00:00:02 | OHIO" COMES FROM THE LAW OFFICES OF PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS, AND |
00:00:12 | ARTHUR LLP, HELPING BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS SOLVE COMPLEX |
00:00:15 | LEGAL PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT OHIO, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND AROUND |
00:00:18 | THE WORLD. ON THE WEB AT PORTERWRIGHT.COM. |
00:00:21 | AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION -- REPRESENTING |
00:00:26 | 131,000 TEACHERS, SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS AND HIGHER |
00:00:29 | EDUCATION FACULTY WHO ARE WORKING FOR GREAT PUBLIC |
00:00:32 | SCHOOLS FOR EVERY CHILD. ONLINE AT OHEA.ORG. |
00:00:34 | ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR "THE STATE OF OHIO" IS MADE POSSIBLE |
00:00:39 | BY ETECH OHIO. AND THE LUBRIZOL FOUNDATION. |
00:00:40 | >> THE GOVERNOR ISSUES A RARE REPRIEVE AND SIGNS A STACK OF |
00:00:48 | BILLS. THE STATE STARTS A NEW PROGRAM |
00:00:51 | TO HELP MORE WOULD-BE MOMS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID GET |
00:00:55 | THE TREATMENT THEY NEED. AND MORE THAN TWO DOZEN MOVIES |
00:00:58 | HAVE BEEN SHOT AT LEAST IN PART IN OHIO IN RECENT YEARS, |
00:01:01 | INCLUDING A BLOCKBUSTER THAT'S BEEN A SUPER PERFORMER AT THE |
00:01:04 | BOX OFFICE LATELY. BACKERS OF THE STATE'S MOTION |
00:01:07 | PICTURE TAX CREDIT SAY THAT SHOWS IT'S WORKING, BUT ONE |
00:01:10 | CRITIC STILL ISN'T CONVINCED. ALL OF THIS WEEK IN "STATE OF |
00:01:13 | OHIO." THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL LAST- |
00:01:19 | MINUTE DEVELOPMENT WITH WHAT MAY BE THE STATE'S SECOND EXECUTION |
00:01:22 | THIS YEAR. WHAT ABOUT 15 HOURS BEFORE THE |
00:01:26 | SCHEDULED EXECUTION ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH |
00:01:28 | ISSUED A RARE TWO-WEEK REPRIEVE TO TEMPORARILY STOP THE |
00:01:33 | EXECUTION OF 53-YEAR OLD ABDUL HON MEAN ALKYL -- HAMIN AWKAL |
00:01:41 | WHO WAS SET TO DIE FOR KILLING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE AND BROTHER |
00:01:44 | IN LAW AND THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY COURT HOUSE IN 1992. |
00:01:47 | THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY JUDGE STUART FRIEDMAN RULED THERE WAS |
00:01:51 | EVIDENCE THAT AWKAL WASN'T COMPETENT TO BE EXECUTED, BUT |
00:01:55 | THAT DID NOT STOP THE EXECUTION. IN HIS THREE-SENTENCE STATEMENT, |
00:01:59 | THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WANTED FRIEDMAN TO HAVE TIME TO WILL |
00:02:01 | THE HEARING AND DECIDE. THE NEW EXECUTION DATE IS JUNE |
00:02:04 | 20 AND FRIEDMAN SAYS HE'S GLAD TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO CONSIDER |
00:02:07 | AWKAL'S MENTAL COMPETENCY TEST THE MAN'S LIFE IS AT STAKE. |
00:02:11 | THE HEARING IS SET FOR NEXT THURSDAY. |
00:02:13 | GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH MAY NEED TO ORDER SOME NEW PENS. |
00:02:16 | THIS WEEK HE SIGNED 17 BILLS INTO LAW, PUTTING HIS NAME ON |
00:02:20 | SEVERAL LONG-AWAITED AND HIGH- PROFILE BILLS. |
00:02:22 | HE SIGNED THE WIDELY WATCHED BAN ON NEW OWNERSHIP OF EXOTIC |
00:02:26 | ANIMALS, WITH THE COLUMBUS ZOO'S JACK HANNA ALONGSIDE. |
00:02:30 | OPPONENTS OF THE LAW SAY THEY FEEL THE BAN AND THE NEW |
00:02:33 | PERMITTING SYSTEM IT CREATES FOR EXISTING OWNERS IS |
00:02:35 | UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THE GOVERNOR ALSO SIGNED A LAW |
00:02:38 | THAT PUTS IN PLACE RULES FOR OHIO AS PART OF A MULTISTATE |
00:02:42 | GREAT LAKES COMPACT. THE LAW LIMITS MANUFACTURERS, |
00:02:45 | FARMERS, AND OTHER BUSINESSES TO DAILY WITHDRAWALS FROM LAKE ERIE |
00:02:49 | TO 2.5 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER AND FROM RIVERS AND STREAMS TO 1 |
00:02:54 | MILLION GALLONS, WHICH IS HALF THE LIMITS THAT WERE IN THE BILL |
00:02:56 | THAT KASICH VETOED LAST YEAR. ENVIRONMENTALISTS SAY THE RULES |
00:03:01 | DON'T GO FAR ENOUGH TO PROTECT THE LAKE AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. |
00:03:03 | THE ALSO SAY IT LIMITS WHO CAN HAVE A SAY OVER THE WATER USE |
00:03:07 | PERMITS. THE GOVERNOR ALSO SIGNED BILLS |
00:03:09 | TO CREATE NEW LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR GENETIC |
00:03:12 | COUNSELORS, TO EXTEND JOB CREATION TAX CREDITS TO HOME- |
00:03:16 | BASED EMPLOYEES, MAKE CHANGES TO HOW TOXIC WASTE BACKGROUND |
00:03:20 | INVESTIGATIONS ARE CONDUCTED AND DESIGNATE JUNE AS "OHIO WINES |
00:03:24 | MONTH." IN A FEW MINUTES WE'LL HAVE MORE |
00:03:28 | ON ANOTHER MEASURE HE SIGNED, EXPANDING A TAX CREDIT PROGRAM |
00:03:32 | THAT'S GROWN VERY POPULAR BUT ALSO HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF |
00:03:34 | CRITICISM. AND ODOT PANEL HAS VOTED TO MOVE |
00:03:37 | UP MOST MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS THAT WERE DELAYED BY SEVERAL YEARS. |
00:03:40 | BUT OFFICIALS KNOW IT MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH TO SATISFY COMMUNITIES |
00:03:44 | THAT ARE DEPENDING ON THOSE PROJECTS TO GET DONE. |
00:03:46 | COMMUNITIES AROUND THE STATE WERE SHOCKED IN JANUARY WHEN THE |
00:03:50 | TRANSPORTATION REVIEW ADVISORY COUNCIL OR TRAC RELEASED A LIST |
00:03:55 | OF MAJOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT COULD BE DELAYED |
00:03:57 | BY MONTHS OR EVEN DECADES, THANKS TO A $1.6 BILLION DEFICIT |
00:04:02 | IN ODOT'S CONSTRUCTION BUDGET. SINCE THEN, THE AGENCY HAS BEEN |
00:04:06 | TRIMMING STAFF, CHANGING POLICIES, ASKING FOR COST |
00:04:09 | SAVINGS ON PROJECTS AND TRYING TO FIND NEW REVENUE FROM |
00:04:13 | PRIVATIZATION OF REST AREAS AND NAMING RIGHTS FOR BRIDGES TO |
00:04:16 | PLUG -- AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE TO PLUG THAT HUGE HOLE. |
00:04:20 | ODOT'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GREG MURPHY SAYS SO FAR THE CHANGES |
00:04:23 | HAVE ADDED UP TO $200 MILLION TO BE PUT IN ODOT'S CONSTRUCTIVE |
00:04:29 | PROGRAM FOR NEXT YEAR AND $90 MILLION IN EACH OF THE NEXT FOUR |
00:04:32 | YEARS. >> IT ENABLES US TO MOVE TIER 1 |
00:04:36 | PRODUCT OF FROM CONSTRUCTION ANYWHERE FROM ONE YEAR EARLIER |
00:04:38 | TO SEVEN YEARS EARLIER. BUT AS YOU WILL SEE, AS YOU |
00:04:42 | LOOK, WE STILL HAVE A PROBLEM, STILL HAVE A HUGE GAP. |
00:04:46 | SOME PROJECTS ARE STILL DELAYED. >> TIER 1 PROJECTS ARE THE BIG |
00:04:51 | HIGHWAY DEMOLITIONS AND REBUILDS, RELOCATIONS AND |
00:04:55 | WIDENINGS, AND NEW INTERCHANGES AND BYPASSES. |
00:04:57 | MANY OF THESE, SUCH AS THE INNERBELT BRIDGE PROJECT IN |
00:05:00 | CLEVELAND, THE UPGRADE OF I 75 IN DAYTON AND CINCINNATI, AND |
00:05:05 | THE WORK ON I 70 AND I 71 AND I 270 AROUND 315 AND ROUTE 23 IN |
00:05:11 | COLUMBUS ARE HUGE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTS. |
00:05:12 | IN JANUARY DRAFT LIST, SOME PROJECTS WERE PUSHED BACK UNTIL |
00:05:17 | 2036. THE TOLL OF 35 PROJECTS WERE |
00:05:20 | APPROVED FOR FUNDING THIS WEEK. FOR A FULL LIST OF PROJECTS AN |
00:05:25 | ESTIMATED FUNDING DATES, CHECK DATESDOT.STATE.OH.US/TRAC. |
00:05:33 | WITH SO MANY HIGH-PROFILE PROJECTS WILL BE LAID IN MAY, IT |
00:05:37 | -- AS A SURPRISE THAT ODOT WILL START ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR |
00:05:40 | NEW PROJECTS NEXT MONTH, BUT THE DIRECTOR JERRY WAY -- RAY SAYS |
00:05:46 | HE IS GOING TO WANT TO SEE IDEAS FOR FUNDING THOSE PROJECTS FROM |
00:05:49 | THEIR BACKERS. WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THE STATE |
00:05:50 | OF ODOT AND ITS FUTURE NEXT WEEK. |
00:05:52 | THE OHIO SUPREME COURT DEALT A BLOW TO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS |
00:05:56 | THIS WEEK, WHEN THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO KEEP CHARTER SCHOOLS |
00:05:58 | FROM BUYING THEIR OLD PROPERTY AND USING IT FOR CLASSES. |
00:06:01 | THE CASE COMES FROM THE CINCINNATI SCHOOL DISTRICT'S |
00:06:04 | AUCTION OF A VACANT BUILDING THREE YEARS AGO. |
00:06:06 | THE DISTRICT STIPULATED THAT IT COULD NOT BE USED AS ANY TYPE OF |
00:06:10 | EDUCATIONAL FACILITY. TWO PEOPLE MADE THE WINNING BID |
00:06:14 | AND LATER SET UP A CHARTER SCHOOL IN THE BUILDING. |
00:06:16 | THE DISTRICT SUED. BY A VOTE OF 6-1 BUDGET -- |
00:06:20 | JUSTICES SAY THAT PROVISION IS NOT ILLEGAL BECAUSE OVERRIDING |
00:06:23 | IT IS A STATE LAW THAT REQUIRES SCHOOLS TO GIVE THE RIGHT OF |
00:06:27 | FIRST REFUSAL TO CHARTER OR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. |
00:06:29 | THE JUSTICES SAY THE DEED RESTRICTION IS, QUOTING HERE, |
00:06:35 | "UNENFORCEABLE BECAUSE SUCH A RESTRICTION IS CONTRARY TO THE |
00:06:38 | PUBLIC POLICY OF THE STATE IN FAVOR OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS." |
00:06:40 | ONE RACINO IS OPEN, AND ANOTHER IS ON ITS WAY DOWN THE STRETCH. |
00:06:45 | VIDEO LOTTERY TERMINALS OR VLTS'S WILL BE COMING TO FIZZLE, |
00:06:50 | RACETRACK SOUTHWEST OF CLEVELAND DURING SCIOTO DOWNS SOUTH OF |
00:06:54 | COLUMBUS WHICH OPENED TO GAMBLING ON HORSES AND |
00:06:57 | ELECTRONIC SLOTS LAST WEEK. THISTLEDOWN IS OWNED BY ROCK |
00:07:01 | OHIO CAESARS, THE DEVELOPERS AND OPERATORS OF THE CLEVELAND |
00:07:04 | HORSESHOE CASINO. THEY WILL PAY A $50 MILLION |
00:07:07 | LICENSING FEE AND THE DEAL ALLOWS ROCK OHIO CAESARS THE |
00:07:11 | CHANCE TO MOVE THE TRACK TO THE AKRON AREA AS PART OF A COMBINED |
00:07:14 | SLOTS AND RACETRACK FACILITY IN THE FUTURE. |
00:07:17 | A FORMER CHIEF OF OHIO'S RAIL COMMISSION WAS ONE OF TWO PEOPLE |
00:07:21 | KILLED IN A VOTING ACCIDENT IN CANADA LAST WEEKEND -- BOEATING |
00:07:28 | XO LAST WEEKEND. JAMES SENEY OF SYLVANIA AND A |
00:07:31 | FRIEND DIED AFTER THEIR BOAT CREST INTO A ROCK WALL IN |
00:07:34 | NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO NEAR THE TOWN OF KENORA. |
00:07:36 | HE WAS ALSO MEANT FORMER MAYOR OF SYLVANIA AND WAS ALSO THE |
00:07:41 | VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE LUCAS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY AND WAS |
00:07:44 | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OHIO RAIL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION |
00:07:47 | FROM 2000-2006. OHIO IS BREAKING DOWN A |
00:07:50 | BUREAUCRATIC OBSTACLE TO LOW INCOME AND PREGNANT WOMEN |
00:07:53 | SEEKING MEDICAL CARE. THE PROCESS TO DETERMINE |
00:07:55 | MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY CAN TAKE 45 DAYS AND IF A PREGNANT WOMAN WHO |
00:07:59 | HAS APPLIED FOR MEDICAID NEEDED CARE DURING THAT TIME SHE MIGHT |
00:08:01 | END UP AT AN EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE THE CARE IS AT ITS MOST |
00:08:04 | EXPENSIVE. BUT WITH A NEW PILOT PROGRAM, |
00:08:07 | PREGNANT WOMEN CAN GO THROUGH AN INITIAL SCREENING PROCESS AND |
00:08:10 | THEN WORK WITH PROVIDERS TO COMPLETE THE FULL MEDICAID |
00:08:14 | APPLICATION. THIS SYSTEM, CALLED PRESUMPTIVE |
00:08:16 | ELIGIBILITY, IS ALREADY IN PLACE FOR KIDS IN OHIO AND THE STATE'S |
00:08:20 | MEDICAID CHIEF JOHN MCCARTHY SAYS IT WAS IMPORTANT TO EXPAND |
00:08:23 | IT TO COVER PRACTICE -- EXPEND IN MOTHERS. |
00:08:27 | >> PRENATAL CARE IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S THAT PRENATAL CARE |
00:08:30 | THAT HELPS US ENSURE THAT BABIES ARE BORN OVER THE WHOLE |
00:08:35 | GESTATION PERIOD, SO WE DON'T HAVE PRAYED -- PREMATURE BABIES |
00:08:39 | WHO END UP IN THE NICUS AND CAUSE THE PROGRAM A LOT OF MONEY |
00:08:45 | AND FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES OFTEN THOSE CHILDREN HAVE LONG- |
00:08:49 | TERM CHRONIC ILLNESSES. SO, STUDY AFTER STUDY HAS SHOWN |
00:08:52 | THE EARLIER WE CAN GET THOSE MOTHER -- MOTHER'S PRENATAL CARE |
00:08:55 | AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE MOTHERS, THE BETTER HEALTH OPTIONS WE |
00:08:59 | HAVE. >> AND SANDY OXLEY OF THE |
00:09:01 | ADVOCACY GROUP VOICES FOR OHIO'S CHILDREN SAYS THE PROGRAM IS |
00:09:04 | GOOD FOR MOMS, BABIES, AND FOR PROVIDERS, WHO NOW DON'T HAVE TO |
00:09:08 | WORRY ABOUT NOT GETTING PAID FOR THEIR SERVICES. |
00:09:10 | AND SHE SAYS IT'S GOOD FOR THE STATE AS WELL. |
00:09:13 | >> RESERVES SHOWS THAT KIDS WHO HAVE HEALTH COVERAGE AND HEALTH |
00:09:16 | INSURANCE ARE MORE LIKELY TO OBTAIN PREVENTIVE CARE, SEE A |
00:09:19 | DOCTOR MONDAY ARE SICK AND PARTICIPATE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY |
00:09:23 | AND LIVE HEALTHIER, LONGER, MORE PRODUCTIVE LIVES. |
00:09:25 | OUR ENTIRE STATE WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS POLICY. |
00:09:28 | ANOTHER IMPORTANT CHANGE ANNOUNCED TODAY IS THE ENTITIES |
00:09:31 | THAT WILL BE ALLOWED TO DETERMINE PRESUMPTIVE |
00:09:34 | ELIGIBILITY UNDER THIS PILOT. WE ALSO APPLAUD OHIO FOR THIS |
00:09:38 | IMPORTANT CHANGE WHICH WILL ALLOW EVEN MORE PREGNANT WOMEN |
00:09:41 | TO ACCESS IMMEDIATE -- IMMEDIATELY THE CARE THAT THEY |
00:09:46 | NEED. >> DAVE BURKE IS VICE CHAIR OF |
00:09:48 | THE SENATE'S HEALTH COMMITTEE. HE AND HIS FELLOW REPUBLICANS |
00:09:50 | HAVE STRONGLY PUSHED FOR CUTBACKS IN STATE SPENDING. |
00:09:53 | BUT BURKE, WHO OWNS A PHARMACY IN MARYSVILLE, BACKS THIS CHANGE |
00:09:57 | AND SAYS EVEN IF SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID |
00:10:00 | TRY TO GAME THE SYSTEM, THE POSITIVES OUTWEIGH THE |
00:10:02 | NEGATIVES. >> THE FACT THAT THERE ARE |
00:10:07 | PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO MAYBE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO CARE, |
00:10:11 | WHO MAY BE QUALIFIED FOR OUR STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS, WE |
00:10:15 | LOOK AT WHAT PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY ACTUALLY IS, I CAN |
00:10:18 | TELL YOU EVEN AS A CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN, THAT IS A RISK I AM |
00:10:22 | WILLING TO TAKE. IF A WOMAN COMES INTO AN OFFICE |
00:10:26 | OR AND HOSPITAL OR WHATEVER HEALTH CARE FACILITY AND SHE |
00:10:28 | SAYS SHE IS PREGNANT AND SHE SAYS SHE CANNOT AFFORD SERVICES, |
00:10:31 | I THINK THAT OF A RISK WORTH TAKING. |
00:10:33 | WE THINK ABOUT CHILDREN, WE THINK ABOUT NORMAL DEVELOPMENT |
00:10:38 | EARLY ON AND HOW CRITICAL THIS DEVELOPMENT IS IN THE FIRST 60 |
00:10:42 | DAYS OF LIFE. THAT IS A RISK I AM WILLING TO |
00:10:45 | TAKE. I THINK THAT OF A GOOD |
00:10:47 | INVESTMENT FOR THE STATE, AND AT LEAST PRODUCTIVE CHILDREN THEN |
00:10:51 | GO TO SCHOOL AND ARE EDUCATED AND BECOME PRODUCTIVE OHIOANS. |
00:10:54 | THAT IS A RISK I AM WILLING TO TAKE WHEN THAT PERSON COMES INTO |
00:10:57 | THE OFFICE OR WHATEVER THE HEALTH CARE SETTING. |
00:11:00 | >> BUT MCCARTHY DOES NOT THINK THERE WILL BE MANY CASES OF |
00:11:02 | UNQUALIFIED WOMEN RECEIVING CARE. |
00:11:05 | >> IT IS NOT SIMPLY YOU SHOW UP AND YOU AREN'T NEW. |
00:11:08 | THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS YOU WILL BE ASKED. |
00:11:10 | WE THINK THE AIR RAID WOULD BE SOMEWHERE 1% TO 3%. |
00:11:14 | A FAIRLY SMALL NUMBER. WE DO HAVE PRESUMPTIVE |
00:11:18 | ELIGIBILITY AND OTHER PROGRAMS AND IT HAS RUN ABOUT 1%. |
00:11:21 | WE THINK SOMEWHERE IN THERE SO WE ARE WILLING TO TAKE ON. |
00:11:24 | >> THE PILOT PROGRAM IS SLATED TO START NEXT WEEK AT |
00:11:28 | NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN COLUMBUS, METROHEALTH SYSTEM |
00:11:30 | IN CLEVELAND AND THE COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF PIKE CAN'T |
00:11:34 | -- COUNTY. OF THE 2.2 MILLION PEOPLE IN |
00:11:37 | OHIO COVERED BY MEDICAID, 1.2 MILLION ARE KIDS AND AN |
00:11:40 | ESTIMATED 30,000 ARE PREGNANT WOMEN. |
00:11:42 | IT HAS BEEN A BLOCKBUSTER FEW WEEKS FOR OHIO MOVIE BUFFS. |
00:11:46 | "THE AVENGERS," WHICH WAS SHOT IN PART TO CLEVELAND, HAS BEEN |
00:11:51 | RAKING IN MONEY. AND GOVERNOR KASICH SIGNED A |
00:11:54 | BILL THAT NOT ONLY EXTENDED THE TAX CREDIT THE STATE OFFERS TO |
00:11:57 | MOVIEMAKERS IN OHIO BUT DOUBLED IT FROM $10 MILLION TO $20 |
00:12:02 | MILLION A YEAR. OHIO IS ONE OF MANY STATES |
00:12:04 | OFFERING A FILM TAX CREDIT BUT ITS PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE |
00:12:07 | SMALLER ONES. MICHIGAN OFFERS $25 MILLION, |
00:12:10 | PENNSYLVANIA PUTS UP $60 MILLION AND THOSE LIMITS OF IT -- AND |
00:12:14 | THERE'S NO LIMIT TO THE TAX CREDIT FOR MOVIEMAKERS WHO SHOOT |
00:12:17 | IN LOUISIANA. THE BILL WAS SPONSORED BY |
00:12:19 | REPUBLICANS BUT HAD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND PASSED |
00:12:23 | OVERWHELMINGLY IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE. |
00:12:24 | ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE MOVEMENT TO PUSH THE MOTION |
00:12:27 | PICTURE TAX CREDIT IS IVAN SCHWARZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF |
00:12:30 | THE CLEVELAND FILM COMMISSION WHICH HELPS TO CONNECT |
00:12:32 | MOVIEMAKERS WITH THOSE WHO WORK IN THE INDUSTRY IN NORTHEAST |
00:12:35 | OHIO. I TALKED TO SCHWARZ WITH THE |
00:12:37 | HELP OF THE CREW OF WVIZ IN CLEVELAND AND ASKED HIM WHY THE |
00:12:42 | PROGRAM'S BACKERS WANT TO DOUBLE THE TAX CREDIT. |
00:12:44 | >> IF WE WANT TO DABBLE IN IT, THEN WE WANT TO KEEP IT AROUND |
00:12:48 | $10 MILLION. BUT THE TRUTH IS, MY PLAN HAS |
00:12:51 | ALWAYS BEEN TO BUILD AN INDUSTRY, CREATE FULL-TIME JOBS |
00:12:56 | IN THE NEXT TWO-THREE YEARS. WE COULD CREATE 2000 TO 3000 |
00:13:01 | JOBS IN THAT SECTOR. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HAVING |
00:13:04 | PEOPLE SPEND THEIR MONEY AND THE STATE OF OHIO. |
00:13:06 | THERE ARE 37 OTHER STATES THAT HAVE INCENTIVES AND IN ORDER TO |
00:13:10 | BE COMPETITIVE AND TO COMPETE WE NEED TO DOUBLE THE INCENTIVE. |
00:13:14 | BUT, WE REALLY -- THE GOAL IS TO BUILD A FULL TIME INDUSTRY THAT |
00:13:20 | IS NOT JUST SEASONAL, NOT JUST SOMETHING WE WILL TALK ABOUT IN |
00:13:23 | THE SUMMERTIME, BUT SOMETHING WE WILL TALK ABOUT 365 DAYS A YEAR. |
00:13:27 | >> LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. |
00:13:30 | A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A PERCEPTION THE MOVIE INDUSTRY |
00:13:34 | AND ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS IS A LITTLE FLUFFY, THAT IF YOU WANT |
00:13:36 | TO GROW AND INDUSTRY, GROW MANUFACTURING OR TECHNOLOGY. |
00:13:40 | WHY DO WE WANT TO GROW THE FILM INDUSTRY IN OHIO? |
00:13:44 | >> BECAUSE IT IS MANUFACTURING AND IT IS TECHNOLOGY AT ITS |
00:13:47 | PUREST. I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS |
00:13:50 | PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE INDUSTRY IS IT DOES NOT HAVE |
00:13:53 | NECESSARILY, AT LEAST IN OHIO AT THIS POINT, A PERMANENT BRICKS |
00:13:58 | AND MORTAR SETTING. BUT THE GOAL IS TO CREATE THE |
00:14:01 | BRICKS AND MORTAR, TO CREATE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, HAVE THOSE |
00:14:04 | COMPANIES THAT SERVICE THE PRODUCTION RELOCATE TO OHIO TO |
00:14:07 | START UP BUSINESSES. AND ALSO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS |
00:14:11 | IS TO TAP INTO THE MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY ASPECT OF THIS. |
00:14:14 | THERE IS NO REASON WE CANNOT BE DEVELOPING THE SOFTWARE USED IN |
00:14:19 | FILM AND OTHER MEDIA AND DO IT HERE IN OHIO. |
00:14:24 | THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO. |
00:14:28 | THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE AN INDUSTRY HERE, WHICH IS TO HAVE |
00:14:31 | ALL THAT GOING THE SAME TIME. >> ONLY A FEW LAWMAKERS VOTED |
00:14:37 | AGAINST IT, BUT SOME WHO DID SAID WITH ALL THE BUDGET CUTS |
00:14:40 | TAKEN BY SCHOOLS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, THEY FELT LIKE THEY |
00:14:42 | COULD NOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE SUPPORT THE FILM TAX CREDIT EVEN |
00:14:46 | THOUGH MANY OF THEM HAD SUPPORTED IT THE FIRST TIME |
00:14:48 | AROUND. IS THE FILM TAX CREDIT A LUXURY? |
00:14:51 | >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. IT IS CREATING JOBS FOR THE |
00:14:55 | STATE OF OHIO. WE NEED JOBS. |
00:14:57 | WE NEED INDUSTRY THAT CATERS TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND WE NEED TO KEEP |
00:15:01 | YOUNG PEOPLE ENGAGED IN OUR COMMUNITIES. |
00:15:03 | THEY ARE THE FUTURE. THE AVERAGE AGE IN NORTHEAST |
00:15:06 | OHIO IS 40 YEARS OLD. WE NEED TO CREATE INDUSTRIES |
00:15:10 | THAT ATTRACT YOUNG PEOPLE TO OUR COMMUNITIES. |
00:15:13 | SO, I DON'T THINK IT IS A LUXURY AT ALL. |
00:15:14 | IT IS A NECESSITY. >> THE FILM TAX CREDIT -- WE |
00:15:19 | TEND TO THINK OF MOVIES BUT DOESN'T COVER TELEVISION |
00:15:22 | PRODUCTION, SCRIPTED TELEVISION OR REALITY TELEVISION OR |
00:15:24 | ANYTHING BEYOND JUST WILL WE SEE IN A MOVIE THEATER? |
00:15:26 | >> WANTS FESTIVAL IN THE CREDIT WILL HELP US DO IS HELP US GO |
00:15:32 | AFTER A TV. WHAT IS NICE ABOUT TELEVISION |
00:15:36 | IS THE JOB IS A LOT LONGER THAN ON A FEATURE. |
00:15:39 | A FEATURE FILM, YOU MIGHT BE ON A FOR TWO OR THREE MONTHS BUT IN |
00:15:42 | TELEVISION YOU COULD BE ON A PARTICULAR PROJECT FOR NINE |
00:15:45 | MONTHS. THAT WILL REALLY HELP US DEVELOP |
00:15:48 | A SKILLED WORKFORCE THAT WILL HELP US ATTRACT MORE PRODUCTION |
00:15:54 | -- BECAUSE IT IS ALL BORDERED THE LONG TERM INFRASTRUCTURE WE |
00:15:57 | ARE TRYING TO BUILD. >> FINALLY, WITH THE DOUBLING OF |
00:16:00 | THE TAX CREDIT, HOW MANY FILMS OF PRODUCTIONS TO YOU THINK YOU |
00:16:03 | CAN DRAW TO OHIO WITH THE $20 MILLION? |
00:16:06 | IS THE GOAL TO MAKE OHIO THE HOLLYWOOD OF THE MIDWEST? |
00:16:09 | >> SURE. I NOTE THAT WE CAN ATTRACT A |
00:16:16 | MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF DIRECT SPENDING IN PRODUCTION BUT THE |
00:16:19 | $20 MILLION CREDIT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT SPREAD |
00:16:22 | OUT WITH ANY NUMBER OF FILMS. FOR ME, I BELIEVE THAT OUR BREAD |
00:16:29 | AND BUTTER -- BUTTER IS BAY -- AND THE FILM THAT WILL |
00:16:35 | INCENTIVIZE TO MOON -- USE OUR LOCAL SERVICES AND BUILD THE |
00:16:39 | INDUSTRY WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT |
00:16:43 | THIS IS NOT A HOBBY INDUSTRY. PEOPLE WORK 16 HOURS A DAY, THEY |
00:16:48 | WORK REALLY HARD. IT IS NOT GLAMOROUS. |
00:16:51 | IT IS MANUFACTURING AT THE END OF THE DAY. |
00:16:54 | WHAT YOU GET IS YOUR ONE PARTICULAR FILM OR SERIES OF |
00:16:57 | TELEVISION OR WEB SERIES OR COMMERCIAL. |
00:17:00 | BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, PEOPLE WORK REALLY, REALLY HARD |
00:17:04 | TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN. AND I WANT ALL OF THOSE JOBS TO |
00:17:07 | COME FROM OHIO AND THAT WITH THE GOODS AND SERVICES TO COME FROM |
00:17:11 | OHIO AS WELL. >> BUT SOME LAWMAKERS VOTED |
00:17:14 | AGAINST THE EXTENSION OF THE MOTION PICTURE TAX CREDIT. |
00:17:16 | ONE OF THEM IS CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE LYNN |
00:17:20 | WACHTMANN OF NAPOLEON IN NORTHWEST OHIO. |
00:17:21 | HE DID NOT EXPLAIN WHY ON THE FLOOR BUT TOLD ME HE DISAGREES |
00:17:26 | WITH THE CONCEPT BEHIND THE PROGRAM. |
00:17:28 | >> ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS LEGISLATION DOES IS IT SAID ITS |
00:17:33 | OHIO TAXPAYERS TO SUBSIDIZING THE FILM INDUSTRY, THE HOLLYWOOD |
00:17:37 | FAULTS, AND GOD BLESS THE HOLLYWOOD FAULTS, BUT I DON'T |
00:17:41 | BELIEVE THE TAXPAYERS AND OHIO SHOULD BE SUBSIDIZING HOLLYWOOD |
00:17:44 | WITH THIS TAX CREDIT. NOW, THOSE WHO ARGUE AGAINST IT, |
00:17:49 | THIS IS A GREAT JOB CREATOR, AND AND, WHEN YOU REDUCE THE COST OF |
00:17:53 | LABOR, WHICH IS WHAT AN INCOME TAX CREDIT DOES IN A SENSE, AND |
00:17:57 | LEAST IN MY VIEW, YOU ARE SUBSIDIZING THE INDUSTRY THESE |
00:18:00 | PEOPLE WORK FOR AND INDEED THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WORK FOR THE |
00:18:04 | FILM INDUSTRY. SO, WHAT I WOULD RATHER DO IN |
00:18:07 | LIEU OF ALL OF THE TAX CREDITS WE HAVE THIS GREAT STATE, WE |
00:18:11 | NEED TO FOCUS ON SOMETHING I THINK THE GOVERNOR SUPPORTS AND |
00:18:16 | I DO SUPPORT BY A LARGE, AND THAT IS PROBABLY ELIMINATING ALL |
00:18:20 | OF THOSE TAX CREDIT AND LOWERING OHIO'S INCOME TAX AND EQUAL |
00:18:24 | AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT THOSE TAX CREDITS ARE COSTING THE |
00:18:27 | TAXPAYER -- AND LOWER TAXES FOR EVERYBODY SO THAT WE ALL HAVE |
00:18:32 | MORE INCENTIVE TO GO TO WORK, WORK HARD, MAKE MONEY, AND KEEP |
00:18:35 | MORE OF OUR MONEY. REALLY THE TAX CREDITS ARE A |
00:18:44 | MESS HE BEEN THE TAX CODE -- IT IS HARD NOW FOR A PERSON TO DO |
00:18:46 | THIS ON THEIR OWN. IT IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW |
00:18:51 | NOT DO THE TAX CREDIT IS A GOOD WAY TO SIMPLIFY THE TAX FORMS. |
00:18:54 | >> THERE IS A STUDY OF THE GROUP THAT PEOPLE SUPPORTING THE TAX |
00:18:59 | CREDIT PUT OUT SAYING WITH EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED IN IT, $1.20 CAN |
00:19:03 | BACK TO THE OHIO ECONOMY. 27 PROJECTS SHOT IN OHIO. |
00:19:07 | 1143 " -- FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT JOBS. |
00:19:11 | IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT, THOUGH. |
00:19:14 | >> IF I WOULD ADD UP ALL THE CLAIMS THAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT |
00:19:23 | TAXPAYER MONEY AND HOW MUCH MORE WEALTH TAX SET SUBSIDIES MAKE WE |
00:19:29 | WOULD BE THE WEALTHIEST STATE IN THE COUNTRY BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD |
00:19:32 | THE CLAIM FOR YEARS. IT IS MADE OFTEN. |
00:19:34 | I THINK BY AND LARGE IT IS A BOGUS CLAIM. |
00:19:37 | ONE HALF TO ASK HOW MANY OF THESE MOVIES WOULD HAVE BEEN |
00:19:41 | SHOT HERE ANYWAY? I WOULD GUESS MANY OF THOSE. |
00:19:44 | AND MAYBE SOME OF THE CITIES AND PLACES -- MAYBE THEY NEED TO |
00:19:48 | CLEAN UP THEIR ACT TO LOWER THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS WITH A |
00:19:51 | LOWER INCOME TAXES AND THINGS. AGAIN, I HAVE HEARD THAT CLAIM |
00:19:57 | TOO MANY TIMES IN MY CAREER. IF WE GOT ALL THESE GREAT |
00:20:00 | RETURNS OF INVESTMENT ON TAXPAYERS' MONEY WE WOULD BE THE |
00:20:03 | WEALTHIEST STATE IN THE UNION. AND THOSE CLAIMS ARE SIMPLY |
00:20:07 | GENERALLY NOT TRUE. >> BUT TAX CREDITS OFFERED TO |
00:20:11 | BUSINESS ALL ACROSS THE BOARD -- BANKING, MANUFACTURING, AND ALL |
00:20:15 | DIFFERENT AREAS. WHY NOT THE FILM INDUSTRY? |
00:20:17 | SUPPORTERS SAY IT SUPPORTS MANUFACTURING, SUPPORTS |
00:20:22 | TECHNOLOGY, SUPPORTS A LOT OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES. |
00:20:24 | WHY NOT, IF YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE IT TO ONE INDUSTRY, -- ONE |
00:20:28 | OF THIS ONE? >> I THINK IT IS TIME WE RETHINK |
00:20:32 | ALL OF THE TAX CREDITS AND MAYBE THINK ABOUT LIMITING -- |
00:20:37 | ELIMINATING ALL THE TAX CREDIT AND LOWERING -- LOWERING |
00:20:41 | EVERYONE'S INCOME TAX IN OHIO. IT BEHOOVES EVERY ONE TO CREATE |
00:20:44 | WEALTH AND TO ALLOW MORE OHIO TAXPAYERS, NOT JUST THE SELECTED |
00:20:50 | FEW PICKED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND PICKED BY THE FILM INDUSTRY |
00:20:55 | AND THINGS ABOUT WHO GETS THE TAX CREDITS. |
00:20:57 | LET'S GIVE THE WORKING PEOPLE IN PUTNAM COUNTY AND IN CLEVELAND |
00:21:06 | GILLETT STREET THEM WITH THE SAME RESPECT WITH LOW INCOME |
00:21:09 | TAXES AS THE FEW PEOPLE WHO WORKED IN THE FILM INDUSTRY. |
00:21:12 | LET'S CREATE AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD. |
00:21:14 | >> THE FILM TAX CREDIT WAS PART OF HOUSE BILL 508, A PACKAGE OF |
00:21:19 | TAX CHANGES SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR THIS WEEK. |
00:21:20 | THIS NEW LAW REPEALS A CURRENT STATUTE THAT REQUIRED THE TAX |
00:21:24 | COMMISSIONER TO REDUCE THE RATE OF OHIO'S COMMERCIAL LIKE TO THE |
00:21:28 | TAX ON BUSINESS INCOME IF PROCEEDS OF THE TAX EXCEEDED |
00:21:31 | PROJECTIONS BY MORE THAN 10%. THE BILL ALSO STREAMLINES THE |
00:21:35 | WAY STATE HORSE RACING TAXES ARE DISTRIBUTED AND SPECIFIES HOW |
00:21:39 | CASINO TAXES CAN BE USED. AND IT INCLUDES TWEAKS FOR THE |
00:21:43 | CORPORATE FRANCHISE TAX, SALES AND USE TAX, MOTOR VEHICLE |
00:21:47 | TAXES, AND PROPERTY TAXES. BUT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE |
00:21:50 | SEVERANCE TAX THAT GOVERNOR KASICH HAD PROPOSED ON OIL AND |
00:21:54 | NATURAL GAS DRILLERS IN OHIO. THAT TAX TO FUND THE GOVERNOR'S |
00:21:58 | PROPOSED INCOME TAX CUT WAS PULLED OUT OF HIS MID BIENNIUM |
00:22:01 | REVIEW BY REPUBLICANS LAWMAKERS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEY RECEIVED |
00:22:04 | THE MBR. AFTER HE TALKED ABOUT ENDING TAX |
00:22:09 | CREDIT PROGRAMS AND USING THAT MONEY TO CUT THE STATE INCOME |
00:22:11 | TAX, I ASKED REPRESENTATIVE WACHTMANN ABOUT THE SEVERANCE |
00:22:18 | TAX PROPOSAL AND WHETHER HE WANTS TO SEE IT PUT INTO PLACE. |
00:22:21 | >> THIS SUMMER THE NUMBER OF US WILL BE WORKING WITH A PROPOSAL |
00:22:24 | THAT I THINK THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS -- WE ARE VERY |
00:22:29 | INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE. |
00:22:30 | WE UNDERSTAND AND MINERALS ARE EXTRACTED FROM THE EARTH |
00:22:36 | TYPICALLY IN MOST STATES ACROSS THIS NATION THERE IS SOME TYPE |
00:22:40 | OF SEVERANCE OR OTHER TAX THAT IS IMPLEMENTED. |
00:22:43 | I WAS NOT FOR THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN BECAUSE HOUSE REPUBLICANS |
00:22:47 | HAD NOT HAD TIME TO REALLY STUDY WHAT HIS PROPOSAL WAS GOING TO |
00:22:52 | DO BECAUSE, AT LEAST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, THIS INVESTMENT WE |
00:22:56 | ARE SEEING IN OHIO IS HUGE -- HUGE JOB GROWTH, A HUGE ECONOMIC |
00:23:00 | GROWTH. THERE ARE MANY FAMILIES ACROSS |
00:23:03 | THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE STATE DOES HAVE THIS NEW WEALTH THEY |
00:23:05 | HAVE NEVER HAD BECAUSE OF THE MINERAL RIGHTS AND THINGS LIKE |
00:23:08 | THAT. SO, MY PRIMARY GOAL AS THE OHIO |
00:23:13 | LEGISLATURE, EVEN THOUGH I DO NOT REPRESENT THAT PART OF OHIO, |
00:23:17 | WE WANT THE ENTIRE STATE TO BE STRONG. |
00:23:19 | MY GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TAX POLICY THAT IS IMPLEMENTED |
00:23:23 | ON THE NEW GAS AND OIL EXPLORATION DOES A BOOMING NOW |
00:23:29 | THROUGH WHAT EASTERN OHIO AND MOVING ITS WAY WEST AS THEY FIND |
00:23:33 | MORE DEPOSITS THAT THEY DIDN'T THINK WERE THERE, THAT WE |
00:23:39 | ENCOURAGE THAT DEVELOPMENT, WE ENCOURAGE THOSE COMPANIES IN |
00:23:43 | PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS INVESTING BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS |
00:23:46 | IN OHIO. BECAUSE WITH THOSE INVESTMENTS, |
00:23:49 | COME JOBS. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME AT LEAST |
00:23:52 | IN MY LIFETIME, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT APPALACHIAN |
00:23:57 | OF PART OF OHIO TO THRIVE AGAIN, AND THAT IS EXCITING. |
00:24:01 | >> YOU FEEL THERE IS A COMPROMISE TO BE HAD IN TERMS OF |
00:24:05 | SEVERANCE TAX TO FUND INCOME TAX CUT? |
00:24:08 | >> YES. AND I WILL BE WORKING ON IT. |
00:24:10 | WHAT I WANT IS A VERY DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN ANY SEVERANCE |
00:24:14 | TAX REVENUES AND THE INCOME TAX. I DO NOT KNOW -- WANT WHAT |
00:24:22 | LEGISLATURES HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, TODAY'S WORK AND |
00:24:24 | TOMORROW'S PROMISE. I WANT TO DAY'S WORK AND TODAY'S |
00:24:28 | PROMISE TO BE FULLY COMMITTED TO ANY LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL WOULD |
00:24:30 | COME UP WITH. AND I AM REALLY COMFORTABLE THAT |
00:24:36 | THIS GOVERNOR, GOVERNOR KASICH, IS A TRUE BELIEVER IN INCOME TAX |
00:24:40 | CUTS. HE IS A LEADER. |
00:24:42 | BUT AGAIN, AND THE END, COMPROMISE AND WORK OUT -- WHICH |
00:24:47 | I THINK WE WILL SOMETIME LATE THIS YEAR. |
00:24:49 | I WANT A DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN ANY SEVERANCE TAX AND |
00:24:53 | THE INCOME TAX BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANY NET INCREASES IN TAXES |
00:24:56 | FOR OHIOANS. >> THE SEVERANCE TAX PROPOSAL |
00:24:59 | HAS SPLIT FISCAL CONSERVATIVES ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL. |
00:25:02 | STATE BUDGET DIRECTOR TIM KEAN TOLD A COMMITTEE HEARING IN |
00:25:05 | MARCH THAT THE BILL GOVERNOR KASICH SIGNED THE ANTI-TAX |
00:25:08 | PLEDGE CREATED BY GROVER NORQUIST AND HIS ORGANIZATION |
00:25:11 | AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM, THAT GROUP WAS OKAY WITH THE PROPOSED |
00:25:15 | TAX. BUT ANOTHER ANTI-TAX COALITION |
00:25:18 | CALLED THE NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION CAME OUT AGAINST THE TAX |
00:25:21 | THIS WEEK. IT CALLED THE SEVERAL -- |
00:25:25 | SEVERANCE TAX PLAN A "DAMAGING AND PUNITIVE ANTI-TAX HITE." |
00:25:29 | AND THAT IS A FOR THIS WEEK. FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT OHIO |
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00:27:02 | >> ODOT HAS HIT A ROUGH STRETCH OF ROAD. |
00:27:04 | THE AGENCY HAS A $1.6 BILLION POTHOLE IN ITS CONSTRUCTION |
00:27:08 | BUDGET AND HAS HAD TO DELAY SOME OF ITS BIGGEST PROJECTS FOR |
00:27:11 | YEARS, AND THAT IS FUELING THE ANGER OF COMMUNITIES AND FROM |
00:27:15 | THE STATE. ODOT SAYS CREATIVE REVENUE |
00:27:17 | GENERATING IDEAS ARE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, BUT |
00:27:21 | WILL THEY BE ENOUGH? WE WILL REV UP THAT ISSUE NEXT |
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