVE GONE THAT WAY BECAUSE THE
00:11:31UP FRONT MONEY WOULD HAVE BEEN
BIGGER.
00:11:33HE COULD HAVE PULLED IT OUT --
DOLED IT OUT AND BUILT A LOT OF
00:11:41HIGHWAYS.
THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR
00:11:42CONSTRUCTION.
I AM REALLY DISAPPOINTED.
00:11:47I HAVE BEEN VERY OUTSPOKEN ALONG
WITH OTHERS WHO HAVE GROWN UP
00:11:56WITH THE TURNPIKE.
THIS IS ABOUT MONEY.
00:12:00>> ODOT IS REALLY NEEDING MONEY.
THAT IS AN ACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEM.
00:12:11THERE IS A HOLE IN THE BUDGET.
IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN
00:12:15TERMS OF FUNDING IN THE STATE.
WHY IS THIS NOT A GOOD WAY TO
00:12:19SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE?
IT IS NOT GOING TO BE
00:12:23PRIVATIZED.
THE MONEY WILL BE USED FOR OTHER
00:12:25PROJECTS AROUND THE STATE, AND
MOST OF IT IN NORTHERN OHIO.
00:12:28WHY IS THIS BAD?
>> WE ARE PLAYING A SHELL GAME
00:12:32WITH MONEY LIKE WE DO THE
LOTTERY.
00:12:35IT IS JUST A SHELL GAME.
NORTHERN OHIO WILL GET 90%.
00:12:41BUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE OTHER
MONEY NO. OHIOANS PAY FOR GAS
00:12:48TAX THAT GOING TO THE POT FOR
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS?
00:12:51WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE
GETTING OUR FAIR SHARE OF THAT
00:12:55MONEY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GET
THE TURNPIKE MONDAY.
00:12:59IT IS A SHELL GAME.
MAYBE IF THERE WAS A TURNPIKE IN
00:13:05SOUTHERN OHIO AND CENTRAL OHIO
WHERE EVERYONE WAS
00:13:11CONTRIBUTING, THEN THERE MIGHT
BE A GOOD ARGUMENT TO SAY WE'RE
00:13:17ALL GOING TO SHARE IT.
WE ARE ONE STATE.
00:13:20WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
THE REALITY IS THE PEOPLE OF
00:13:23NORTHERN OHIO, I HOPE ALL OF MY
COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE SIGNED THE
00:13:29NEW TAX PLEDGE REALIZE IF THIS
IS IMPLEMENTED AND IS THE
00:13:34SHARING OF DOLLARS ACROSS OHIO,
THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN OHIO WILL
00:13:39BE DOUBLE TAXED.
THEY WILL BE PAYING THE GAS TAX
00:13:43TO DRIVE LOCAL ROADS.
THEY WILL ALSO BE PAYING FOR IT
00:13:50ON THE TURNPIKE.
>> THE GOVERNOR IS BEING
00:13:54DISINGENUOUS IN THE PROCESS.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE THE COURT
00:14:02JUST RULED THAT EXCISE TAX ON
FUEL, $140 MILLION A YEAR, IS
00:14:09SUPPOSED TO GO BACK TO ROAD
CONSTRUCTION.
00:14:11HE IS BEING DISINGENUOUS.
HE IS NOT TELLING PEOPLE THE
00:14:14TRUTH.
IN A CREATIVE WAY, HE IS SAYING
00:14:19LET'S ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL WHEN
PAUL ALREADY HAS THE MONEY.
00:14:23WE HAVE JUST WITNESSED HOW
DISHONEST THE PROCESS IS.
00:14:26YOU CANNOT TRY TO FIX A SYSTEM
THAT IS NOT BROKEN BY READING --
00:14:31RAIDING ITS FINANCES TO TAKE
CARE OF SOMETHING ELSE.
00:14:37SPEND THE MONEY NOW IN
TRANSPORTATION.
00:14:39HAVE A PLAN AND MAKE SURE THE
MONEY IS SPENT TO TAKE CARE OF
00:14:43THE BIGGEST NEEDS IN
TRANSPORTATION.
00:14:44LEAVE THE TURNPIKE ALONE.
I DO NOT THINK WE'RE ASKING
00:14:47ANYTHING MORE THAN TO HAVE HIM
BE FAIR ABOUT IT.
00:14:50HE HAS THIS EZ PASS MENTALITY OF
ACCOUNTING.
00:14:56THE FACT IS IT IS HURTING NO.
OHIOANS.
00:15:03WE HAVE BEEN ON THE TURNPIKE
COMMISSION.
00:15:04WE UNDERSTAND IT.
WHY HE WOULD NOT COME TO US TO
00:15:09SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS IT, YOU
KNOW WHY?
00:15:13POWER CORRUPTS.
ABSOLUTE CONTROL OF THE STATE BY
00:15:16REPUBLICANS IS CORRUPTING THE
ENTIRE STATE.
00:15:19I AM LOOKING AT CORRUPTION.
I AM LOOKING AT HIM AND THE
00:15:26DOLLARS HE SPENT FOR THE STUDY.
THE $3 MILLION FOR THE STUDY WAS
00:15:30A WASTE OF MONEY.
HE SHOULD ANSWER TO PEOPLE FOR
00:15:32THAT AS WELL.
>> YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE
00:15:35DESCRIBING THIS AS A WAY FOR THE
GOVERNOR TO GET A RE-ELECTION
00:15:37SLUSH FUND.
EXPLAIN HOW THAT WILL WORK.
00:15:41>> EVERY GOVERNOR LIKES TO HAND
OUT CHECKS.
00:15:43THERE ARE PROJECTS ON THE BOOKS.
IF YOU THROW IN AN EXTRA $1
00:15:52BILLION, YOU ARE GOING TO BUILD
$1 BILLION WORTH OF BRIDGES AND
00:15:57ROADS.
YOU START HANDING OUT CHECKS.
00:16:00THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
IF YOU GET THE MONEY, YOU HAVE
00:16:06THE CASH IN HAND.
YOU PAY IT OFF WITH THE REVENUE
00:16:09STREAM.
IT DOES NOT HURT ANY POLITICIAN
00:16:15TO HAVE MONEY TO HAND OUT DURING
THE ELECTION CYCLE.
00:16:17>> ODOT HAS ACKNOWLEDGED A
PROBLEM IN TERMS OF NOT ENOUGH
00:16:23MONEY FROM THE GAS TAX TO FUND
PROJECTS AROUND THE STATE.
00:16:25WHAT WOULD YOU RATHER SEE THE
STATE DUE TO FUND THESE
00:16:30PROJECTS THAT ARE EVERYWHERE?
WE HAVE THE BRIDGE IN CINCINNATI
00:16:37THAT WILL START HAVING TOLD.
WHAT OTHER IDEAS ARE THERE?
00:16:41>> HE PROMISED THE PEOPLE OF
CINCINNATI HE WOULD USE THE
00:16:44TURNPIKE DOLLARS TO PUT THE NEW
BRIDGE IN.
00:16:47THERE IS INCREDIBLE GROWTH OF AN
INDUSTRY PEOPLE CANNOT GET THEIR
00:16:53HANDS AROUND.
THAT IS THE GAS AND OIL
00:16:56INDUSTRY.
IF WE START TAXING THEM AT THE
00:16:57RATE THAT TEXAS TAXES THE
INDUSTRY INSTEAD OF 1.5%, BUT HE
00:17:07IS GOING TO GIVE IT BACK AS
INCOME TAX REFUNDS.
00:17:09HE CUTS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
FUND BY 50%.
00:17:13HE CUT SCHOOL FUNDING BY A
SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT.
00:17:16HE CONTINUES TO SAY I WILL GIVE
ALL THE MONEY BACK.
00:17:20THEN HE WANTS TO TAKE MONEY FROM
THE GAS AND OIL INDUSTRIES AT
00:17:241.5% AND GIVE IT BACK.
HE IGNORES THE FACT THIS COULD
00:17:27BE THE CASH COW.
THEY ARE MAKING BILLIONS OF
00:17:29DOLLARS.
THE PLAIN DEALER REPORTED THEY
00:17:36ARE NOW STARTING TO SHIP GAS AND
OIL OVERSEAS.
00:17:37WE'RE SUPPOSED TO NOT RELY ON
ENERGY FROM OUTSIDE OUR STATE OR
00:17:42COUNTRY WE SAID THAT'S TRUE.
LET'S DO IT.
00:17:48HE DOES NOT WANT TO TAX THEM.
SOMEBODY IS IN BED WITH THE GAS
00:17:51AND OIL INDUSTRY.
THAT IS OUR CASH COW.
00:17:54THAT IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.
THOSE TRUCKS CARRYING WATER,
00:17:58CHEMICALS, SAND, THEY ARE THE
ONES THAT WILL RUIN OUR
00:18:02TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
00:18:04A 7% TAX IS A FAIR TAX.
>> HE WANTS IT FOR AN INCOME-TAX
00:18:12CUT.
A LOT OF YOUR COLLEAGUES DO NOT
00:18:15WANT TAX REFORM AT ALL.
>> IT IS OUR JOB TO ARTICULATE
00:18:19THAT.
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE NOT ON THE
00:18:22BORDER OF OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA.
WE ARE.
00:18:24OUR HOUSES ARE OVER THE SHALE.
WHY SHOULD WE NOT GET PART OF
00:18:32THAT?
IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE WE
00:18:34ARE THE ONES SITTING ON TOP OF
IT.
00:18:37WE'RE THE ONES ALONG THE
TURNPIKE ONE.
00:18:40WE ARE THE ONES BEING IGNORED.
THAT IS REALLY CREATED POLITICS.
00:18:45>> I DO NOT THINK WE HAVE A
PROBLEM INCREASING THE TAX.
00:18:50I DO NOT.
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND EDUCATION
00:18:56TO USE A LOT OF HELP.
-- COULD USE A LOT OF HELP.
00:19:01LEAVE THE TURNPIKE ALONE SO WE
CAN MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO.
00:19:07IT IS OPERATING WELL.
IT HAS A HISTORY OF OPERATING
00:19:11WELL.
>> WORKERS ON THE TURNPIKE HAVE
00:19:16GOT SCREWED OVER THE LAST 15
YEARS.
00:19:17WHEN I WAS ON THE COMMISSION,
THEY STARTED TO BUY OUT A LOT OF
00:19:22THE WORKERS BECAUSE OF EZP
PASS AND THE FACT THEY WERE
00:19:30REDUCING THINGS.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE
00:19:32MILLIONS OF DOLLARS YOU ARE
CLAIMING HE WILL SAVE AND
00:19:35GETTING CHILLED CHANGE TO THE
WORKERS, IT IS A SLAP IN THE
00:19:37FACE.
-- AND GIVING CHUUMP CHANGE TO
00:19:43THE WORKERS, IT IS A SLAP IN THE
FACE.
00:19:45THE TOLL WORKERS CLEANING THE
BRIDGES ARE NOT THE SAME ONES.
00:19:51WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT.
I AM TALKING ABOUT THE WORKERS
00:19:55THAT SHOULD ENJOY A BETTER
LIVING THROUGH BETTER WAGES AND
00:20:00BENEFITS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE
ONES THAT HAVE BEEN OF KEEPING
00:20:03IT.
INSTEAD, THEY MADE THE CUTS.
00:20:04NOBODY IS MENTIONING THE
WORKERS.
00:20:09NOBODY IS SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT
THEM.
00:20:11SOMEBODY HAS TO STAND UP AND SAY
THEY ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS ON
00:20:14CHRISTMAS.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS.
00:20:17THERE IS NO JOB SECURITY.
THE GOVERNOR HAS NOT EVEN
00:20:20MENTIONED IT.
>> DO YOU THINK THIS WILL
00:20:22INCREASE TRAFFIC ON ROUTE 2 OR
HAVE ANY IMPACT?
00:20:29THERE WAS A CONCERN ALL LOT OF
THE TRAFFIC WOULD GO TO ROUTE 2
00:20:34WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF SMALL
COMMUNITIES.
00:20:36>> I THINK THERE WILL BE
INCREASED TRAFFIC, TRUCK TRAFFIC
00:20:42IN PARTICULAR.
PASSENGER CARS TRAVELING FROM
00:20:47PENNSYLVANIA TO INDIANA, THOSE
FOLKS WILL STAY ON THE TURNPIKE
00:20:50AND PAY THE EXTRA WHATEVER IS.
THE TRUCKS ARE A DIFFERENT
00:20:57STORY.
THEY PAY ON A WEEKLY OR DAILY
00:21:00BASIS.
THEY ARE PAYING ALL THE TIME.
00:21:01IF YOU INCREASE THE TOLLS ON THE
TRUCKING INDUSTRY, THEY WILL
00:21:06AVOID THE TURNPIKE WHEN THEY
CAN IN OUR DISTRICTS.
00:21:10THERE IS NO DOUBT THE TRUCKS
WILL AVOID CERTAIN PARTS WHERE
00:21:14YOU CAN CUT OFF AND THEY WILL BE
USING COUNTY AND STATE HIGHWAYS.
00:21:18>> IT LOOKS LIKE THE
LEGISLATURE, THIS HAS TO GO TO
00:21:24THE LEGISLATURE FOR APPROVAL.
I AM GATHERING YOU WOULD NOT BE
00:21:29SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
YOU ARE IN THE MINORITY.
00:21:30REPUBLICANS CONTROL THE HOUSE
AND SENATE.
00:21:34IS THIS A DONE DEAL?
>> IF YOU ADDED UP ALL OF THE
00:21:41RACES IN THE STATE OF OHIO,
DEMOCRATS GOT 50,000 MORE VOTES.
00:21:45THE GOVERNOR CAME IN WITH 49%.
THAT IS NOT A CLEAR MANDATE.
00:21:50WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IS THE
SPLIT.
00:21:57YOU ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT A
LEGISLATURE THAT CONTROLS THE
00:22:00STATE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THIS
MANDATE.
00:22:03THE CONTROLLER BECAUSE THEY DREW
THE NUMBERS.
00:22:04THEY ARE THE ONES MAKING THE
LAWS.
00:22:07WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR MESSAGE OUT
TO EVERYONE.
00:22:09YOUR LEGISLATOR CANNOT BE VOTING
FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT
00:22:18WILL BE DETRIMENTAL TO THEIR
FUTURE.
00:22:19>> IF WE CAN MAKE A SOUND
ARGUMENT THAT WE ARE DOUBLE
00:22:25TAXING PEOPLE AND OUR COLLEAGUES
ARE GOING TO BE VOTING FOR A TAX
00:22:31INCREASE, CALL IT WHAT EVERYONE
-- WHATEVER YOU WANT, I THINK
00:22:37THERE MAY BE SOME MEMBERS GIVING
IT A SECOND THOUGHT.
00:22:39>>
THEY WEREN'T THE ONLY ONES WITH
00:22:46CONCERNS.
A JOINT STATEMENT FROM CUYAHOGA
00:22:48COUNTY EXECUTIVE ED FITZGERALD,
LORAIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER TED
00:22:51KALO, MAHONING COUNTY
COMMISSIONER JOHN MCNALLY AND
00:22:52ERIE COUNTY COMMISSIONER BILL
MONAGHAN READS IN PART:
00:22:54"WE ARE PLEASED THAT OUR
EFFORTS TO PROVIDE VENUES FOR
00:22:56PUBLIC COMMENT HAVE DEFLECTED
THE GOVERNOR'S MISGUIDED ATTEMPT
00:22:59TO PRIVATIZE THE OHIO TURNPIKE
AND THAT HE NOW RECOMMENDS
00:23:03MAINTAINING THE TURNPIKE AND
ALL ITS REVENUE AS PUBLIC
00:23:04ASSETS.
WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
00:23:07AMOUNT OF GAS TAX BEING
DIVERTED FROM NORTHERN OHIO TO
00:23:09PAY FOR PROJECTS IN OTHER AREAS
OF THE STATE; TO DIVERT MONEY
00:23:12THAT IS BEING PAID BY THE PEOPLE
THAT LIVE AND WORK IN NORTHERN
00:23:15OHIO TO PAY FOR PROJECTS IN
OTHER AREAS DOES NOT MAKE GOOD
00:23:20ECONOMIC SENSE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE TIME TO
00:23:23EVALUATE FULLY THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSAL AND THE OVERALL IMPACT
00:23:26THAT THIS PROPOSAL WILL HAVE ON
THE ROADS AND ECONOMY OF
00:23:29NORTHERN OHIO."
SINCE THE LEGISLATURE IS DONE
00:23:32WITH ITS WORK FOR THIS SESSION,
THE TURNPIKE PLAN WOULD HAVE TO
00:23:36BE CONSIDERED BY LAWMAKERS
STARTING IN JANUARY.
00:23:38ON THEIR FINAL DAYS AT WORK
THIS YEAR, THE HOUSE AND SENATE
00:23:43APPROVED A BILL TO ALLOW
LAWMAKERS AND VISITORS TO THE
00:23:47STATE CAPITOL LEAVE GUNS IN
VEHICLES PARKED IN THE
00:23:51STATEHOUSE GARAGE.
AND THEY AGREED ON THE BILL
00:23:53AFTER SENATORS STRIPPED A
PROVISION THAT WOULD HAVE
00:23:56EXPANDED HOW THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL ENTERS INTO AGREEMENTS
00:23:59THAT ALLOW OHIOANS WITH
CONCEALED WEAPONS PERMITS TO
00:24:02CARRY FIREARMS AMONG THOSE
STATES.
00:24:03SOME LAW ENFORCEMENT GROUPS
OPPOSED THE PROVISION BECAUSE
00:24:07THEY SAID IT COULD PERMIT
LICENSE-HOLDERS FROM STATES
00:24:10WITH WEAKER TRAINING
REQUIREMENTS TO LEGALLY CARRY
00:24:12WEAPONS IN OHIO.
BUT A COUPLE OF MEASURES GOT
00:24:16HALFWAY THROUGH THE STATEHOUSE
BEFORE DYING.
00:24:17JUST A FEW WEEKS AFTER VOTERS
REJECTED A COMPLICATED
00:24:21AMENDMENT THAT WOULD HAVE
CHANGED THE WAY OHIO DRAWS STATE
00:24:23LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL
LINES, SENATORS WERE NEARLY
00:24:27UNANIMOUS IN PASSING A BILL TO
DO THAT.
00:24:28THE RESOLUTION WOULD CREATE A
SEVEN-MEMBER COMMISSION TO DRAW
00:24:33ALL MAPS, AND AT LEAST ONE
MINORITY PARTY MEMBER WOULD HAVE
00:24:35TO APPROVE THE BOUNDARIES.
BUT THE HOUSE DIDN'T ACT ON IT.
00:24:39ITS SPONSOR, SEN. FRANK LAROSE
OF AKRON, SAYS THE PLAN COULD
00:24:43BE REINTRODUCED IN SOME FORM IN
THE NEW GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
00:24:46REPRESENTATIVES DID PASS A BILL
THAT WOULD INCREASE CRIMINAL
00:24:52PENALTIES AGAINST KENNEL
OPERATORS WHO ABUSE PETS IN
00:24:54THEIR CARE GOT THROUGH THE
HOUSE, BUT THE BILL KNOWN AS
00:24:59"NITRO'S LAW" DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH
SUPPORT IN THE SENATE TO MAKE IT
00:25:01TO THE FLOOR.
AND ALSO THIS WEEK -- A NEW
00:25:04JUSTICE WAS SWORN IN TO THE
OHIO SUPREME COURT.
00:25:05JUSTICE SHARON KENNEDY, A
REPUBLICAN, SUCCEEDS DEMOCRAT
00:25:09YVETTE MCGEE BROWN, WHO SHE
DEFEATED LAST MONTH.
00:25:10IN TWO WEEKS, THE OTHER NEW
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, DEMOCRAT
00:25:16WILLIAM O'NEILL, WILL BE SWORN
IN - HE TAKES THE OATH OF
00:25:18OFFICE ON DECEMBER 27.
O'NEILL BEAT INCUMBENT
00:25:21REPUBLICAN ROBERT CUPP LAST
MONTH.
00:25:22AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
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00:25:42AND IMAGES FROM THE HOLIDAY
SEASON AT THE STATEHOUSE,
00:25:44FEATURING MY ALMA MATER,
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00:26:34131,000 TEACHERS, PROFESSIONALS,
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