| 00:00:38 | SPOTLIGHTS AND THE SOUNDS OF
DICE ROLLING AND SLOTS SPINNING, |
| 00:00:40 | THE STATE MARKS A MOMENT IN
HISTORY. |
| 00:00:42 | LAWMAKERS PUSH THROUGH SEVERAL
BIG BILLS AS THEY HOPE TO HEAD |
| 00:00:46 | HOME FOR SUMMER BREAK -
INCLUDING ONE THAT SEEKS TO |
| 00:00:49 | CHANGE THE RULES ON THE
COMPANIES MOVING INTO OHIO FOR |
| 00:00:52 | THE OIL AND NATURAL GAS BOOM.
AND FOR TWO YEARS, THE STATE |
| 00:00:54 | HAS BROUGHT IN MORE TOURISTS
THAN THE YEAR BEFORE. |
| 00:00:57 | THE TOURISM DIRECTOR IS HERE TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT'S BEING DONE TO |
| 00:01:00 | GO FOR THREE IN A ROW.
ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF |
| 00:01:03 | OHIO"
THE CITY OF CLEVELAND AND THE |
| 00:01:09 | STATE MARKED A HISTORIC MOMENT
THIS WEEK, AS OHIO'S FIRST |
| 00:01:12 | FULL-FLEDGED CASINO OPENED FOR
BUSINESS. |
| 00:01:14 | THE HORSESHOE CASINO CLEVELAND
OPENED MONDAY NIGHT AT 9:30, |
| 00:01:19 | WITH PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO BE
AMONG THE FIRST INSIDE LINING |
| 00:01:21 | UP HOURS EARLIER.
THE CASINO, WHICH IS RUN BY |
| 00:01:24 | ROCK OHIO CAESARS AND CLEVELAND
CAVALIERS OWNER DAN GILBERT, |
| 00:01:28 | OPENED WITH A MUSIC VIDEO
INSTEAD OF A TRADITIONAL RIBBON |
| 00:01:31 | CUTTING.
THE CASINO HAS ABOUT 2,100 SLOT |
| 00:01:35 | MACHINES, 63 TABLE GAMES, A 30-
TABLE WORLD SERIES OF POKER |
| 00:01:37 | ROOM AND A VIP LOUNGE, AND
OPERATORS SAY THEY EXPECT FIVE |
| 00:01:42 | MILLION VISITORS A YEAR.
THE HOLLYWOOD CASINO IN TOLEDO, |
| 00:01:51 | RUN BY PENN NATIONAL, OPENS IN
TWO WEEKS. |
| 00:01:52 | PENN'S OTHER CASINO, THE ONE IN
COLUMBUS, IS SET TO OPEN AROUND |
| 00:01:56 | THANKSGIVING, WITH CLEVELAND'S
TWIN CASINO IN CINCINNATI |
| 00:02:00 | DEBUTING NEXT YEAR.
A COLUMBUS AREA MAN WHO SERVED |
| 00:02:04 | AS TREASURER FOR NEARLY A DOZEN
CHARTER OR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IN |
| 00:02:09 | OHIO IS CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLING
NEARLY A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS |
| 00:02:12 | IN FEDERAL FUNDS FROM THOSE
SCHOOLS. |
| 00:02:14 | 57 YEAR OLD CARL SHYE OF NEW
ALBANY IS ACCUSED OF STEALING |
| 00:02:19 | 470-THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER SIX
YEARS FROM CHARTER SCHOOLS IN |
| 00:02:23 | COLUMBUS, YOUNGSTOWN AND DAYTON.
US ATTORNEY CARTER STEWART SAYS |
| 00:02:27 | EACH SCHOOL SHYE WORKED FOR
RECEIVED MORE THAN $10,000 A |
| 00:02:31 | YEAR IN FEDERAL MONEY.
>> BECAUSE TREASURERS EMPLOYED |
| 00:02:34 | BY SCHOOLS
ARE CERTIFIED BY THE STATE THEY |
| 00:02:39 | ARE CONSIDERED PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
SCHOOL TREASURER OF THEIR THE |
| 00:02:45 | SOLEMN RESPONSIBILITY OF
PROTECTING PUBLIC FUNDS. |
| 00:02:46 | SHAYE IS TO EAT -- ACCUSED OF
VIOLATING THE TRUST. |
| 00:02:52 | >> STATE AUDITOR DAVID YOST SAYS
HE'S ALSO INVESTIGATED SHYE'S |
| 00:02:55 | ACTIVITIES AT THOSE SCHOOLS AND
OTHERS, AND SAYS 17 AUDITS HAVE |
| 00:02:57 | TURNED UP 62 FINDINGS OF
RECOVERY AGAINST SHYE, |
| 00:03:00 | AMOUNTING TO MORE THAN A MILLION
DOLLARS. |
| 00:03:02 | YOST SAYS SHYE HAD A PATTERN OF
MOVING ON TO ANOTHER SCHOOL |
| 00:03:05 | AFTER ONE CLOSED, AND HE SAYS
IF A LAW HE'S PUSHING WAS ON |
| 00:03:09 | THE BOOKS, SHYE MIGHT NOT HAVE
BEEN KEEPING THE BOOKS FOR |
| 00:03:11 | THESE SCHOOLS.
>> THE FISCAL INTEGRITY ACT, |
| 00:03:16 | FOR THE FIRST TIME
WOULD REQUIRE CHARTER SCHOOL |
| 00:03:21 | TREASURERS TO BE LICENSED, AND
IF THEIR BOOKS BECOME |
| 00:03:26 | UNAUDITABLE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY
TO MOVE AGAINST THEIR LICENSE. |
| 00:03:31 | IF THAT LAW HAD BEEN IN PLACE,
IT IS NOT UNREASONABLE TO |
| 00:03:35 | BELIEVE THAT THAT WERE ONE OF
THE OTHER STOPGAP MEASURES IN |
| 00:03:38 | THAT BILL MAY HAVE ENDED MR.
SHYE'S RUNNING AMOK SOMETIME |
| 00:03:45 | AGO.
>> SHYE FACES ARRAIGNMENT ON |
| 00:03:47 | THE FEDERAL CHARGES JUNE 21.
MEMORIAL DAY IS MOVING CLOSER, |
| 00:03:49 | AND LAWMAKERS ARE RUSHING
THROUGH SOME BIG PIECES OF |
| 00:03:51 | LEGISLATION IN THE HOPES OF
GETTING THEM DONE IN TIME TO GO |
| 00:03:55 | HOME AND CAMPAIGN THIS SUMMER.
IN THE HOUSE THIS WEEK, |
| 00:03:58 | LAWMAKERS PASSED AND SENT ON TO
THE GOVERNOR THE BILL THAT |
| 00:04:00 | WOULD BAN ALL TEXTING BEHIND THE
WHEEL AND WOULD KEEP TEEN |
| 00:04:04 | DRIVERS FROM USING CELLPHONES OR
OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES. |
| 00:04:06 | ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNORS
HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION, THE |
| 00:04:11 | MEASURE WOULD BE AMONG THE
NATION'S BROADEST IN TERMS OF |
| 00:04:14 | TEEN DISTRACTED DRIVING
RESTRICTIONS. |
| 00:04:16 | THE ORGANIZATION SAYS TEXTING
WHILE DRIVING IS ALREADY |
| 00:04:20 | PROHIBITED IN 38 STATES.
THE HOUSE ALSO PASSED A |
| 00:04:22 | PROPOSED NEW TAX STRUCTURE FOR
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT |
| 00:04:25 | WOULD RESULT IN THE VAST
MAJORITY OF BANKS PAYING LESS |
| 00:04:27 | TAX MONEY TO THE STATE.
THE BILL WOULD GET RID OF SOME |
| 00:04:32 | TAX LOOPHOLES FOR LARGER
INSTITUTIONS, AND A SPOKESMAN |
| 00:04:35 | FOR THE OHIO BANKERS LEAGUE
SAYS AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF BANKS |
| 00:04:37 | COULD SEE A TAX INCREASE FROM
THIS PROPOSAL, BUT MOST WILL |
| 00:04:41 | SEE THEIR TAX LIABILITY DECREASE
AS THE TAX BASE IS EXPANDED. |
| 00:04:44 | SOME DEMOCRATS ARGUED THE STATE
IS GIVING BANKS AN UNNECESSARY |
| 00:04:51 | TAX CUT, BUT SOME STILL VOTED
FOR IT, AS IT PASSED 75 TO 23. |
| 00:04:53 | IT NOW HEADS TO THE SENATE.
THE HOUSE ALSO APPROVED SIX NEW |
| 00:04:59 | SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATES - FOR
NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL |
| 00:05:03 | IN COLUMBUS, THE OHIO
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS |
| 00:05:06 | FOUNDATION, THE MANSFIELD POWER
SQUADRON, THE MASSILLON TIGER |
| 00:05:09 | FOOTBALL BOOSTER CLUB AND THE
"BIRTHPLACE OF SUPERMAN" PLATE. |
| 00:05:11 | THERE'S ALSO A PLATE FOR
MILITARY SACRIFICE, AVAILABLE |
| 00:05:17 | ONLY TO MILITARY PERSONNEL OR
IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF |
| 00:05:20 | THOSE KILLED IN COMBAT.
AND A FOLLOWUP TO LAST WEEK'S |
| 00:05:24 | SHOW - AN OHIO HOUSE COMMITTEE
HAS APPROVED LEGISLATION |
| 00:05:27 | OUTLINING NEW REGULATIONS ON
EXOTIC ANIMAL OWNERSHIP, PAVING |
| 00:05:31 | THE WAY FOR A FULL HOUSE VOTE.
THE BILL NOW INCLUDES MORE |
| 00:05:36 | MONKEYS ON THE LIST OF
CREATURES THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE |
| 00:05:38 | REGISTERED.
IT ALSO SAYS THE AUTHORITY TO |
| 00:05:42 | EXPAND THE LIST OF RESTRICTED
SPECIES WOULD GO TO THE |
| 00:05:45 | LEGISLATURE INSTEAD OF THE OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. |
| 00:05:47 | IF IT PASSES THE HOUSE, THE
SENATE WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THE |
| 00:05:51 | CHANGES BEFORE IT COULD GO TO
THE GOVERNOR. |
| 00:05:53 | THE ACTION COMES TWO WEEKS
AFTER THE COLUMBUS ZOO RELEASED |
| 00:05:57 | THE FIVE SURVIVING ANIMALS OF
LAST YEAR'S TRAGEDY IN |
| 00:06:01 | ZANESVILLE BACK TO THE WIDOW OF
THEIR OWNER. |
| 00:06:03 | TERRY THOMPSON HAD DRAWN
NATIONAL ATTENTION TO OHIO'S |
| 00:06:08 | EXOTIC ANIMAL SITUATION WHEN HE
RELEASED DOZENS OF TIGERS, |
| 00:06:11 | LIONS, BEARS, AND OTHER ANIMALS
BEFORE COMMITTING SUICIDE. |
| 00:06:13 | AND ALSO FOLLOWING UP ON AN
ISSUE WE'VE BEEN TRACKING FOR |
| 00:06:19 | SEVERAL WEEKS -- AND SENATORS
FOLLOWED UP ON THEIR PLAN TO |
| 00:06:22 | PUSH THROUGH PENSION REFORM BY
APPROVING BILLS TO MAKE CHANGES |
| 00:06:25 | IN FOUR OF THE STATE'S FIVE
PENSION FUNDS. |
| 00:06:27 | A MEASURE TO REFORM THE FIFTH
FUND THE ONE FOR STATE TROOPERS |
| 00:06:32 | IS STILL BEING WORKED OUT.
SENATE PRESIDENT TOM NIEHAUS OF |
| 00:06:36 | NEW RICHMOND NEAR CINCINNATI
SPONSORED THE MEASURE ALONG |
| 00:06:38 | WITH MINORITY LEADER ERIC
KEARNEY OF CINCINNATI. |
| 00:06:40 | NIEHAUS SAID THE CHANGES ARE
NEEDED, BUT SENATORS ALSO |
| 00:06:43 | NEEDED ANOTHER KEY ELEMENT
BEFORE VOTING ON THE BILLS. |
| 00:06:46 | >>
WHEN I STARTED TO HAVE |
| 00:06:54 | CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DIRECTOR
ABOUT PENSION REFORM BILLS, THEY |
| 00:06:57 | MADE MY EXPECTATIONS CLEAR.
IF THE SENATE WAS OR TO MOVE |
| 00:07:00 | PENSION REFORM, THE PLANS HAD TO
HELP US BY DEMONSTRATING CLEAR |
| 00:07:05 | STICKLE FOR SUPPORT.
THE FOUR PLANS ARE PRESENTED IN |
| 00:07:08 | THESE BILLS HAVE DONE THAT.
I ACKNOWLEDGE THERE ARE |
| 00:07:12 | INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OPPOSED TO
THE CHANGES BECAUSE OF THE |
| 00:07:13 | IMPACT IT HAS ON THEM BUT THE
BROAD BASED STAKEHOLDER SUPPORT |
| 00:07:19 | FOR THE CONSENSUS ME WE ARE
DOING THE RIGHT THING. |
| 00:07:21 | EACH OF THESE PLANS ADDRESSES
THEIR FIDUCIARY POSSIBILITY A |
| 00:07:26 | LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
I WANT TO STRESS THE BILLS |
| 00:07:28 | BEFORE YOU TODAY REPRESENT THOSE
CHANGES REQUESTED BY THE BOARD |
| 00:07:30 | OF THESE PLANS.
I AM ONLY ASKING YOU TO PASS THE |
| 00:07:34 | CHANGES THEY HAVE ASKED US TO
PASS. |
| 00:07:36 | HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT
CLEAR HOW IMPORTANT I FEEL THIS |
| 00:07:41 | IS TO ACT ON THE SYSTEM
RECOMMENDATIONS. |
| 00:07:44 | WE HAVE HEARD THE STORIES OF HOW
SYSTEMS ARE LOSING UP TO $2 |
| 00:07:48 | MILLION A DAY FOR EACH DAY WE DO
NOT ACT, AND WE SIMPLY CANNOT |
| 00:07:52 | WAIT ANY LONGER.
THE LONGER WE WAIT, THE LONGER |
| 00:07:55 | WE JEOPARDIZE THE HEALTH CARE
BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THE BOARDS. |
| 00:07:57 | >> BUT THE BILLS MAY NOT COME UP
IN THE HOUSE FOR A WHILE. |
| 00:07:59 | HOUSE LEADERS INCLUDING REP.
KIRK SCHURING OF CANTON, WHO |
| 00:08:02 | CHAIRS THE COMMITTEE THAT WOULD
HEAR PENSION REFORM, HAVE SAID |
| 00:08:05 | THEY WON'T TAKE THEM UP UNTIL A
REPORT FROM THE OHIO RETIREMENT |
| 00:08:09 | STUDY COUNCIL ON THE IMPACT OF
THE CHANGES ON RETIREES. |
| 00:08:11 | THAT REPORT ISN'T EXPECTED
UNTIL MID-SUMMER. |
| 00:08:15 | LAST YEAR, A PROPOSAL TO
REQUIRE DRUG TESTING OF OHIOANS |
| 00:08:18 | APPLYING FOR WELFARE BENEFITS
WENT NOWHERE IN THE STATE |
| 00:08:21 | LEGISLATURE.
AND THIS WEEK, IT MOVED -- BUT |
| 00:08:25 | THEN IMMEDIATELY MOVED BACK.
BUT IT MAY NOT STAY JUST AN |
| 00:08:27 | IDEA FOR LONG.
SENATE REPUBLICANS SUCH AS THE |
| 00:08:31 | PLAN'S SPONSOR, TIM SHAFFER OF
LANCASTER, SAY TOO MANY OHIO |
| 00:08:34 | WELFARE RECIPIENTS ARE BLOWING
THEIR MONTHLY CHECKS ON ILLEGAL |
| 00:08:37 | DRUGS.
THE SENATORS CAME UP WITH A |
| 00:08:40 | PILOT PROGRAM FOR THREE
COUNTIES -- IN THE PROGRAM, IF |
| 00:08:42 | WELFARE OFFICIALS HAVE
REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE AN |
| 00:08:46 | APPLICANT IS ON DRUGS, A DRUG
TEST WOULD BE ORDERED, AND THE |
| 00:08:50 | APPLICANT WOULD GET BENEFITS
ONLY IF HE OR SHE CAN PASS THE |
| 00:08:52 | TEST.
REPUBLICANS TRIED TO SLIP IT |
| 00:08:55 | INTO THE BIG BUDGET REVIEW THAT
PASSED THIS WEEK, BUT PULLED IT |
| 00:09:00 | OUT JUST BEFORE THE VOTE.
IT WASN'T THE OPPOSITION FROM |
| 00:09:06 | MINORITY SENATE DEMOCRATS -- IT
WAS CONCERNS RAISED BY GOV. |
| 00:09:09 | JOHN KASICH.
KASICH SAID A DAY AFTER THE |
| 00:09:11 | PLAN WAS PULLED THAT HE CAN SEE
BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE. |
| 00:09:14 | >> THIS IS IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR
FORM - IN MY OPINION AT LEAST, |
| 00:09:18 | I MEAN, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE -
SOME PUNITIVE, KINDA 'WE'RE |
| 00:09:22 | GOING TO CLUB YOU OVER THE
HEAD'. |
| 00:09:23 | I WANT PEOPLE TO GET OFF THESE
DRUGS. |
| 00:09:25 | AND SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT WORKS
OUT. |
| 00:09:29 | BUT YOU KNOW, THE NOTION THAT,
YOU KNOW, 'GET 'EM OFF -- KICK |
| 00:09:33 | 'EM OFF' -- THAT'S NOT WHERE I
AM ON THIS. |
| 00:09:35 | IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THAT.
SO, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO THINK |
| 00:09:38 | ABOUT IT.
>> THE PILOT PROGRAM WILL NOW |
| 00:09:40 | BE
CONSIDERED IN A SEPARATE BILL. |
| 00:09:46 | AS OHIO'S OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
CONTINUES TO BOOM ALONG, |
| 00:09:50 | LAWMAKERS AND GOV.
KASICH HAVE BEEN DEBATING WHAT |
| 00:09:52 | SORT OF TAXES AND REGULATIONS
ON THIS INDUSTRY NEED TO BE |
| 00:09:54 | ADDED, CHANGED OR UPDATED.
THE SEVERANCE TAX THAT THE |
| 00:09:59 | GOVERNOR PROPOSED ON DRILLERS
TO FUND HIS INCOME TAX CUT HAS |
| 00:10:02 | BEEN SHELVED FOR NOW, BUT WITH
64,000 OIL AND GAS WELLS IN |
| 00:10:05 | PRODUCTION IN OHIO NOW, AND 72
HORIZONTAL WELLS DRILLED WITH |
| 00:10:11 | 250 EXPECTED BY THE END OF THIS
YEAR AND 2,250 LIKELY BY THE END |
| 00:10:17 | OF 2015, BILLS DEALING WITH
REGULATION ON THE INDUSTRY ARE |
| 00:10:21 | MOVING ALONG.
THE SENATE TOOK UP A MEASURE |
| 00:10:24 | THIS WEEK THAT LAYS OUT SOME
NEW REGULATIONS ON DISCLOSING |
| 00:10:26 | AND REPORTING CHEMICALS USED IN
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING, OR |
| 00:10:29 | FRACKING.
SEN. PRESIDENT TOM NIEHAUS |
| 00:10:32 | STOOD AND SPOKE ABOUT THE BILL,
WHICH HE SAYS IS THE FIRST ONE |
| 00:10:34 | IN THE NATION TO REQUIRE THE
DISCLOSURE OF CHEMICALS WHEN THE |
| 00:10:38 | DRILL BIT FIRST GOES INTO THE
GROUND ALL THE WAY TO WHEN THE |
| 00:10:41 | WELL IS CAPPED -- WHICH HE AND
OTHERS HAVE REFERRED TO AS |
| 00:10:45 | "CRADLE TO GRAVE LANGUAGE".
AND NIEHAUS SAID THE |
| 00:10:48 | LEGISLATION ALLOWS HIM TO -- IN
HIS WORDS -- REST ASSURED AT |
| 00:10:51 | NIGHT THAT WE HAVE DONE
EVERYTHING TO PROTECT THOSE |
| 00:10:53 | RESIDENTS.
>> IT IS VERY EASY TO GET |
| 00:11:01 | NERVOUS WHEN SOMEONE IS
SCREAMING AT YOU AND A PUBLIC |
| 00:11:05 | MEETING ABOUT HOW FRACKING IS
DESTROYING THE WATER ALL OVER |
| 00:11:07 | THE COUNTRY.
IN FACT, THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC |
| 00:11:10 | EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT
WHATSOEVER. |
| 00:11:12 | IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE BASE OUR
DECISIONS ON THE SCIENCE. |
| 00:11:17 | BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE POLITICAL
REALITY THAT WE ALL DEAL WITH |
| 00:11:21 | EVERYDAY, SO I APPLAUD THE
INDUSTRY FOR ITS WILLINGNESS TO |
| 00:11:23 | RECOGNIZE THE POLITICAL
REALITIES WE FACE, AND REQUIRE |
| 00:11:28 | DISCLOSURE THAT GOES FAR BEYOND
WHAT IS DONE IN OTHER STATES. |
| 00:11:30 | >> 6 DEMOCRATS SAY THAT IT DOES
NOT GO FAR ENOUGH. |
| 00:11:39 | >> IF THIS LEGISLATION AND THIS
ARENA IS GOING TO ACHIEVE THE |
| 00:11:50 | MONUMENTAL PROMISE THAT IT
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT |
| 00:12:01 | RI
THE WHOLE NOTION OF CRADLE TO |
| 00:12:07 | GRAVE STRUCK ME AS PARTICULARLY
INTERESTING WHEN ONE OF THE |
| 00:12:09 | EARLIER COMMENTARY THIS
AFTERNOON TALKED ABOUT AN |
| 00:12:11 | INDUSTRY ON THE VERGE OF AN
EXPLOSION. |
| 00:12:12 | IT IS JUST AN UNFORTUNATE TOURS
OF VOCABULARY, BUT LET'S HOPE |
| 00:12:15 | THAT IS ALL THAT IS.
<NO VIDEO><VIDEO OK>:; |
| 00:12:27 | >> AND MICHAEL SKINDELL OF THE
CLEVELAND SUBURB OF LAKEWOOD WAS |
| 00:12:30 | EVEN MORE DIRECT.
>> THIS PARTICULAR BILL FAILS |
| 00:12:31 | TO ADDRESS
OUR WATER AND PROTECTING OUR |
| 00:12:36 | RESIDENTS FROM THE HARMFUL
PROCESS CALLED HORIZONTAL |
| 00:12:41 | HYDRAULIC FRACTURING.
THE DISCLOSURE IN THIS BILL, |
| 00:12:47 | ALTHOUGH A STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION, NONETHELESS, IS NO |
| 00:12:52 | MORE THAN A DISTRACTION OF THE
REAL ARMS OF THIS PROCESS TO OUR |
| 00:12:57 | ENVIRONMENT.
THIS BILL ACTUALLY WILL GIVE |
| 00:13:02 | OHIO RESIDENTS A FALSE SENSE OF
SECURITY, AND FOR THAT REASON, I |
| 00:13:07 | CANNOT SUPPORT IT.
>> BUT WHAT MAY BE THE LOUDEST |
| 00:13:10 | AND MOST CREATIVE ARGUMENT FOR
THE BILL CAME FROM CINCINNATI |
| 00:13:12 | REPUBLICAN BILL SEITZ.
>> AND I WILL QUOTE LESTER |
| 00:13:14 | FLATT AND EARL SKRUGGS.
COME AND LISTEN TO MY STORY |
| 00:13:19 | ABOUT A MAN NAMED JEB, A POOR
MOUNTAINEER BARELY KEPT HIS |
| 00:13:23 | FAMILY SAID AND ONE THERE WAS
SHOOTING AT HIS FOOD, UP |
| 00:13:26 | THROUGH THE GROUND CAME A
BUBBLING CRUDE, OIL THAT IS, |
| 00:13:29 | BLACK GOLD, TEXAS TEA.
WELL, THE FIRST THING YOU KNOW, |
| 00:13:37 | OLD JEB IS A MILLIONAIRE.
THE KINFOLK SAID, JEB, MOVE AWAY |
| 00:13:40 | FROM THERE.
CALIFORNIA IS THE PLACE YOU |
| 00:13:44 | OUGHT TO BE SO THEY LOADED UP
THEIR TRUCK AND THEY MOVE TO |
| 00:13:46 | BEVERLY, HILLS THAT IS.
SWIMMING POOLS AND MOVIE STARS. |
| 00:13:51 | FOLKS, WE CAN TALK ALL DAY AND
ALL NIGHT AND IN THE NEXT FIVE |
| 00:13:56 | YEARS ABOUT ALL THE POSSIBLE
THING THAT COULD GO WRONG BUT |
| 00:13:59 | WE ARE SITTING ON A MOUNTAIN OF
RESOURCES. |
| 00:14:02 | IT IS TIME TO QUIT WORRYING
ABOUT IT AND IT IS TIME TO DO |
| 00:14:06 | IT, AND THAT MEANS SENDING
THOSE DRILLS AND PLUGS AND SPUDS |
| 00:14:10 | DOWN, WHATEVER ELSE WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT. |
| 00:14:14 | WE ARE SITTING ON A MOUNTAIN OF
MONEY. |
| 00:14:15 | PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN POOR AS
CHURCH MICE FOR 150 YEARS ARE |
| 00:14:20 | NOW OR TO BE THE LATTER DAY JED
CLAMPETT. |
| 00:14:22 | >> THE BILL NOW HEADS TO THE
HOUSE. |
| 00:14:26 | GOV. KASICH SAYS ENVIRONMENTAL
GROUPS OUGHT TO BE -- USING HIS |
| 00:14:29 | WORD -- CELEBRATING, BUT HE'S
NOT HAPPY THAT SENATORS TOOK |
| 00:14:32 | OUT A PROVISION TO INCREASE A
FEE HIKE ON DISPOSAL WELLS. |
| 00:14:34 | MEANWHILE, THE ANTI-DRILLING
COALITION NO FRACK OHIO CALLED |
| 00:14:41 | THE BILL "SHAMEFUL", AND SAID
DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS IN THE |
| 00:14:45 | BILL ARE MEANINGLESS BECAUSE
THE ANNUAL REQUIRED REPORT |
| 00:14:48 | ISN'T ENOUGH, AND THAT THE
REQUIREMENTS LACK SPECIFICS. |
| 00:14:52 | THE GROUP'S TERESA MILLS WRITES:
>> [THE] BILL WOULD GIVE |
| 00:14:56 | OVERSIGHT OF THE FRACKING
PROCESS SOLELY TO THE KASICH |
| 00:14:59 | ADMINISTRATION, CUTTING OUT
LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND |
| 00:15:01 | STREAMLINING PERMITTING THAT
DOESN'T ALLOW FOR PUBLIC |
| 00:15:04 | COMMENT.
IT'S A SHAME THAT THIS |
| 00:15:06 | ADMINISTRATION ISN'T TAKING THE
DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH |
| 00:15:09 | FRACKING MORE SERIOUSLY.
AND A GROUP OF ANTI-FRACKING |
| 00:15:13 | ACTIVISTS HAVE STARTED A
COALITION TARGETING WHAT THEY |
| 00:15:16 | SAY IS A NEED TO PROTECT OHIO'S
PARKS, WHICH WERE OPENED TO OIL |
| 00:15:19 | AND GAS DRILLING AND LOGGING
LAST YEAR. |
| 00:15:21 | THE GROUP INCLUDES THE BUCKEYE
FOREST COUNCIL, THE SIERRA CLUB |
| 00:15:25 | AND MOHICAN ADVOCATES, WHICH IS
FOCUSED ON THE MOHICAN COMPLEX |
| 00:15:29 | IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF
THE STATE. |
| 00:15:31 | >> I JUST WANT THE LEGISLATURES
TO KNOW THAT |
| 00:15:35 | WE ARE SEVENTH IN THE NATION'S
POPULATION BUT WE ARE 47TH |
| 00:15:42 | RANKED AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF
PUBLIC LAND PER CAPITA. |
| 00:15:47 | THAT MAY BE A REAL SELLING POINT
FOR JOBS OHIO, GETTING BUSINESS |
| 00:15:52 | HERE, BUT PERHAPS NOT IF YOU
WANT TO LIVE HERE. |
| 00:15:56 | WE HAVE RECEIVED AWARDS FOR
BEING THE BEST PARKS, LET'S KEEP |
| 00:16:01 | THEM THAT WAY AND KEEP THE
DRILLING RIGS OUT, LET'S KEEP |
| 00:16:04 | BLOGGING OUT OF OUR PARKS.
>> THE COALITION TO PROTECT |
| 00:16:07 | OHIO'S PARKS HOPES TO GATHER
PUBLIC INPUT ON THESE INDUSTRIES |
| 00:16:09 | IN STATE PARKS - AND
SPECIFICALLY, ON LEASES FOR OIL |
| 00:16:11 | AND GAS DRILLERS.
THE LEASING PROCESS IS SET TO |
| 00:16:13 | START NEXT MONTH, AND THE
COALITION WANTS TO GATHER |
| 00:16:17 | COMMENTS ON THE PARKS THAT ARE
NOMINATED FOR LEASES AND |
| 00:16:19 | PRESENT THEM TO THE
COMMISSION WHICH WILL DECIDE |
| 00:16:23 | WHETHER TO GRANTS THOSE LEASES.
JACK SHANER FROM THE OHIO |
| 00:16:26 | ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL HAS LONG
BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HE |
| 00:16:29 | FEARS THE IMPACT OF DRILLING IN
THE PARKS WILL BE. |
| 00:16:31 | >> WE BELIEVE OHIOANS ARE IN
FOR A BIG SURPRISE |
| 00:16:34 | WHEN OHIOANS GO UP TO GET AWAY
FROM IT ALL, THEY WILL BE |
| 00:16:42 | ENCOUNTERING, DISCOVERING THERE
IS SO MUCH IN OUR STATE PARKS. |
| 00:16:45 | NOW THEY WILL BE DISCOVERING
DRILLING RIGS, WASTE PITS, |
| 00:16:49 | COMPRESSORS, PIPELINES, SO MANY
OF THE NASTY THINGS WE'RE TRYING |
| 00:16:54 | TO GET AWAY FROM.
YOU WILL BE THE NEW WONDERS OF |
| 00:16:56 | OUR STATE PARKS AS THE OIL AND
GAS INDUSTRY PLUNKS DOWN AND |
| 00:17:01 | SETS UP SHOP, NOT JUST FOR A
WEEK FOR A MONTH WHILE THE |
| 00:17:04 | DRILLING TAKES PLACE, BUT LONG
AFTER THE DRILLING IS GONE. |
| 00:17:07 | THOSE SCARS, COMPRESSOR STATIONS
WILL REMAIN. |
| 00:17:11 | >> THE GROUP NOTES A LAWSUIT
FILED BY THE SIERRA CLUB |
| 00:17:13 | RESULTED IN THE OHIO DEPARTMENT
OF NATURAL RESOURCES TURNING |
| 00:17:15 | OVER LISTS OF LANDS LIKELY TO
GET THE FIRST LEASES. |
| 00:17:18 | THE STATE PARKS ON THE LIST ARE
BEAVER CREEK PARK NEAR EAST |
| 00:17:23 | LIVERPOOL, GUILFORD LAKE PARK
NEAR ALLIANCE, JEFFERSON LAKE |
| 00:17:27 | STATE PARK NEAR STEUBENVILLE
AND BARKCAMP STATE PARK NEAR |
| 00:17:30 | BELMONT.
AND THE GROUP SAYS AT LEAST |
| 00:17:32 | FOUR STATE FORESTS APPEAR ON
THE EARLY LEASING LIST: YELLOW |
| 00:17:36 | CREEK STATE FOREST AND BEAVER
CREEK STATE FOREST IN |
| 00:17:39 | COLUMBIANA COUNTY, FERNWOOD
STATE FOREST IN JEFFERSON |
| 00:17:42 | COUNTY, HARRISON STATE FOREST IN
HARRISON COUNTY AND SUNFISH |
| 00:17:45 | CREEK STATE FOREST IN MONROE
COUNTY. |
| 00:17:47 | THE COALITION'S WEBSITE IS
PROTECTOHIOSPARKS.ORG. |
| 00:17:49 | AS WE APPROACH SUMMER VACATION,
THE STATE IS LOOKING BACK ON |
| 00:17:54 | THE TOURISM TRADE IN OHIO LAST
YEAR. |
| 00:17:56 | AND IT WAS A RECORD YEAR - THE
STATE SAYS IT LOGGED 180 |
| 00:18:00 | MILLION VISITS, WITH TOURISTS
SPENDING 40 BILLION DOLLARS, OR |
| 00:18:03 | 6.5% MORE THAN THEY DID IN 2010.
AND THAT'S THE SECOND YEAR IN A |
| 00:18:09 | ROW THAT TOURISM HAS INCREASED
IN OHIO. |
| 00:18:11 | BUT WHILE THE MISSION OF THE
STATE'S DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM |
| 00:18:16 | ISN'T CHANGING, THE BEHIND THE
SCENES STRUCTURE OF THE AGENCY |
| 00:18:18 | THAT IT'S A PART OF IT.
IT'S IN THE DEPARTMENT OF |
| 00:18:22 | DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS IN THE
PROCESS OF BEING DISMANTLED AND |
| 00:18:24 | REFORMED INTO A NEW AGENCY.
SO HOW MIGHT THAT HELP OR HURT |
| 00:18:28 | THE STATE'S TOURISM INDUSTRY?
HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT IS AMIR |
| 00:18:31 | EYLON, THE DIRECTOR OF THE OHIO
OFFICE OF TOURISM. |
| 00:18:32 | >> WHY YOU THINK THE NUMBERS
HAVE GONE UP IN THE PAST TWO |
| 00:18:45 | YEARS?
>> TOURISM IS A BRAZILIAN |
| 00:18:48 | INDUSTRY.
DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE |
| 00:18:49 | RECESSION, AMERICANS CUT BACK ON
TRAVELING. |
| 00:18:52 | WE SEE PEOPLE TRAVELLING RIGHT
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. |
| 00:18:57 | FOLKS GOT AWAY STILL.
WHEN YOU SAW WAS THE TRANSFORMED |
| 00:19:02 | TRAVEL THAT IS FOCUSED MORE ON
REGIONAL GETAWAYS, THREE, FOUR- |
| 00:19:06 | NIGHT GETAWAYS.
OHIO IS WITHIN A DAY'S DRIVE OF |
| 00:19:12 | 60% OF THE POPULATION.
WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT ALMOST |
| 00:19:16 | $4 GAS PRICES, WHAT A GREAT
TRIP. |
| 00:19:19 | HISTORICALLY, MOST OF OUR
VISITATION FOR ORDER AND LEISURE |
| 00:19:22 | TRAVEL HAS COME FROM WITHIN 350
MILES OF OUR BORDER. |
| 00:19:25 | WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT DIVERSITY
OF PRODUCTS. |
| 00:19:28 | TWO HOURS IN ANY DIRECTION, YOU
ARE IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT |
| 00:19:33 | EXPERIENCE.
IT IS GOOD FOR FAMILY |
| 00:19:36 | TRAVELERS, EMPTY NESTERS, YOUNG,
A TRADITIONALIST. |
| 00:19:39 | >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING
FOR YOUR OFFICE, HANDLING OF THE |
| 00:19:44 | DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT.
YOU ARE GOING TO BE IN THIS NEW |
| 00:19:46 | AGENCY, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
AGENCY. |
| 00:19:49 | THERE IS A FIVE-YEAR PILOT
PROGRAM, TOURISM OHIO, THAT |
| 00:19:54 | LINKS YOUR BUDGET WITH THE
REVENUES FROM SALES OF TOURISM- |
| 00:19:58 | RELATED INDUSTRIES.
HOW DOES THAT POTENTIALLY HURT |
| 00:20:01 | YOU, IF THERE IS A DOWN YEAR
UNRELATED TO OHIO, BECAUSE THERE |
| 00:20:06 | IS A NATIONAL TERRORIST EVENT,
OR THE ECONOMY TANKS AGAIN OR |
| 00:20:10 | SOMETHING?
>> WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT |
| 00:20:13 | THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THE LEGISLATION IS NOW WORKING |
| 00:20:16 | ITS WAY THROUGH THE OHIO GENERAL
ASSEMBLY. |
| 00:20:18 | IF PASSED IN ITS CURRENT FORM,
WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AS |
| 00:20:23 | A PERFORMANCE-BASED MODEL TO
TAKE YEAR-OVER-YEAR GROWTH IN |
| 00:20:27 | SALES TAX REVENUE FROM TOURISM-
DRIVEN ACTIVITIES, LIKE LODGING, |
| 00:20:31 | THEME PARKS, ETC.
PART OF IT IS MAKING US MORE OF |
| 00:20:37 | ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT WE
LEVERAGE A LOT OF PUBLIC |
| 00:20:39 | ENTERPRISE RESOURCES.
WHEN WE MARKET OHIO, OUR |
| 00:20:42 | COOPERATIVE ADVERTISING PROGRAM,
WORKING WITH OUR CONVENTION OF |
| 00:20:45 | VISITORS BUREAU, ATTRACTIONS,
LODGING PROPERTIES, WE HAVE SEEN |
| 00:20:49 | A BY-IN OF $1.38 FOR EVERY
PUBLIC DOLLAR WE PUT INTO THE |
| 00:20:55 | PROGRAM.
SO IT IS MULTIPLE LEVELS. |
| 00:20:57 | YOU CANNOT BE IN CONTROL OF A
NATURAL DISASTER OR SOMETHING |
| 00:21:03 | LIKE THAT, BUT THE PROGRAM DOES
ALLOW US, AS THE TAX REVENUE IS |
| 00:21:09 | PROJECTED, TO FORECAST THAT, AND
TO ADJUST ACCORDINGLY. |
| 00:21:13 | IF WE HAVE RESOURCES, WE WILL
PUT THAT TO MARKET. |
| 00:21:15 | >> YOU MENTIONED YEAR-OVER-YEAR
GROWTH, BUT THERE MIGHT NOT BE |
| 00:21:21 | GROWTH.
>> CORRECT. |
| 00:21:22 | IF ONE YEAR WE HAVE THE FULTON
IN THE DOLLARS, THAT WOULD BE |
| 00:21:29 | THE CAP IN THE FUND, AND THEN
THE NEXT YEAR WE HAVE A |
| 00:21:31 | REDUCTION, MAYBE WE DO NOT SPEND
ALL THAT MONEY IN THE FIRST YEAR |
| 00:21:35 | AND SETS ASIDE FOR THE NEXT
YEAR. |
| 00:21:36 | OF COURSE, WORKING HARD TO
LEVERAGE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE |
| 00:21:41 | DOLLARS.
>> ONE THING THAT PEOPLE IN A |
| 00:21:43 | HIGHER SEE ARE THESE ADS FOR
MICHIGAN. |
| 00:21:45 | BEAUTIFUL, PEACEFUL, SERVING AS.
THEY SET A MODE. |
| 00:21:49 | MICHIGAN IS AND THIS PATIENT
STATE BUT HAS SIX TIMES THE |
| 00:21:53 | BUDGET THAT YOU HAVE FOR THESE
ADS. |
| 00:21:55 | OHIO HAS ABOUT $5 MILLION.
THEY HAVE $30 MILLION. |
| 00:21:59 | HOW DO YOU COMPETE AGAINST A
STATE THAT HAS SO MUCH MORE |
| 00:22:02 | MONEY TO SPEND THAT IS ADJACENT?
THAT IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE. |
| 00:22:09 | OBVIOUSLY, THE OTHER STATES
AROUND US HAVE THEIR OWN AD |
| 00:22:12 | CAMPAIGN.
>> IT IS A COMPETITIVE MARKET. |
| 00:22:15 | WHAT MICHIGAN IS DOING WITH
THEIR RESOURCES, THEY ARE DOING |
| 00:22:19 | A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN.
WE ARE FOCUSING REGIONALLY. |
| 00:22:21 | WE ARE TARGETING FOLKS WITHIN
OHIO, S SURROUNDING STATES, |
| 00:22:27 | SOUTHERN ONTARIO.
MICHIGAN, YOU ARE RIGHT, VERY |
| 00:22:30 | CREATIVE, BUT THEY ARE DOING
MORE OF AN IMAGE CAMPAIGN. |
| 00:22:33 | WHAT WE'RE DOING IS MORE OF A
CALL TO RETAIL APPROACH. |
| 00:22:36 | WE ARE TELLING FOLKS, HERE ARE
SPECIFIC EXPERIENCES YOU CAN DO |
| 00:22:41 | IN OHIO.
COKE TO THE ROCK-AND-ROLL HALL |
| 00:22:43 | OF FAME, CODE TO THE GREAT WILD.
AND WHEN IT IS HARD TO MAINTAIN |
| 00:22:51 | OUR MARKET SHARE WHEN YOU ARE
BEING OUTSPENT. |
| 00:22:53 | YOU CAN LOOK AT ANY TYPE OF
MARKETING ACTIVITY IN ANY |
| 00:22:58 | INDUSTRY THERE, BUT WE HAVE AN
EXCELLENT TRACK RECORD GIVEN OUR |
| 00:23:02 | STRATEGIC TARGETING OF OUR
AUDIENCES AND THE TYPES OF |
| 00:23:06 | PROMOTION AND MARKETING WE DO
WITH OUR PARTNERS. |
| 00:23:08 | LAST YEAR'S CAMPAIGN GENERATED
40 NEW STATE AND LOCAL TAX |
| 00:23:12 | DOLLARS FOR EVERY PUBLIC DOLLAR
WE INVESTED. |
| 00:23:14 | THAT WAS $375 MILLION IN NEW
VISITOR SPENDING AND WOULD NOT |
| 00:23:20 | HAVE BEEN THERE.
WE ARE STILL SHOWING POSITIVE |
| 00:23:22 | RESULTS BUT IT IS A COMPETITIVE
MARKETPLACE. |
| 00:23:25 | >> YOU HAVE THE ROCK-AND-ROLL
HALL OF FAME, KINGS ISLAND, THE |
| 00:23:28 | PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME, THE
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD MUSEUM. |
| 00:23:32 | THESE ARE PLACES THAT ARE BIG
AND SPLASHY, BUT ALL I ALSO HAS |
| 00:23:37 | SMALLER THINGS.
DO YOU MARKET THOSE SMALLER |
| 00:23:39 | PLACES THAT ARE OFF THE BEATEN
PATH? |
| 00:23:41 | >> WE SURE DO.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR TV SPOT, IT |
| 00:23:45 | WILL TALK ABOUT THE ROCK-AND-
ROLL HALL OF FAME, BUT IS WILL |
| 00:23:49 | ALSO TALK ABOUT GOING TO JENNY'S
ICE-CREAM, LOUISE IS PEAK SET IN |
| 00:23:53 | AKRON, IS A PLAN THAT YOU MAY
NOT HAVE HEARD OF. |
| 00:23:55 | IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE TALK
ABOUT THE FAMILIAR, BUT ALSO |
| 00:24:00 | THOSE HIDDEN GEMS OF THE FOLKS
HAVE NOT DISCOVERED YET. |
| 00:24:03 | THAT IS WHAT MAKES THIS SUCH A
GREAT PRODUCT. |
| 00:24:05 | YOU CAN HAVE AN ADVENTURE.
OUR MARKET>>AND THAT'S IT FOR |
| 00:24:09 | THIS WEEK.
RESEARCH SHOWS THE FOLKS IN |
| 00:24:11 | PITTSBURGH FOR INDIANAPOLIS
VISITING US, THEY HAVE A |
| 00:24:16 | FAMILIAR WITH OUR PRODUCT.
IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE YOU |
| 00:24:20 | HAVE BEEN TO KINGS ISLAND TODAY
HAVE A NEW EXHIBIT. |
| 00:24:23 | FANTASTIC.
WHILE YOU ARE THERE, SEE THE |
| 00:24:27 | GREAT MODEL TRAIN COLLECTION.
LEARN ABOUT CINCINNATI'S |
| 00:24:32 | RAILROAD HISTORY.
>> FINALLY, I DO NOT KNOW HOW |
| 00:24:34 | MUCH YOU FACTOR IN THE CASINOS.
WE HAD OUR FIRST CASINO OPENED |
| 00:24:38 | UP IN CLEVELAND THIS WEEKEND,
ANOTHER ONE OPENING UP LATER |
| 00:24:41 | THIS MONTH AND THEN LATER IN THE
YEAR. |
| 00:24:43 | HOW MUCH WILL THAT INCREASE
TOURISM? |
| 00:24:46 | YOU TALK ABOUT OHIO BEING A ONE
TANK TRIP. |
| 00:24:49 | WE ARE TRYING TO DRAW MOSTLY
FROM OTHER STATES I GUESS? |
| 00:24:52 | >> I CANNOT GIVE YOU AN
OFFICIAL FORECAST BECAUSE WE |
| 00:24:57 | HAVE DONE HAD THE CASINO
EXPERIENCE, BUT IT ADDS TO THE |
| 00:25:00 | PRODUCT MIX.
NOW THERE IS ONE MORE THING TO |
| 00:25:02 | DO IN THE EVENING OR DAY IN
CLEVELAND. |
| 00:25:05 | DEPENDING ON YOUR HABITS.
THOSE DESTINATIONS, CLEVELAND, |
| 00:25:09 | AND TOLEDO, CINCINNATI, THEY
ALSO MARKET THEMSELVES AS |
| 00:25:14 | CONVENTION DESTINATIONS.
THAT GIVES MEETING PLANNERS |
| 00:25:17 | ANOTHER OPTION.
THAT HELPS THE OVERALL PRODUCT |
| 00:25:19 | MIX FOR THE TOURISM INDUSTRY,
AND I WOULD EXPECT IN THE FIRST |
| 00:25:23 | YEAR OF OPERATION, YOU HAVE
FOLKS FROM THE BORDER AREAS |
| 00:25:25 | COMING IN TO SEE WHAT THE CASINO
EXPERIENCE IN OHIO IS LIKE. |
| 00:25:28 | >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK. |
| 00:25:34 | FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT OHIO PUBLIC
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