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00:00:00X SUPPORT COMES FROM THE LAW
OFFICES OF PORTER, WRIGHT, AND
00:00:04MORRIS LLP.
ON THE WEB.
00:00:10AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION.
00:00:15COMMITTED TO THE SUCCESS OF
EVERY CHILD.
00:00:20REX WE CONTINUE OUR MONTH LONG
SERIES OF SITDOWN ENERGY --
00:00:29INTERVIEWS WITH THE MAJOR PARTY
CANDIDATES FOR FOUR OF THE FIGHT
00:00:32STATEWIDE EXECUTIVE OFFICES.
OUR THIRD EDITION FEATURES THE
00:00:38AUDITOR OF STATE CANDIDATES A
REDUCED AND JOHN PATRICK CARNEY
00:00:42IN THEIR OWN WORDS THIS WEEK IN
"THE STATE OF OHIO."
00:00:46DAVID USED HIS TRYING FOR A
SECOND TERM AS AUDITOR OF STATE.
00:00:51HE IS A FORMER PRINT JOURNALIST
TO BECAME DELAWARE COUNTY
00:00:56AUDITOR IN 1999 AND THEN COUNTY
PROSECUTOR.
00:00:59HE BRIEFLY RAN FOR ATTORNEY
GENERAL BEFORE MOVING INTO THE
00:01:02AUDITOR'S RACE.
FIRST OF ALL NEITHER YOU NOR
00:01:06YOUR DEMOCRATIC OR LIBERTARIAN
OPPONENTS IN THIS RACE ARE
00:01:09CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.
I WANT TO ASK YOU WHY SHOULDN'T
00:01:13THE AUDITOR BE A CPA?
REX EPA IS GREAT TRAINING BUT SO
00:01:17IS A BACKGROUND IN LAW AND
PUBLIC FINANCE.
00:01:21THAT IS RIGHT BRING TO THE
TABLE.
00:01:24I HAVE BEEN A COUNTY AUDITOR
WHICH IS CFO FOR A COUNTY
00:01:27GOVERNMENT.
WE HAD OVER $40 MILLION GENERAL
00:01:36BUDGET AND THAT PREPARED ME VERY
WELL FOR THIS CURRENT JOB.
00:01:41IN ADDITION MOST WILL DO NOT
RECOGNIZE THIS BUT THE LAW
00:01:45ACTUALLY REQUIRES OUT OF TWO
LEGAL DETERMINATIONS ON
00:01:46COMPLIANCE.
IS THE GOVERNMENT FOLLOWING LAW,
00:01:50IS THE GOVERNMENT -- MAYOR DOING
WHAT HE IS SUPPOSED TO?
00:01:53AND ON AND ON.
SO I THINK THAT MY BACKGROUND
00:02:02UNIQUELY QUALIFIES ME IN THE
HISTORY OF CHAIRS OVER THE LAST
00:02:08150 YEARS TO SERVE IN THIS
CAPACITY.
00:02:09REX WOULD'VE THE MOST IMPORTANT
FUNCTIONS OF YOUR OFFICE?
00:02:14YOU'RE SEEING OVER -- OVERSEEING
OFFICES AND HOW THEY CAN GET
00:02:22MORE FINANCIALLY SOLVENT.
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
00:02:27FUNCTION YOUR OFFICES ACHIEVING?
REX THEY ARE IN THE SERVICE OF
00:02:32AN ACCOUNTABLE SKINNY
GOVERNMENT.
00:02:35THE IDEA THAT WE GOVERN
ACCORDING TO THE RULE OF LAW
00:02:40THAT WAREHOUSES POSSIBLE FOR OUR
ACTIONS AS PUBLIC SERVANTS THAT
00:02:45WE HAVE A DUTY TO FIND THE MOST
EFFICIENT WAY.
00:02:47WE HAVE HAD OVER 80 CRIMINAL
CONVICTIONS DURING MY FIRST TERM
00:02:53BECAUSE OF OUR WORK ON
ACCOUNTABILITY.
00:02:54PUBLIC OFFICIALS WHO TURNED OUT
TO BE PUBLIC PERKS.
00:02:58THEY FOUND OVER $140 MILLION IN
SAVINGS BY DOING THINGS MORE
00:03:06EFFICIENTLY.
IN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
00:03:11I THINK ALL THOSE THINGS SERVICE
HIM AND AND IT IS AN
00:03:19ACCOUNTABLE, SKINNY GOVERNMENT.
GREGSON GO TO A KEY MOMENT.
00:03:22THE AUDITOR SHOULD HAVE THE
AUTHORITY TO AUDIT JOBS IN OHIO.
00:03:27THE LAW SAID THAT YOU DID NOT
HAVE THE AUTHORITY.
00:03:31YOUR OPPONENT SAID YOU DID NOT
DO A FINANCIAL AUDIT, YOU DID A
00:03:39COMPLIANCE AUDIT WHICH IS
DIFFERENT.
00:03:40AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR
SAID THAT YOU MADE EXCUSES FOR
00:03:44JOBS OHIO'S FAILURE.
TOMMY WHAT YOU THINK ON JOBS
00:03:52OHIO AND WHETHER IT WAS ENOUGH.
>> I DID EVERYTHING WITHIN THE
00:03:56REALM OF MY ABILITY BOTH
POLITICALLY AND LEGALLY.
00:04:01THERE WAS A FINANCIAL AUDIT DONE
BY KPMG.
00:04:09WE DID NOT NEED TO WASTE
TAXPAYER MONEY.
00:04:14THAT WAS A PERFECT THE
ACCEPTABLE ACCORDING TO
00:04:18STANDARDS AUDIT.
WHAT HAD NOT BEEN DONE AS A
00:04:20IMPLANTS AUDIT THAT LOOKED AT
WHETHER THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE
00:04:23LAW AND LOOKED AT THE CONFLICT
OF INTEREST HOUSE HE AND THE
00:04:26EXECUTION, SAMPLED THE
TRANSACTION TO SEE WHETHER ALL
00:04:31OF THESE THINGS WERE ACTUALLY IN
PLACE SO THAT IS WHAT I DID.
00:04:34AS FAR AS THE AUDITOR DID HAVE
THE AUTHORITY UNQUESTIONABLY
00:04:40UNDER PRIOR LAW, THERE ARE
CLAIMS THAT IT DID NOT HAVE AND
00:04:45I STOOD UP TO THE GOVERNOR AND
ISSUED A SUBPOENA TO FORCE THE
00:04:53PRODUCTION OF THOSE DOCUMENTS
SELECTED TO MY WORK.
00:04:55LEGISLATORS CHOSE TO REMOVE THAT
AUTHORITY.
00:05:02WHETHER THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA OR
NOT I AM ON RECORD THAT I DID
00:05:06NOT THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA.
BUT WE DO LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE
00:05:10WE HAVE WASTE TO RESOLVE THESE
PROCESSES AND THE LAW AS WRITTEN
00:05:18BY THE LEGISLATURE.
NOT BY THE GOVERNOR AND NOT BY
00:05:20THE AUDITORS.
QUICK SHE HAVE BEEN IN THE LEAD
00:05:24OF THE DAY THE -- A DAY TO
SCRUBBING SCANDAL.
00:05:30WHAT ABOUT THE PROBLEMS REPORTED
AT CHARTER SCHOOLS?
00:05:33WHY HAVE YOU NOT BEEN MORE
ACTIVE AND MORE INVOLVED IN
00:05:41INVESTIGATING SOME OF THOSE
CHARTER SCHOOLS?
00:05:44REX WE ARE INVESTIGATING.
FIRST OF ALL I HAVE BEEN MORE
00:05:46RESTIVE THAN ANY OTHER AUDITOR
IN HISTORY.
00:05:50WE HAVE 22 PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
CRIMINALLY CONVICTED OUT OF
00:05:56CHARTER SCHOOL MISMANAGEMENT AND
MALFEASANCE.
00:06:00PEOPLE DON'T BEST -- PEOPLE
DOING BAD STUFF.
00:06:07OVER HALF OF THE FINDINGS THAT
MY OFFICE HAS ISSUED IN THE LAST
00:06:12FOUR YEARS HAVE BEGINS CHARTER
SCHOOLS.
00:06:15EVERY CHARTER SCHOOL GETS AN
AUDIT.
00:06:18THIS NOTION THAT WE ARE NOT
WORKING I IS NOT EVEN REALLY
00:06:25CLOSE TO THE FACT.
WITH REGARDS TO WHAT IS ONGOING
00:06:33UNLIMITED BY WHAT I SHOULD TALK
ABOUT ABOUT THE PROCESS, I
00:06:37SHOULD POINT OUT WE HAVE
MULTIPLE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
00:06:42ARE ONGOING.
WE HAVE A PERFORMANCE AUDIT
00:06:46GOING ON TO LOOK AT CHARTER
SCHOOLS STARTUPS AND I AM
00:06:48LOOKING FORWARD TO COOPERATING
WITH THE LEGISLATION AND
00:06:54PROVIDING THEM WITH INFORMATION
SO THAT AFTER THE FIRST OF THE
00:06:57YEAR WHEN OUR WORK HAS BEEN
COMPLETED THOSE FACT CAN INFORM
00:07:01THE REFORM MOVEMENT THAT I THINK
HAS TO HAPPEN.
00:07:03I LIKE SCHOOL CHOICE.
THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PUBLIC
00:07:09POLICY INNOVATION.
WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB WITH
00:07:12THE SUPERVISORY STRUCTURE THAT
IS IN STATE LAW AND THAT WILL
00:07:16REQUIRE LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
IF YOU TALK ABOUT ROGUE CHARTER
00:07:23SCHOOL OPERATORS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF NORMAL --
00:07:25DONORS WHO ARE CHARTER SCHOOL
OPERATORS.
00:07:28EVEN RAN IN GAVE $20,000.
HOW CAN YOU BE TOUGH ON THEM BUT
00:07:35STILL BE RECEIVING MONEY FROM
THEM?
00:07:36REX LEGOS GOES TO THE INTEGRITY
OF THE OFFICER.
00:07:41I WILL SPEND $2 MILLION ON THIS
CAMPAIGN.
00:07:47IT IS AN OBSCENE AMOUNT OF
MONEY.
00:07:48THE GOVERNOR HAS RAISED OVER $17
MILLION.
00:07:53THE BOTTOM LINE IS NOT WHO
DONATES TO THE CAMPAIGN.
00:07:59THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHAT YOU DO
WHEN YOU ARE IN OFFICE.
00:08:02I DO NOT TRACK THOSE THINGS.
I DO NOT EVEN BRING MY
00:08:06REPUBLICAN CREDENTIALS IN THE
DOOR.
00:08:10I LEAVE THEM OUTSIDE THE DOOR.
WHEN I AM WORKING I DO NOT HAVE
00:08:14ANY FRIENDS OR ENEMIES.
I JOT SIDE WITH LABOR OR
00:08:20MANAGEMENT.
I SIDE WITH YOU.
00:08:21>> AT ME ASK YOU ABOUT THAT.
HE SAID YOU TO TAKE SIDES BUT AS
00:08:25A MEMBER OF THE APPORTIONMENT
BOARD WHEN YOU'RE ASKED TO VOTE
00:08:29ON A PLAN FOR READ/WRITE STATE
LAWMAKERS LINES YOU SIDED WITH
00:08:34THE REPUBLICANS.
IF YOU DO NOT TAKE SIDES THERE
00:08:38ARE PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT YOU
SIDED WITH THE PARTY THAT DREW
00:08:42SOME OF THE MOST GERRYMANDERED
LINES IN THE COUNTRY.
00:08:46>> THE BOARD IS INHERENTLY
APOLITICAL PROCESS AND DEMOCRATS
00:08:53AND REPUBLICANS HAVE DRAWN LINES
OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS.
00:08:56I DO NOT LIKE THE RESULTS AND I
CALLED IN 2011 FOR THERE TO BE
00:09:04REFORM EFFORT.
HERE'S THE THING.
00:09:05WE DID HAVE A VIABLE REFORM IN
2009 WHEN THE DEMOCRATS WERE IN
00:09:09CHARGE OF THE HOUSE AND MY
OPPONENT WAS SERVING HIS FIRST
00:09:12TERM.
THE SENATE PASSED A REFORM
00:09:16MEASURE THAT WOULD HAVE CREATED
A COMMISSION AND HAD SOME
00:09:21SAFEGUARDS TO IMPROVE THE
PROCESS.
00:09:25IT WAS NOT PERFECT AND IT WAS
BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD.
00:09:28MY OPPONENT DID SOMETHING TO ASK
THE SPEAKER TO BRING IT OUT AND
00:09:36TO COSPONSOR BILLS BUT HE DID
NOT COSPONSOR THAT ONE.
00:09:39THE SPEAKER AND THE DEMOCRATIC
CAUCUS OF WHICH MY OPPONENT WAS
00:09:44PART MADE A COLD AND CALCULATED
DECISION THAT IN 2010 THEY WOULD
00:09:52HOLD ONTO POLITICAL POWER.
THEY WERE GOING TO RUN THE
00:09:53APPORTIONMENT BOARD SO THEY
KILLED REFORM.
00:09:59IT IS HYPOCRITICAL FOR HIM TO BE
OUT NOW HAVING FOUND OUT THAT
00:10:05OLD-TIME REFORM RELIGION.
WE BOTH AGREE ON THAT AND I
00:10:07THINK THERE IS A WIDE CONSENSUS
THAT WE NEED TO FIND A BETTER
00:10:09WAY AND I AM READY TO BE PART OF
IT.
00:10:13I AM LOOKING FOR SOME
LEADERSHIP.
00:10:14>> LET'S GO BACK TO YOUR STANCE
ON JOBS OHIO.
00:10:18IT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY SOME AS
AGGRESSIVE AND BY SOME AS NOT
00:10:22AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH AREA DO YOU
WORRY THAT YOU ARE EATING
00:10:26AGGRESSIVE WHICH IS -- BEING
AGGRESSIVE WHICH IS GOING TO
00:10:31HURT YOU WITH REPUBLICAN VOTERS
WHO SEEM LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO
00:10:34BE OUT IN FORCE THIS YEAR?
>> I GOT TELEPHONE CALLS, WHY
00:10:41ARE YOU FIGHTING WITH THE
GOVERNOR.
00:10:43I AM NOT WORRIED HERE ABOUT MY
NEXT ELECTION.
00:10:48I DO NOT LIKE TO LOSE.
I THINK WE HAVE THE RECORD THAT
00:10:52WILL CAUSE ME TO WIN.
I HAD A SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE IN
00:10:56THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS A LIAR.
IF THE VOTERS SHOULD DECIDE THEY
00:11:01WANT TO THANK ME FOR MY SERVICE,
I WILL GO ON WITH MY LIFE.
00:11:05I DO NOT EAT AND DRINK AND
BREATHE BALTICS.
00:11:11THIS IS NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING IN MY LIFE.
00:11:13GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS EXIST SO
WE CAN HAVE AN ORDERED FRAMEWORK
00:11:18WHERE PEOPLE CAN HAVE RECUSE AND
RAISE KIDS AND GO TO FOOTBALL
00:11:24GAMES AND LOVE AND LAUGH AND
HAVE -- CREATE WEALTH AND THAT
00:11:34IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT.
THOSE OF US IN PUBLIC SERVICE AS
00:11:38TO SERVE THAT END TO LET
EVERYBODY ELSE NOT HAVE TO DEAL
00:11:42WITH THESE HARD QUESTIONS.
>> DO YOU WORRY THAT YOUR STANCE
00:11:48HAS ALIENATED YOU FROM THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY?
00:11:51IT HAS CAMPAIGNED AGAINST DAVID
PEPPER BUT NOT MUCH HAS BEEN
00:11:58SAID ABOUT YOUR OPPONENT AND HER
FUNDRAISING HAS BEEN LOWER THAN
00:12:02SOME OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES
INCLUDING IN FITZGERALD.
00:12:06>> YES, THAT IS TRUE.
>> DO YOU WORRY THAT YOUR STANCE
00:12:13HAS HER YOU WITH THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY?
00:12:15REX I CANNOT WORRY ABOUT THE
POLITICAL FALLOUT FROM
00:12:18DECISIONS.
AS SOON AS YOU DO THAT YOU START
00:12:21PULLING BACK AND NOT MAKING THE
RIGHT DECISION.
00:12:23I HAVE HAD THE GREAT FORTUNE AS
A NEWSPAPER REPORTER AND COUNTY
00:12:27AUDITOR AND PROSECUTORS ATTORNEY
AND AS THE OUTAGES STATE TO GET
00:12:33UP IN THE MORNING AND ALWAYS BE
CHASING AFTER THE RIGHT THING.
00:12:37ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE TRUTH.
ALWAYS LOOKING FOR JUSTICE.
00:12:39IF YOU START WORRYING ABOUT THE
POLITICS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
00:12:44STOP WORRYING ABOUT THOSE
THINGS.
00:12:47IT IS NOT A TRAIT I AM WORRIED
ABOUT MAKING.
00:12:52DEMOCRAT JOHN PATRICK CHARNEY --
HONEY IS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
00:13:02HE HAS BEEN AN ATTORNEY
SPECIALIZING IN HEALTH CARE
00:13:06ISSUES.
WELCOME.
00:13:07NEITHER YOU NOR YOUR REPUBLICAN
OPPONENT ARE CERTIFIED PUBLIC
00:13:14ACCOUNTANTS.
WHY SHOULD YOU BE A CPA?
00:13:15REX THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS
AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE --
00:13:24WAYS TO LOOK FOR FRAUD AND
ABUSE.
00:13:25TAX PAYER MONEY ARE BEING SPENT
AND I HAVE BEEN A HEALTH CARE
00:13:33ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THOSE WHO
RECEIVE PUBLIC MONEY.
00:13:34HOSPITALS AND PRACTICES AND WHAT
YOU WANT IN THE ROLES THAT HAVE
00:13:41A GOOD IDEA OF WHERE TO FIND
MISUSE OF PUBLIC DOLLARS AND AS
00:13:45SOMEONE WHO HAS HURT -- SERVED
ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND
00:13:49WATCHED AS OUR LEGISLATORS HAVE
SPENT BILLIONS AND ARE PRESENTED
00:13:53PRACTICES THAT HAVE RECEIVED
HEALTH CARE DOLLARS AND STATE
00:13:57MONEY I THINK I AM BETTER SUITED
THAN ANYONE TO REPRESENT THE
00:14:00BEST INTERESTS OF THE TAXPAYER.
>> AN AUDITOR HAS TO ADVISE
00:14:04COMMUNITIES AND ADVISE THEM ON
BEING MORE SOLVENT.
00:14:09WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT FUNCTION IS TO MARK >>
00:14:12THE PUBLIC IS THE ONE WHO IS
PAYING ALL THESE OFFICEHOLDERS
00:14:18AND PUTTING THE MONEY UP TO DO
ALL THESE ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
00:14:20THERE IS ARGUMENTS TO BE MADE
THAT THEY COULD BE SPENDING
00:14:26THEIR MONEY MORE WISELY BUT THEY
NEED TO KNOW HOW THAT MONEY IS
00:14:30BEING SPENT.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT
00:14:31THE AUDITOR CAN BE DOING IS
PULLING THE CURRENT SPEC FOR THE
00:14:34PUBLIC AND SAYING THIS IS YOUR
MONEY, YOU DESERVE TO KNOW HOW
00:14:41IT IS SPENT AND HOLD THOSE
RESPONSIBLE.
00:14:44I PLAN TO MAKE SURE THE
TAXPAYERS CAN UNDERSTAND.
00:14:48IT IS THE TAXPAYERS MONEY AND
THEY DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO
00:14:54FOLLOW THE MONEY.
REX DAVID USED WHEN AGAINST THE
00:14:59KASICH ADMINISTRATION AND SAID
THE AUDITOR SHOULD HAVE THE
00:15:03AUTHORITY TO AUDIT JOBS OHIO.
YOU SAID THAT JOOST COULD HAVE
00:15:08DONE MORE BEFORE THAT LOB PASS.
HE SAYS THE AUDIT THAT WAS DONE
00:15:12DID NOT NEED TO BE REDONE AND
COMPLIANCE AUDIT HAD NOT BEEN
00:15:17DONE.
YOU SAID HE DID A COMPLIANCE
00:15:21AUDIT BUT HE SAYS HE DID
EVERYTHING WITHIN HIS POWER IN
00:15:24TERMS OF HIS BULLET -- ABILITY.
DID HE DO ENOUGH?
00:15:29REX IT IS IMPORTANT TO RETRACE
OUR FACTS.
00:15:32HE TOLD THE KASICH
ADMINISTRATION THAT HE WANTED TO
00:15:37DO A FINANCIAL AUDIT BUT HE READ
TO KEEP IT SECRET.
00:15:39IT IS NOT HIS LACE TO KEEP
SOMETHING SECRET.
00:15:44HE WORKS FOR THE TAXPAYERS SO IT
IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO DO AN
00:15:46AUDIT AND KEEP IT SECRET.
HE GOT THE FINANCIAL DOCUMENT
00:15:53AND THEN, LO AND BEHOLD, THE
CHAIRMAN COMES FORWARD AND SAID
00:15:58YOU HAVE CHOSEN POORLY AS MR.
USED TOLD THE NEWSPAPER AND THEN
00:16:04SO MR. YOST DOES ANODIC.
A BLACK MARKER WAS TAKEN OUT AND
00:16:10THE CROSS THROUGH A BUNCH OF
THINGS SO THE PUBLIC COULD NOT
00:16:14SEE IT.
A FINANCIAL AUDIT HAD BEEN
00:16:21ACCOMPLISHED AND MR. YOST SAID
HE WOULD DO THAT AND HE DID NOT.
00:16:23THE PROBLEM WITH MR. YOST IS HE
IS SAYING ONE THING AND HAS DONE
00:16:30SOMETHING ELSE AND WE NEED
SOMEONE WHO WILL STAND UP FOR
00:16:32THE TAXPAYERS, NOT FOR BOSSES OR
THE GOVERNOR OR ANYTHING ELSE
00:16:37BUT FOR THE TAXPAYERS AND I HAVE
MADE MY CAREER DOING THAT.
00:16:39I HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF A
PARTISAN LEGISLATION, OVER 92%
00:16:43OF THE BILLS I HAVE SPONSORED
AND 5 -- COSPONSORED HAS HAD
00:16:51SUPPORT.
REX THE AUDITORS HAD THE LEAD
00:16:54ROLE IN THE DATA SCRUBBING BUT
WHEN IT COMES TO CHARTER SCHOOLS
00:16:58LIKE HORIZON AND DAYTON AND THE
ELECTRONIC CLASSROOM THERE HAVE
00:17:04BEEN REPORTS OF PROBLEMS.
YOST SAID HE HAS BEEN MORE
00:17:09AGGRESSIVE THAN ANY OTHER
AUDITOR AND THE IDEA THAT THEY
00:17:13ARE NOT BEING AUDITED AND HE IS
NOT WORKING ON IS A MR. RED
00:17:14COULD -- IS A MISREPRESENTATION.
>> WE HAD A TEACHER FROM HER
00:17:19RISE IN THAT CAME FORWARD IN
MARCH AND SAID THE FBI WAS
00:17:25INVESTIGATING HORIZON AND SENT A
LETTER INDICATING SUCH.
00:17:30INSTEAD OF MR. YOST OPENING AN
INVESTIGATION AND LOOKING AT
00:17:35HORIZON HE TOOK THAT LETTER AND
SENT IT TO THE FBI.
00:17:38THE FBI ALREADY KNEW THE
INVESTIGATION WAS GOING ON.
00:17:42THAT IS WHY IT WAS PROMPTING
THIS WOMAN TO COME FORWARD.
00:17:45AIRING THE TIME AFTER THAT OTHER
PARENTS SENT THEIR KIDS TO
00:17:51HORIZON SCIENCE ACADEMY AND DID
NOT KNOW THAT FACT.
00:17:55THAT IS WHAT IS CONCERNING.
THE EDUCATION OF YOUR CHILD OR
00:18:03MY CHILD OR ANY TAXPAYERS CHILD
IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO US
00:18:07AND OUR COMMUNITY AND WE NEED AN
ARCHER WHO WHEN HE IS NOTIFIED
00:18:10TAKES IMMEDIATE ACTION.
WE HAD A PARENT FROM -- SAY MY
00:18:18CHILD HAS BEEN CREDITED WITH
100% ATTENDANCE AND I CAN TELL
00:18:23YOU SHE WAS NOT PRESENT AND I
CAN TELL YOU WHEN SHE WAS ABSENT
00:18:31AND THIS WOMAN CAME TO IS SAID I
COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS AND HE HAS
00:18:35BEEN UNWILLING TO PURSUE IT.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT CAMPAIGN
00:18:39CONTRIBUTION RECORDS THE
DIRECTOR HAD MADE SUBSTANTIAL
00:18:44CONTRIBUTIONS.
THE COMPANY HAD MADE EXTENSIONAL
00:18:50CONTRIBUTIONS AND IT APPEARS
THAT THE TAXPAYERS ARE NOT BEING
00:18:53WELL REPRESENTED.
THE TAXPAYERS ARE NOT.
00:18:57IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WHOEVER IS
IN THIS OFFICE THE A STRONG AND
00:19:02INDEPENDENT AUDITOR WHO IS
LOOKING OUT FOR THE TAXPAYERS
00:19:06BEST INTEREST.
>> MR. YOST PLANS TO SPEND $2
00:19:11MILLION AND THAT IS $1000 OF THE
$2 MILLION AND HE SAYS HE DOES
00:19:18NOT HAVE ANY FRIENDS OR ENEMIES
AND HE LEAVES HIS CREDENTIALS AT
00:19:22THE DOOR BUT HE SAYS ONE LOOKING
AT YOUR RECORD YOU BECOME
00:19:24PARTISAN.
IF YOU KEEP ON THIS PATH IT WILL
00:19:29BE THE MOST PARTISAN AUDITOR
SINCE TOM FERGUSON.
00:19:33MANY PEOPLE REMEMBER HE HAD AN
ETHICS SCANDAL AND A SEX
00:19:42SCANDAL.
THE IDEA THAT YOU ARE ON THE
00:19:43PATH FOR INCREASING
PARTISANSHIP.
00:19:46REX IT IS IRONIC.
HE DREW THE LINES AND
00:19:54UNFORTUNATELY HE DREW LINES
WHERE FOR MANY OF OUR
00:19:57LEGISLATORS THE MORE PARTISAN
THEY ARE THE MORE LIKELY THEY
00:20:00ARE TO GET REELECTED AND THE
MORE BIPARTISAN THEY ARE THE
00:20:04MORE LIKELY THEY ARE TO LOSE
ELECTION AND THE FACT THAT IT
00:20:08POINTS TO MY RECORD WHICH OVER
92% OF THE BILLS I HAVE
00:20:11SPONSORED AND COSPONSORED HAVE
READ FIVE -- BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
00:20:14I DID ALL I COULD TO REACH OUT
TO REPUBLICANS WHO WERE IN THE
00:20:20MINORITY TO JOIN ME AND BILLS
AND AS HE POINTS OUT I WAS
00:20:22INCREDIBLY I PARTISAN IN THE
MAJORITY.
00:20:25I GET INTO THE MINORITY AND
START ANSWERING RUNNING FOR
00:20:34STATEWIDE OFFICE AND LESS
REPUBLICANS WANT TO SUPPORT
00:20:35BILLS THAT I AM SPONSORING.
I HAVE HAD TO REMOVE MY NAME
00:20:39FROM PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT
ARE THE LAW HERE DESPITE THE
00:20:41FACT THAT THEY WERE MY IDEA.
ONE LEGISLATOR SAID WE CANNOT
00:20:50MOVE THE BUILD BECAUSE YOU ARE
SUCH A HIGH-PROFILE DEMOCRAT AND
00:20:56THEY DO NOT WANT TO ALLOW ANY OF
YOUR BILLS TO PASS BECAUSE
00:20:58THEY'RE WORRIED THAT YOU WILL
GET CREDIT FOR GETTING THINGS
00:21:02DONE BUT IF YOU REMOVE YOUR NAME
WE CAN MOVE THE BILL SO I
00:21:05REMOVED MY NAME BECAUSE THIS IS
IMPORTANT LEGISLATION THAT IS
00:21:07THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC.
IT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW AND HAS
00:21:13BROUGHT BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
THE FACT THAT THE MAN WHO DREW
00:21:16THE MOST ARTISAN DISTRICT IN
OHIO AND THE COUNTRY IS SAYING
00:21:22THAT THE LEGISLATION GOT MORE
PARTISAN AFTER HE DID IT?
00:21:26THAT IS RIGHT.
>> OCE -- BOTH OF YOU AGREE.
00:21:30HE VOTED WITH REPUBLICANS IN THE
BOARD IN DRAWING THOSE LINES BUT
00:21:35HE SAYS THE BIPARTISAN BILL THAT
WOULD HAVE CHANGED THINGS AROUND
00:21:41WAS NOT VOTED ON BY DEMOCRATS
INCLUDING YOU BECAUSE DEMOCRATS
00:21:43WERE MAKING OUT CAP DILUTED MOVE
THAT THEY WOULD RETAIN THE POWER
00:21:49AND THE LEGISLATURE.
WHY DID YOU NOT VOTE FOR THAT?
00:21:50REX AT THE MR. YOST DOES NOT
UNDERSTAND HOW THE GENERAL
00:21:54ASSEMBLY WORKS.
I WAS A DEMOCRAT AND IN THE
00:21:59MAJORITY AND I WAS ENCOURAGING
THAT WE MOVE FORWARD BIPARTISAN
00:22:01LEGISLATION.
RANK-AND-FILE FRESHMAN DOES NOT
00:22:09SET THE AGENDA OF THE DAY.
THAT IS SAID BY THE LEADERSHIP
00:22:11IN THE GET TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES
.
00:22:14DESPITE THE FACT THAT I WAS IN
URGING JUST AS I HAVE THROUGHOUT
00:22:18THIS CAMPAIGN.
I NEED FOR BIPARTISAN
00:22:22LEGISLATIVE REFORM.
OAKES WHO ARE IN CHARGE GET TO
00:22:23MAKE THE CHOICES AND I NEVER HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THE
00:22:30BILL.
THIS IS A RED HERRING THAT MR.
00:22:32YOST LIKES TO THROW OUT.
HE DID HAVE THE POWER TO VOTE NO
00:22:35ON THESE ARTISAN DISTRICTS AND
CHOSE NOT TO DO THAT AND VOTED
00:22:39IN FAVOR AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE
PEOPLE IN OFFICE WHO ARE
00:22:41ENCOURAGED TO BE BIPARTISAN --
PARTISAN INCENTIVE BIPARTISAN.
00:22:46>> YOU HAVE OUTRAISED HIM.
THAT IMPLIES YOU COULD BE
00:22:55COMPETITIVE IN THIS RACE AND I
AM WONDERING THE TROUBLE AT THE
00:22:57TOP OF THE TICKET.
ARE YOU WORRIED THAT THOSE WILL
00:23:02HURT YOUR CHANCES AND ERASE RACE
IT APPEARED TO BE RUNNING
00:23:04CLOSELY AS I ASK IS THE CENTER
OF THE PEOPLE WHO PLAN TO VOTE
00:23:10FOR JOHN KASICH WENT TO SPLIT
THEIR BALLOT AND THEY ARE
00:23:14LOOKING FOR FOLKS IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
00:23:17THEY DO NOT LIKE ONE-PARTY RULE
AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT
00:23:21NOW.
THEY WANT A STRONG AND
00:23:24INDEPENDENT AUDITOR WHO IS
LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST
00:23:26INTEREST AND KNOWLEDGE HE HAVE
FOR THE BENEFITS OF THE
00:23:27REPUBLICAN PARTY.
WITH MR. YOST HE WANTED TO HAVE
00:23:30STATE GOVERNMENT WORK AND HE
ROUTE DISTRICTS THAT CAUSED
00:23:36BIPARTISANSHIP.
HE DID NOT DO A FISCAL AUDIT.
00:23:42HE WANTS TO HOLD CHARTER SCHOOLS
ACCOUNTABLE YET THE WORST
00:23:45SCHOOLS IN THE STATE THAT MORE
THIS BUDGET THAN EVER BEFORE AND
00:23:47THE JOBS ARE NOT GETTING OUT AND
THAT MESSAGE WILL COME THROUGH
00:23:51WITH OUR LAST BUSH OVER THE LAST
-- PUSH OVER THE LAST 48 DAYS.
00:23:58REX ARE YOU COUNTING ON SOME
PEOPLE STILL TYING HIM TO THE
00:24:04REPUBLICAN PARTY, IS THERE
SLITTING TICKET AND VOTING FOR
00:24:10YOU?
>> PEOPLE WILL POINT OUT THE
00:24:12REAL RECORD.
HE LIKES TO SAY HE TOOK ON JOHN
00:24:14KASICH BUT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY SAID HE CHOSE
00:24:23WERE LAID.
AFTER THE LEGISLATURE PASSED THE
00:24:27BILL TRYING TO SHORT-CIRCUIT HIS
ABILITY HE IS A LAWYER SHOULD
00:24:29UNDERSTAND THE US MISSION IS
SUPREME TO ANY LAW THAT PASSED
00:24:35BY THE FOLKS IN THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY AND THE ANSWER IS THE
00:24:38CHIEF INSPECTOR AND IS SUPPOSED
TO FOLLOW THE MONEY SO HE SHOULD
00:24:44BE TAKING ON THE LEGISLATURE AND
THE GOVERNOR SAYING MY
00:24:48OBLIGATION IS TO FOLLOW THE
MONEY AND IF YOU SAY YOU DO NOT
00:24:51WANT ME TO LOOK OVER YOUR
SHOULDER YOU WILL MISS BEEN THE
00:24:54MONEY, MAYBE THE PUBLIC DOES NOT
WANT THAT, IT IS MY
00:24:59RESPONSIBILITY TO SHOW THE
PUBLIC WHAT IT IS GETTING.
00:25:03HE IS NOT DOING HIS
CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
00:25:05I WILL DO THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
THE TAXPAYERS AND FOLLOW THE
00:25:10MONEY AND SHOWING WHAT THEY WILL
GET FOR THEIR MONEY.
00:25:12>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THIS WEEK YOST AND CARNEY MET
00:25:20FOR A FACE-TO-FACE DEBATE AT THE
CITY CLUB OF CLEVELAND, ALONG
00:25:22WITH LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE BOB
BRIDGES.
00:25:24THIS MAY BE THE ONLY
HEAD-TO-HEAD DEBATE WE'LL SEE IN
00:25:26ANY OF THE FIVE EXECUTIVE OFFICE
RACES.
00:25:27REPUBLICANS MIKE DEWINE, JON
HUSTED AND JOSH MANDEL HAVE
00:25:29TURNED DOWN DEBATE INVITATIONS
AT THE CITY CLUB.
00:25:30AND THERE WILL BE NO DEBATE IN
THE GOVERNOR'S RACE FEATURING
00:25:33REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT JOHN KASICH
AND DEMOCRATIC CUYAHOGA COUNTY
00:25:34EXECUTIVE ED FITZGERALD.
KASICH'S CAMPAIGN SAYS IT WILL
00:25:36NOW SIT DOWN FOR INTERVIEWS WITH
MAJOR NEWS OUTLETS - WE'VE ASKED
00:25:43FOR AN INTERVIEW. FITZGERALD
SAYS HE'LL HONOR THE SIX DEBATE
00:25:45APPEARANCES HE ACCEPTED, AND HAS
AGREED TO AN INTERVIEW HERE NEXT
00:25:47MONTH.
NEXT WEEK WE WERE HOPING TO
00:25:50FEATURE THE MAJOR PARTY
CANDIDATES FOR TREASURER, JOSH
00:25:53MANDEL AND CONNIE PILLICH.
PILLICH HAS ACCEPTED THE
00:25:55INVITATION, BUT MANDEL DECLINED
THROUGH A SPOKESPERSON.
00:25:59BUT THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK. FOR
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