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00:00:01>> SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE
BROADCAST OF "THE STATE OF OHIO"
00:00:07COMES FROM OUR LAW OFFICES,
HELPING BUSINESSES AND
00:00:11INDIVIDUALS OF COMPLEX LEGAL
PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT OHIO, ACROSS
00:00:14THE COUNTRY, AND AROUND THE
WORLD, AND FROM THE OHIO
00:00:18EDUCATION ASSOCIATION,
REPRESENTING 131,000 TEACHERS
00:00:21SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS AND HIGHER
EDUCATION FACULTY WHILE WORKING
00:00:26FOR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR
EVERY CHILD.
00:00:27OHEA.ORG.
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS MADE
00:00:33POSSIBLE BY UTECH OHIO.
>> 6 MILLION ABSENTEE BALLOT
00:00:40APPLICATIONS WILL START ARRIVING
IN OHIOANS' MAILBOX'S AFTER
00:00:46LABOR DAY.
TO BOARD OF ELECTIONS MEMBERS
00:00:47ARE NOW OUT OF WORK.
POLITICAL WATCHERS TURN THEIR
00:00:51ATTENTION TO THE CONVENTION.
DEMOCRATS PREPARE TO HIT THE
00:00:57ROAD FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
AN EXOTIC ANIMALS, OWNERS, WITH
00:01:06A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON WHAT WILL
HAPPEN TO THOSE ANIMALS.
00:01:09ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
OHIO."
00:01:11CAPTIONED BY THE
NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE
00:01:13--WWW.NCICAP.ORG--
THERE WAS MORE ACTION ON THE
00:01:15EARLY VOTING FRONT, WITH LESS
THAN A MONTH TO GO BEFORE
00:01:18OHIOANS START CASTING BALLOTS.
ON FRIDAY, A FEDERAL JUDGE RULED
00:01:22WITH THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
AND ORDERED THE FINAL THREE DAYS
00:01:24OF EARLY VOTING RESTORED.
THAT IS THE WEEKEND BEFORE THE
00:01:29ELECTION.
WE CAN VOTING HAS BEEN BANNED IN
00:01:31A DIRECTIVE FROM SECTORS STATE
JON HUSTED.
00:01:34HUSTED FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION
OF A HEARING OFFICER AND FIRED
00:01:40TWO MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF
ELECTIONS MEMBERS FOR VOTING TO
00:01:43ADD WEEKEND HOURS FOR EARLY IN
PERSON ABSENTEE VOTING.
00:01:46DEMOCRATS THOMAS RITCHIE SR. AND
DENNIS LIEBERMAN WERE REMOVED
00:01:49FROM THE BOARD AFTER A DIRECTIVE
HUSTED ISSUED ORDERED ALL BOARDS
00:01:52OF ELECTIONS TO HAVE UNIFORM
HOURS STATEWIDE.
00:01:55HUSTED SAID IN A LETTER TO
RITCHIE AND LIEBERMAN THAT THEY
00:01:59KNOWINGLY AND AMENDING VIOLATED
OHIO -- AND WILLINGLY VIOLATED
00:02:04OHIO ELECTION LAW BY NOT
FOLLOWING HIS DIRECTIVE, AND HE
00:02:06ECHOED WHAT HE SAID ON THE SHOW
LAST WEEK AT THE CLOSE OF THE
00:02:10LETTER.
"BOARD MEMBERS ARE FREE TO
00:02:12EXPRESS THEIR DISCONTENT WITH
ANY DIRECT OR ADVISORY ISSUE,
00:02:16BUT THEY CANNOT DISOBEY THEM.
YOUR DISMISSAL IS NOT ABOUT
00:02:20DIFFERING VIEWS, IDEAS ABOUT
VIOLATING THE LAW BY NOT
00:02:23FOLLOWING A DIRECTIVE.
YOU WERE GIVEN SUBSEQUENT
00:02:26CHANCES TO COMPLY AND REFUSED TO
TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION.
00:02:28I FIND NO PLEASURE IN TAKING
THIS ACTION, AND I THANK YOU FOR
00:02:32YOUR SERVICE."
IN A STATEMENT, LIEBERMAN SAID
00:02:34HE WAS DISAPPOINTED BUT NOT
SURPRISE, AND THAT "HUSTED IS
00:02:39TRAMPLING ON THE RIGHTS OF
VOTERS IN THIS STATE AND HE WILL
00:02:42TARGET ANYONE WHO DARES TO STAND
UP TO HIS SUPPRESSIVE ACTS.
00:02:45RITCHIE SAID IN THE SAME
STATEMENT THAT HUSTED HAS "ACTED
00:02:51RASHLY EVERY STEP OF THE WAY,"
AN ADDED, "THE LOSERS HERE ARE
00:02:57THE VOTERS AND OUR DEMOCRACY.
VOTERS WANT THE POLLS OPEN ON
00:03:01WEEKENDS AND EVENINGS, SO GIVE
THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT."
00:03:03THE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS
15 DAYS TO SELECT REPLACEMENTS.
00:03:08AT RITCHIE AND LIEBERMAN UARE
CONSIDERING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST
00:03:16HUSTED.
THIS WEEK BROUGHT FORTH ANOTHER
00:03:20LAWSUIT.
THE GROUPS JUDICIAL WATCH AND
00:03:23FOR THE WHAT ARE CHALLENGING
OHIO'S VOTER ROLLS, SAYING THAT
00:03:24FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES THEM TO BE
ACCURATE AND OHIO'S DATABASE
00:03:28ISN'T CLEAN.
THE GROUPS WANT THE NAMES OF
00:03:30DEAD PEOPLE PURGED FROM THE
ROLLS, AND HELD A CONFERENCE IN
00:03:33COLUMBUS LAST WEEKEND TO TALK
ABOUT THEIR PLANS.
00:03:35SECRETARY OF STATE HUSTED WAS
INVITED TO THE CONFERENCE, BUT
00:03:39CONFIRMS HE DID NOT ATTEND.
DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN SLAMMING
00:03:42JUDICIAL WATCH AND TRUE THE
VOTE, SAYING THE GROUP'S
00:03:45LAWSUITS IN OHIO AND OTHER
STATES ARE AN ATTEMPT TO
00:03:48DISENFRANCHISE A BORDERS THROUGH
INTIMIDATION.
00:03:51THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THROUGH OHIO
COOLED OFF BRIEFLY THIS WEEK AS
00:03:54THE HURRICANE-SHORTENED
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
00:03:57CAME AND WENT IN TAMPA.
ON THEIR WAY TO FLORIDA LAST
00:04:01WEEKEND, A SOON-TO-BE
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE MITT
00:04:03ROMNEY AND HIS RUNNING MATE PAUL
RYAN STOPPED IN POWELL IN
00:04:06HEAVILY REPUBLICAN DELAWARE
COUNTY NORTH OF COLUMBUS FOR A
00:04:09RALLY BEFORE 7000 PEOPLE.
THIS WEEK, MOST OF THE STATE'S
00:04:14LEADING REPUBLICANS WERE IN
FLORIDA AS TWO OF OHIO'S TOP GOP
00:04:17LEADERS WERE FEATURED IN
PRIMETIME APPEARANCES AT THE
00:04:21RNC.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE DEWINE AND
00:04:24FORMER AG BETTY MONTGOMERY WERE
ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR, ALONG
00:04:27WITH FORMER GOP CHAIR KEVIN
DEWINE, WHO'S NOW LEADING
00:04:30ROMNEY'S OHIO CAMPAIGN.
U.S. SENATOR ROB PORTMAN SPOKE
00:04:35WEDNESDAY NIGHT, IN A BLOCK OF
PARTY LEADERS THAT INCLUDED THE
00:04:392008 NOMINEE, FELLOW SENATOR
JOHN MCCAIN.
00:04:43OHIO'S JUNIOR U.S. SENATOR
STARTED WITH AN AWKWARD
00:04:45ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT MANY THOUGHT
HE WOULD BE THE MAIN SPEAKER AT
00:04:47THE END OF THIS NIGHT.
>> MY NAME IS ROB PORTMAN, AND
00:04:53THEY SAY I WAS ON GOVERNOR
ROMNEY'S SHORT LIST OF VICE-
00:04:56PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
APPARENTLY WAS NOT SHORT ENOUGH.
00:04:58>> AS WAS FITTING FOR A FORMER
WHITE HOUSE BUDGET DIRECTOR,
00:05:04MOST OF WHAT PORTMAN COVERED IN
HIS 12-MINUTE SPEECH WERE MONEY
00:05:06MATTERS COME FROM GOVERNMENT
SPENDING TO TAX REFORM TO
00:05:09CURRENCY MANIPULATION BY CHINA
TO JOBS.
00:05:10>> AMERICA AND, IT'S BEEN
NEARLY A FEW YEARS OF 8%
00:05:19UNEMPLOYMENT, DOUBLE DIGIT DIGIT
UNEMPLOYMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE,
00:05:21HISPANICS, AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
FOUR YEARS.
00:05:26FDR AND GERMAN ONE ENTIRE WORLD
WAR I. FOUR YEARS.
00:05:29-- AND TRUMAN WON AN ENTIRE
WORLD WAR IN FOUR YEARS TOWARD A
00:05:37MARKET IS TIRED OF WAITING.
[APPLAUSE]
00:05:38IN BUSINESS, IF YOU DON'T MOVE
RAPIDLY, WHAT HAPPENS?
00:05:43YOU ARE OUT OF BUSINESS, YOU ARE
FINISHED.
00:05:45WE WANT A PRESIDENT WHO OPERATED
BUSINESS SPEED, NOT GOVERNMENT
00:05:50SPEED.
>> THAT LAST LINE ECHOES A
00:05:53STATEMENT THAT'S BEEN SAID MANY
TIMES BY THE MAN WHO SPOKE
00:05:55THE NIGHT BEFORE PORTMAN.
JOHN KASICH TOOK THE PODIUM AS
00:06:04THE FIRST IN A PARADE OF
GOVERNORS THAT INCLUDED SCOTT
00:06:06WALKER AND NIKKI HALEY, INCLUDED
WITH CHRIS CHRISTIE GIVING THE
00:06:09KEYNOTE ADDRESS.
A VERY ANIMATED GOV. KASICH
00:06:13APPEARED TO BE SPEAKING FROM
NOTES, ARE READY FOR HIM, AND
00:06:15SPENT MUCH OF HIS SPEECH TALKING
ABOUT HOW OHIO'S ECONOMY IS
00:06:19IMPROVING.
>> I TOLD YOU A MINUTE AGO THAT
00:06:23WHEN WE CAME INTO OFFICE, WE
WERE 48 IN JOB CREATION.
00:06:26YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE TODAY?
WE ARE FOURTH IN AMERICA IN JOB
00:06:29CREATION, NUMBER ONE IN THE
MIDWEST.
00:06:31[APPLAUSE]
WE WENT FROM 89 CENTS AN HOUR
00:06:41RAINY DAY FUND TO $500 MILLION
IN SURPLUS, HALF A BILLION
00:06:47DOLLARS IN SURPLUS, FROM BEING
IN THE WHOLE.
00:06:52[APPLAUSE]
I WATCHED IN HORROR AS WE SAW
00:06:56THE ITALIANS AND THE FRENCH AND
SPANISH AND THE GREEKS HAVE
00:06:59THEIR CREDIT DOWNGRADE.
I REMEMBERED THE NIGHT I WATCHED
00:07:03AMERICA'S CREDIT DEBT
DOWNGRADED.
00:07:05IN OHIO, INSTEAD OF OUR CREDIT
GOING DOWN THE DRAIN, OUR CREDIT
00:07:10OUTLOOK HAS BEEN IMPROVED,
BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED
00:07:13THAT WE HAVE BEEN MANAGING OUR
FINANCES AND CREATING JOBS.
00:07:16LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHEN OVER
THOSE LAST FOUR YEARS OF LOST
00:07:24FOR 1000 JOBS, IN OHIO TODAY WE
HAVE GROWN IN NEW JOBS BY
00:07:30122,000.
122,000 FAMILIES BETTER OFF.
00:07:34BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
THE WIND IS IN OUR FACE.
00:07:41THE PRESIDENT HAS GIVEN US
HEADWINDS.
00:07:44PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS DOUBLED THE
NATIONAL DEBT -- I WAS THE
00:07:50CHAIRMAN OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE
WHEN WE BALANCE THE BUDGET IN
00:07:531997, AND I LOOK WITH HORROR AT
THE CLOCK THAT SHOWS $15
00:07:57TRILLION AT THE NATIONAL DEBT TO
IT THAT IS THE SORWORD OF
00:08:03DAMOCLES HANGING OVER OUR
CHILDREN'S HEAD, AND THE
00:08:07PRESIDENT IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT
IT.
00:08:08HE'S INCLUDE -- HE IS
INCREASING THAT BY $1 TRILLION.
00:08:13>> FORMER GOV. TED STRICKLAND,
WHO IS SERVING AS NATIONAL CO-
00:08:17CHAIR FOR THE OBAMA FOR AMERICA
CAMPAIGN, WAS PART OF THE
00:08:21"ROMNEY ECONOMICS: WRONG FOR
THE MIDDLE-CLASS" BUS TOUR THAT
00:08:28DEMOCRATS LAUNCHED IN OHIO AND
OTHER STATES.
00:08:31HE AGREED WITH KASICH THAT
OHIO'S ECONOMIC PICTURE IS
00:08:35BRIGHTENING, BUT THAT IS WHERE
THE AGREEMENT STOPPED.
00:08:38>> OHIO'S ECONOMY IS IMPROVING,
BUT THAT IS NOT BECAUSE OF JOHN
00:08:45KASICH.
HAD SEVERAL MONTHS OF DECLINING
00:08:50UNEMPLOYMENT BEFORE GOV. KASICH
TOOK OFFICE.
00:08:53WHY WAS THAT POSSIBLE?
PRIMARILY FOR TWO REASONS.
00:08:56FIRST WAS THE RECOVERY ACT, THE
AMERICAN RECOVERY ACT, WHICH
00:08:59ENABLED ME AND OTHER GOVERNORS,
QUITE FRANKLY, ACROSS THE
00:09:02COUNTRY TO THE POLICE
OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS AND
00:09:07TEACHERS AND PUT MONEY INTO
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CREATED
00:09:09JOBS.
THAT WAS A MAJOR PART.
00:09:14TEPCO AGE FROM GOING EVEN DEEPER
INTO RECESSION.
00:09:15-- IT KEPT OHIO FROM GOING EVEN
DEEPER INTO THE RECESSION.
00:09:20THE SECOND REASON THAT IS SO
IMPORTANT TO OHIO IS THE FACT
00:09:23THAT BARACK OBAMA SAVED THE
AMERICAN AUTO INDUSTRY, AND
00:09:28JOHN KASICH HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH THAT.
00:09:31I NEVER HEARD HIM SUPPORT IT.
MITT ROMNEY POSTE, AS DID --
00:09:37MITT ROMNEY OPPOSED IT, AS DID
PAUL RYAN.
00:09:40TODAY IN YOUNGSTOWN, WHERE I WAS
YESTERDAY, GM IS INVESTING AN
00:09:44ADDITIONAL $200 MILLION TO BUILD
THE SECOND GENERATION OF THE
00:09:49CREW'S VEHICLE.
IN TOLEDO, WHERE I WAS EARLIER
00:09:53TODAY, MAJOR INVESTMENTS ARE
BEING MADE, AND THE AUTO
00:09:57INDUSTRY IS ALIVE AND WELL IN
OHIO BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT
00:10:03BARACK OBAMA.
IF MITT ROMNEY HAD HIS WAY,
00:10:08OHIO'S UNEMPLOYMENT WOULD BE
MUCH HIGHER THAN IT IS TODAY.
00:10:10>> STRICKLAND WILL BE THE
HIGHEST PROFILE HIGH WHEN
00:10:16SPEAKING AT THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHARLOTTE
00:10:18NEXT WEEK, AND HE SAYS IT IS
FITTING FOR HIM AND FOR KASICH
00:10:23TO BE ON STAGE BEFORE THEIR
PARTY FAITHFUL.
00:10:25>> WELL, I THINK IDEAS BECAUSE
OF THE IMPORTANCE OF OHIO.
00:10:30WE ARE THE HEART OF THE BALL
WHEN IT COMES TO THE POLITICAL
00:10:32RACE, AND THAT IS THE WAY IT
OUGHT TO BE.
00:10:34I ALWAYS SAID THAT IF YOU WERE
TO SHRINK AMERICA, YOU WOULD END
00:10:38UP WITH OHIO.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR
00:10:41BORDERS OF THIS WONDERFUL STATE
THAT THE GOOD THINGS FOUND
00:10:48THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY -- WE ARE
CLOSELY DIVIDED STATE.
00:10:50WE ARE NOT A STATE THAT EITHER
PARTY OR ANY OTHER CANDIDATE CAN
00:10:57TAKE FOR GRANTED.
YOU HAVE TO WORK FOR EVERY VOTE
00:11:01AND EARN EVERY VOTE YOU GET OUT
OF OHIO.
00:11:02I THINK THERE IS A RECOGNITION
OF THAT ON THE PART OF THE
00:11:07ROMNEY CAMPAIGN, AS WELL AS ON
THE PART OF THE PRESIDENT'S
00:11:09CAMPAIGN.
THAT IS WHY GOVERNOR KASICH AND
00:11:14FORMER GOV. STRICKLAND ARE
SPEAKING AT OUR RESPECTIVE
00:11:16CONVENTIONS.
>> PLACED ON THE CONVENTION
00:11:21FLOOR IS A BIG DEAL FOR A
STATE'S DELEGATION.
00:11:23AT THE RNC, OHIO'S DELEGATION
WAS FRONT AND CENTER ON THE
00:11:27FLOOR, JUST BEHIND MICHIGAN'S
DELEGATION AND IN FRONT OF
00:11:31PENNSYLVANIA.
THE OHIO DELEGATION IS EXPECTING
00:11:33A SIMILAR PLACEMENT AT THE DNC.
TWO LONG-AWAITED LAWS ARE
00:11:39BECOMING REALITY IN OHIO.
THE FIRST IS THE BAN ON TEXTING
00:11:42BEHIND THE WHEEL, BUT IT WILL BE
NEXT YEAR BEFORE IT WILL BE IN
00:11:46FULL FACTORY THIS WEEK, STUDENTS
WERE LEARNING ABOUT THE BAN AND
00:11:50HOW THEY WOULD BE AFFECTED.
AAA'S KIMBERLY SCHWIND MADE THIS
00:11:55PRESENTATION TO STUDENTS AT
WESTERVILLE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL.
00:11:57DRIVERS UNDER 18 ARE NOT ALLOWED
TO TEXT, USE CELLPHONES, OR
00:12:02OTHER HAND-HELD DEVICES, PERIOD.
FOR THEM, IT IS A PRIMARY
00:12:06OFFENSE.
FOR ADULTS, IT IS A SECONDARY
00:12:09OFFENSE.
DRIVERS WOULD HAVE TO BE STOPPED
00:12:11FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN
TEXTING, SUCH AS SPEEDING.
00:12:13NEXT WEEK, THE BAN ON EXOTIC
ANIMALS BECOMES LAW, ALMOST A
00:12:23YEAR AFTER THE EVENT THAT
PROMPTED THE LEGISLATION TO THE
00:12:26LAW WILL PROHIBIT NEW OWNERSHIP
OF BEARS, TIGERS, LIONS,
00:12:30CROCODILES, AND VENOMOUS SNAKES
AND OTHER POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
00:12:33ANIMALS.
THOSE WHO ON ANIMALS NOW WILL
00:12:35HAVE TO GET PERMITS, PUT
MICROCHIPS IN THEIR ANIMALS, AND
00:12:39MEET STATE REGULATIONS ON
CAGING, INSURANCE, AND OTHER
00:12:42ISSUES.
EXOTIC ANIMAL OWNERS AROUND AS
00:12:44THEY HAVE SPENT THE PAST FEW
WEEKS PREPARING FOR THE CHANGES.
00:12:46ONE OF THEM IS DAVID CZIRAKY,
WHO OWNS RESCUE ONE, A SANCTUARY
00:12:57IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY THAT HOUSED
MOSTLY BIG CATS.
00:12:58CZIRAKY SAYS HE'S BEEN GETTING
READY FOR THE LAW TO TAKE EFFECT
00:13:03BY SENDING HIS 22 LIONS, TIGERS,
COUGARS AND A BLACK BEAR OUT OF
00:13:07STATE.
>> I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE
00:13:10SCRAMBLING RIGHT NOW, AND A LOT
OF PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD THE NEW
00:13:13FEES AND REGULATIONS.
MOST PEOPLE ARE SCRAPING AND
00:13:16TRYING JUST TO KEEP GOING.
THE REGULATIONS THEMSELVES -- IT
00:13:20NEEDS TO BE DONE, THERE NEEDS TO
BE REGULATION BECAUSE I'VE SEEN
00:13:24SOME TERRIBLE PLACES WHERE THESE
ANIMALS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE
00:13:26SUFFERING.
THEY NEED TO BE UPGRADED.
00:13:32BUT TO STEP IN AND JUST START
SEIZING ANIMALS, IT'S JUST GOING
00:13:34TO BE A MESS.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE THEM
00:13:36IN THE FIRST PLACE.
>> WHAT YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN TO
00:13:40THE ANIMALS THAT ARE SEIZED BY
THE STATE?
00:13:41>> WELL, THEY ARE GOING TO SAY
THAT THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO
00:13:46FIND HOMES FOR THEM, BUT I KNOW
THEY'RE NOT MANY PLACES THEY
00:13:51COULD GO.
THIS OTHER STATES, THERE ARE
00:13:54BREEDERS OUT THERE AND OTHER
STATES, THERE'S SOME
00:13:57SANCTUARIES, BUT THEY'RE ALL
FULL.
00:13:58AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, USDA'S GOT
AT LEAST A THOUSAND TIGERS THAT
00:14:05THEY THINK ARE IN OHIO.
THE ACCOUNT FOR 600.
00:14:09THEY THINK THERE MIGHT BE AT
LEAST 400 MORE THAT THEY ARE NOT
00:14:13ACCOUNTED FOR.
THAT IS A LOT OF CATS TO TRY TO
00:14:16PLACE.
>> AND SO THE POSSIBILITY WOULD
00:14:21BE FOR THE STATE TO SEIZE THEM
AND EUTHANIZE THEM?
00:14:23>> YES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY
ARE GOING TO DO, YEAH.
00:14:30THERE'S NO WAY THEY CAN AFFORD
TO KEEP THEM UP AND THEY'RE
00:14:33JUST -- THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE
GOING TO DO.
00:14:36>> THE STATE ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK
THAT IT WOULD BE BUILDING A
00:14:40BUILDING BECAUSE OF THE BANK,
BUT THEY'RE CAREFUL NOT TO CALL
00:14:42IT AS YOU LIKE FACILITY.
SOME OF THE FACTS SURROUNDING
00:14:45THIS FACILITY ARE VAGUE, SUCH AS
HOW MUCH IT WILL COST, HOW MANY
00:14:51ANIMALS IT WILL HOLD, AND WHAT
WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE ANIMALS.
00:14:53HERE TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE
QUESTIONS IS DAVID DANIELS,
00:14:57DIRECTOR OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE.
00:14:59LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FACILITY
FOR THESE EXOTIC ANIMALS.
00:15:04WHERE AND WHAT WILL THIS
FACILITY?
00:15:06>> FIRST OF ALL, IT WILL BE ON
THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
00:15:12CAMPUS ABOUT 10 MILES FROM
DOWNTOWN.
00:15:16WE WILL BUILD WHAT IS GOING TO
BE SORT OF A FLAT STRUCTURE SO
00:15:24THAT WHEN WE GO OUT TO DO AN
INSPECTION, IF WE FIND SOMEBODY
00:15:29WHO HAS NOT MET THE CAGING
REQUIREMENTS OR IS NOT MEETING
00:15:32THE STANDARDS IN SOME WAY, AND
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY REASONS, WE
00:15:36WOULD NEED TO TAKE THAT ANIMAL
INTO OUR CUSTODY FOR A PERIOD OF
00:15:40TIME.
WE WOULD HAVE SOMEPLACE TO GO.
00:15:43ONE OF THE PROBLEMS -- NORMALLY,
WE WOULD PART WITH A LOCAL
00:15:47HUMANE SOCIETY, BUT THEY SIMPLY
DON'T HAVE FACILITIES TO CARE
00:15:52FOR A BEAR, TIGER, A LION.
THAT IS WHAT WE ENVISION OUT
00:15:57THERE.
>> IS THE PLANNED FOR THIS
00:16:01FACILITY TO BE A PLACE WHERE YOU
WOULD KEEP AND HOLD THESE
00:16:03ANIMALS UNTIL THE OWNERS GOT THE
PROPER PERMITS, OR IS IT A PLAN
00:16:06THAT HE WOULD KEEP AND ALL THESE
ANIMALS UNTIL HE FOUND A PLACE
00:16:09FOR THEM ELSEWHERE?
>> IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO TRY TO
00:16:18COMPLY WITH THE LAW, WE WOULD
HOLD THOSE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME
00:16:21TO ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT.
ONE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL
00:16:24BE TO TRY TO FIND A PERMANENT
HOME FOR THE ANIMAL.
00:16:27THERE ARE SHELTERS ALL OVER THE
UNITED STATES, VERY FEW HERE IN
00:16:30OHIO.
AS WE GET DOWN TO THE
00:16:34IMPLEMENTATION DATE OF THE LAW,
PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO SAY, OK,
00:16:37WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH MY
ANIMALS?
00:16:39THE SHELTERS IN THE UNITED
STATES ARE BEGINNING TO FILL UP.
00:16:42OUR STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING TO
IDENTIFY WHERE THE SHELTERS CAN
00:16:46BE, HOW MANY SPACES ARE
AVAILABLE, WHAT ANIMALS THEY
00:16:49WILL TAKE.
WE SEE THIS AS A FUNCTION OF,
00:16:52OK, REAPING THE ANIMAL IN FOR
PUBLIC SAFETY, AND HOLD IT UNTIL
00:16:57WE CAN FIND A PERMANENT AND WERE
THE HONOR TO COME UP WITH
00:17:00STANDARDS.
>> EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE A
00:17:07CAMPUS, IT IS STILL A SUBURB OF
COLUMBUS.
00:17:09ARE YOU CONFIDENT YOU CAN HOLD
THESE ANIMALS THAT INCLUDE
00:17:15TIGERS AND BEARS AND STATES AND
THAT TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT?
00:17:19>> ABSOLUTELY.
THIS WILL BE ENCLOSED BUILDING.
00:17:23IT WILL BE TEMPERATURE-
CONTROLLED SO THAT THE ANIMALS
00:17:29ARE COMFORTABLE ON THE NEEDS ARE
MET.
00:17:32OUTSIDE OF THAT, THERE WILL BE A
CONTAINMENT FANS.
00:17:34OUTSIDE OF THAT, A SECONDARY
OFFENSE THAT WILL KEEP PEOPLE
00:17:38FROM COMING IN.
AND THEN THE ENTIRE PROPERTY AND
00:17:43OUR CAMPUS HAS BEEN FENCED IN.
AN ANIMAL, FIRST OF ALL, HAVE TO
00:17:48GET OUT OF HIS INTERIOR
ENCLOSURE, OUT OF THE BUILDING,
00:17:52THROUGH A CONTAINMENT FANS,
THROUGH A SECONDARY CONTAINMENT
00:17:56FENCE, AND THROUGH A THIRD FENCE
BEFORE HE COULD POSSIBLY GET
00:17:59OUT TO RUN THE PUBLIC.
YES, WE FEEL THAT PRECAUTIONS
00:18:05ARE BEING TAKEN AND WE WILL BE
ABLE TO KEEP THE ANNALS OF THE
00:18:08PUBLIC SAY.
>> THIS SOUNDS PRETTY EXPENSIVE,
00:18:14WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE MEDICAL
CARE THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED,
00:18:17BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE
THEY ARE COMING FROM AND THE
00:18:20ENVIRONMENT THEY HAVE BEEN IN.
HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING TO COST?
00:18:22>> WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
WORKING TO COME UP WITH A
00:18:27NUMBER.
WE EXPECT THE FACILITY TO BE A
00:18:31LITTLE BETTER -- WE HOPE WE WILL
BE ABLE TO HOLD A 2 AROUND 2
00:18:37MILLION, $2.5 MILLION.
THE OPERATIONS DEPEND ON THE
00:18:43NUMBER OF ANIMALS -- WE HOPE
THAT WE NEVER HAVE WON, BUT IF
00:18:47WE DO, THE OPERATION COST
DEPENDS ON HOW MANY ANIMALS WE
00:18:50TO TAKE IN.
THE NUMBER AS FAR AS OPERATION
00:18:56AND DAILY MAINTENANCE WILL, OF
COURSE, VARY AS THE NUMBER
00:18:59ANIMALS WE HAVE.
AGAIN, WE HOPE WE DON'T HAVE
00:19:02ANY, BUT I THINK THAT PEOPLE IT
-- WE BELIEVE AT SOME POINT OR
00:19:05ANOTHER THAT WE WILL FIGHT
SITUATIONS OUT THERE, AS PEOPLE
00:19:08BEGAN TO SELF-REPORT, DURING THE
SELF-REPORTING PERIOD.
00:19:13WE WILL FIND SITUATIONS THAT ARE
NOT GOING TO MEET STANDARDS AND
00:19:16HAVE PEOPLE WHO SIMPLY SAY, I
DON'T WANT TO SPEND THIS KIND OF
00:19:19MONEY TO HOLD THIS ANIMAL.
OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST
00:19:22SEVERAL MONTHS, WE'VE SEEN THAT
PEOPLE ARE SAYING, "I CANNOT
00:19:27AFFORD TO KEEP THIS ANYMORE.
I NEED TO BE LOOKING FOR A PLACE
00:19:31TO SEND MY ANIMAL."
>> IT SEEMS THAT THE FACILITY
00:19:34WAS A SURPRISE FOR SOME PEOPLE,
INCLUDING THE MAYOR.
00:19:37WAS THIS FACILITY ALWAYS IN THE
PLAN, OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT
00:19:41YOU CAME UP WITH AS THINGS WERE
GOING ALONG?
00:19:45WHY WASN'T IT ALWAYS IN THE
PLAN?
00:19:48>> WE KNEW WE WOULD HAVE
SOMEPLACE TO SERVICE THE ANIMALS
00:19:52TO RUN THE REGULATORY PROGRAM
THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS GIVEN.
00:19:55WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING TO THE
PEOPLE THAT WE MIGHT THINK COULD
00:20:01HOUSE THESE AND PEOPLE MIGHT
HAVE FACILITIES, THE ZOO, THE
00:20:07WILD, SO FORTH.
WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DO THIS
00:20:12FOR A LOWER-COST.
THAT IS WHEN THE IDEA OF WE CAN
00:20:21BUILD THIS -- QUITE FRANKLY,
OVER THE COURSE OF TIME, WITH
00:20:26THE NEW OWNERSHIP BEING BANNED
AFTER 2014, THERE WILL BE FEWER
00:20:31AND FEWER OF THESE ANIMALS
COMING IN.
00:20:33THEREFORE, THE NEED FOR THE
FACILITY WILL BE LESS AND LESS.
00:20:36WE ARE TRYING TO DESIGN IT SO
THAT IT HAS A FUTURE PURPOSE.
00:20:38I THINK THAT OUR PHILOSOPHY HAS
BEEN WE NEEDED TO BUILD A
00:20:44FACILITY THAT WILL CONTAIN THE
ANIMALS, THAT CAN BE FOR FUTURE
00:20:48USE, SO THAT TAXPAYERS ARE NOT
STUCK WITH A REGULATORY PROGRAM
00:20:51THAT, HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT OR
ANOTHER, WILL NOT NEED TO
00:20:54CONTINUE.
THAT IS WHEN WE CAME UP WITH --
00:21:04WHAT WE ARE GETTING NUMBERS IN
THE $5 MILLION-$11 MILLION RANGE
00:21:08TO OPERATE THE PROGRAM, WE SAID,
HOLD ON, LET'S REASSESS AND SEE
00:21:12IF WE CAN DO THIS IN A WAY THAT
BENEFITS THE TAXPAYER.
00:21:14>> DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY
OF THESE ANIMALS THAT ARE
00:21:19COVERED BY THE BAN ARE -- IT IS
IN FLUX, AND I HAVE TALKED TO
00:21:25SOME WHO OF STARTED TO SEND
THEIR ANIMALS ELSEWHERE, AND
00:21:28SOME OWNERS WILL NEED PERMITTING
REQUIREMENTS.
00:21:31HOW MANY ANIMALS OUT THERE?
>> IT HAS BEEN INTERESTING MATH.
00:21:37THERE HAVE BEEN SOME NUMBERS
WHERE THEY ARE LOOKING AT 500
00:21:44TO 600.
CARNIVORES THAT IT AND HAVE
00:21:47STUMBLED ACROSS OVER THE YEARS
WHEN THEY GO TO PERMIT DEER AND
00:21:51RACCOON AND OTHER THINGS.
THE FIGURE THAT IF THEY OUT
00:21:55THERE IS 500 OUT THERE, THAT IS
AT LEAST 1/3 OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE
00:21:59OUT THERE.
>> I'VE HEARD ABOUT 1000 TIGERS
00:22:04ALONE.
>> THE ONE THING THAT WE DO
00:22:08KNOW -- SINCE THE PASSAGE,
PEOPLE HAVE WORRIED THE BEGUN
00:22:12CALLING US AND ASKING US HOW DO
I START THE REPORTING PROCESS,
00:22:17WHAT ARE THE STANDARDS IN PLACE?
WE DON'T HAVE ANY AUTHORITY
00:22:19UNTIL AFTER THE LAW BECOMES
EFFECTIVE ON THE FIFTH OF
00:22:24SEPTEMBER, THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THE LAW.
00:22:28WE START PUTTING THE COMMITTEE
TOGETHER SAID THAT BY THE FIFTH
00:22:31OF NOVEMBER, WE ARE GOING TO BE
UP AND READY TO GO.
00:22:34HOPEFULLY -- WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN
A LOT OF INDICATIONS THAT PEOPLE
00:22:39WILL BE WILLING TO COMPLY, SO WE
HOPE THAT BY THE 11TH OF
00:22:44NOVEMBER, FIRST OF NOVEMBER,
WHEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE
00:22:48AUTHORITY TO DO THESE THINGS, WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE A PRETTY GOOD
00:22:50IDEA OF THE NUMBERS THAT ARE OUT
THERE.
00:22:53>> SO AT THE THREATS, YOU'RE NOT
SEEING THOSE MATERIALIZE?
00:23:00>> NOT FROM OUR SIDE, WE ARE
NOT.
00:23:06>> THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE
WHO SUSPECT THAT THE STATE
00:23:10EITHER CANNOT CARE FOR AS MANY
ANIMALS AS IT MIGHT SEIZE, OR
00:23:14THE STATE DOES NOT WANT TO CARE
FOR THE ANIMALS IT MIGHT SEIZE,
00:23:17AND THIS WILL NOT REALLY BE A
HOLDING FACILITY AT ALL, IT WILL
00:23:20BE A PLACE FOR THE ANIMALS TO
EUTHANIZE THE.
00:23:24>> WE HAVE NOT SET THE STANDARD
YET, BUT I THINK THAT WE WOULD
00:23:30ENVISION BRINGING THOSE ANIMALS
IN AND CARING FOR THEM UNTIL WE
00:23:33CAN FIND A PERMANENT HOME, AND
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER THE
00:23:36UNITED STATES TO LOCATE THOSE
FACILITIES.
00:23:38>> IT IS NOT IN THE PLAN TO
EUTHANIZE ANIMALS?
00:23:41>> NOT AT THIS TIME.
>> WAS IT EVER PART OF THE PLAN?
00:23:48>> NOT IN DISCUSSIONS I HAVE
HAD.
00:23:52>> A LOT OF OWNERS ARE VERY
TIGHT TO THESE ANIMALS.
00:23:57THEY ARE THEIR PETS, THEIR
FAMILY.
00:23:58>> WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE A
00:24:04REGULATORY PROGRAM WE HAVE TO
RUN THAT IS BASED ON THE SAFETY
00:24:06OF THE PUBLIC.
IT WILL BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO
00:24:09MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS
SAFE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WE
00:24:12HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING THOSE
ANIMALS AND CARE FOR THEM AND
00:24:14MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS
SAFE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
00:24:17CAN, AGAIN, TRY TO FIND A
PERMANENT HOME FOR THE ANIMAL,
00:24:21SOMEPLACE WHERE IT CAN BE CARED
FOR.
00:24:22>> YOU ARE BALANCING PUBLIC
SAFETY AGAINST THE RIGHTS OF
00:24:26OWNERS, IN A SENSE.
>> ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.
00:24:29I THINK THE RESULT OF WHAT WE
SAW A YEAR-AND-A-HALF AGO LENDS
00:24:34ITSELF TO UNDERSTAND THAT PUBLIC
SAFETY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY
00:24:38LARGE COMPONENT OF THIS.
>> FINALLY, YOU ARE THE
00:24:42DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE, AND WE ARE IN A
00:24:44DROUGHT HERE.
WHAT HAVE BEEN THE EFFECTS OF
00:24:47THE DROUGHT IN OHIO SO FAR?
>> IT HAS BEEN PRETTY TOUGH THIS
00:24:51YEAR.
YOU CAN GO INTO ONE COUNTY AND
00:24:55THE COURT WILL LOOK REALLY GOOD,
THE BEANS WILL LOOK REALLY GOOD.
00:24:59YOU GO OTHER PLACES AND IT IS A
SAD STORY OUT THERE.
00:25:01THE GOVERNOR ASKED ME THE OTHER
DAY, HOW MANY FARMERS WILL BE
00:25:06AFFECTED BY THE DROUGHT?
MY RESPONSE IS, EVERYONE.
00:25:09EVEN IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA THAT
RIGHT NOW IS SEEING RAIN,
00:25:16EVERYONE IS GOING TO EAT LOSE A
LITTLE BIT OF YIELD AS A RESULT
00:25:19OF IT.
WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING THAT
00:25:23IT THE OTHER THING IS THAT THIS
DOES NOT AFFECT THE GRAIN
00:25:26FARMERS.
WE HAVE LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS THAT
00:25:29ARE WONDERING WHERE THEY GET THE
FOOD SUPPLY IT TO NEXT YEAR, AND
00:25:33THAT SHOE WILL DROP FOR PROBABLY
ANOTHER THREE TO FOUR MONTHS.
00:25:36-- SHOE WON'T DROP FOR PROBABLY
ANOTHER THREE TO FOUR MONTHS.
00:25:41>> AGRICULTURE DIRECTOR DAVID
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