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00:00:02>> SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE
BROADCAST OF "THE STATE OF OHIO
00:00:14" COMES FROM THE LAW OFFICES
OF PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR
00:00:20LLP, HELPING BUSINESSES SOLVE
COMPLEX LEGAL PROBLEMS.
00:00:27AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING
00:00:33131,000 TEACHERS, FACULTY WHO
ARE WORKING FOR GREAT PUBLIC
00:00:38SCHOOLS FOR EVERY CHILD.
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT 4FOR --
00:00:48>> OHIOANS ARE VOTING AS
CAMPAIGN 2011 HITS ITS STRIDE.
00:00:53THE FIGHT AGAINST ISSUE 2 IS
BEING LED IN PART BY THE MAN WHO
00:00:54LED THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET LAST
FALL AND FAILED.
00:00:55THE FORMER GOVERNOR IS HERE TO
TALK ABOUT WHY HE'S SPEAKING OUT
00:01:00NEARLY A YEAR AFTER BEING
OUSTED FROM OFFICE.
00:01:02AND THE STATE IS PUTTING INTO
PLACE A PROGRAM THAT IT HOPES
00:01:07WILL SAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
FEDERAL FINES.
00:01:08BUT CRITICS SAY THE STATE IS
JUST PADDING THE WELFARE ROLLS
00:01:13TO AVOID THE PENALTIES.
THE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE'S
00:01:18WELFARE AGENCY AND THE LEADER
OF THOSE WHO MANAGE THE COUNTY
00:01:20AGENCIES TALK ABOUT HOW THEY
HOPE IT WILL WORK FOR CLIENTS
00:01:23AND TAXPAYERS.
ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
00:01:25OHIO."
>> AS OF TUESDAY, EARLY VOTING
00:01:32IS UNDERWAY IN OHIO.
OF COURSE, THERE ARE THREE
00:01:34STATEWIDE ISSUES ON THE BALLOT,
ALONG WITH HUNDREDS OF SCHOOL
00:01:37LEVIES AND MORE THAN A HUNDRED
MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE
00:01:40POSITIONS, BUT NO STATEWIDE OR
LEGISLATIVE OFFICES.
00:01:42OHIO IS ONE OF 32 STATES THAT
ALLOW ANY VOTER TO CAST AN
00:01:46EARLY BALLOT BY MAIL OR IN
PERSON WITHOUT A REASON.
00:01:48THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO
VOTE FOR THE ELECTION IS OCT.
00:01:5211.
ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER 8.
00:01:54THE STATEWIDE ISSUE THAT SEEKS
TO RAISE THE MANDATORY
00:02:00RETIREMENT AGE OF JUDGES FROM
70 TO 75 IS EASILY THE LEAST
00:02:03CONTROVERSIAL ONE THIS FALL.
BUT OHIO'S PROSECUTORS AND THE
00:02:06STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAVE COME
OUT AGAINST ISSUE 1.
00:02:09THE OHIO PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS
ASSOCIATION SAYS THE CURRENT
00:02:14LIMIT HAS WORKED WELL AND HAS
IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF THE
00:02:17JUDICIARY.
AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
00:02:21EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SAYS ISSUE
1 IS LIKELY TO PERPETUATE A 6-
00:02:23TO-1 REPUBLICAN IMBALANCE ON THE
OHIO SUPREME COURT AND SIMILAR
00:02:29IMBALANCES ON LOWER COURTS.
THE LATE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE
00:02:34OHIO SUPREME COURT, TOM MOYER,
WAS AMONG THOSE WHO SUGGESTED
00:02:37THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT LIMIT
NEEDED TO BE RAISED. THE
00:02:40RESOLUTION TO PUT THE CHANGE
BEFORE VOTERS PASSED
00:02:43OVERWHELMINGLY IN THE HOUSE AND
UNANIMOUSLY IN THE SENATE.
00:02:45OHIO IS MOVING ITS DEATH ROW
AWAY FROM THE SUPERMAX PRISON
00:02:50IN YOUNGSTOWN AND THE MANSFIELD
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION TO THE
00:02:53CHILLICOTHE CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTION.
00:02:55THE STATE SAYS BRINGING
CONDEMNED KILLERS CLOSER TO THE
00:03:01DEATH HOUSE IN LUCASVILLE,
WHERE EXECUTIONS ARE PERFORMED,
00:03:03WILL SAVE UP MONEY AND OPEN UP
BEDS FOR VIOLENT INMATES.
00:03:05THERE ARE 148 PEOPLE ON DEATH
ROW IN OHIO, SOME WITH HEALTH
00:03:10ISSUES WILL STAY AT THE MEDICAL
CENTER IN COLUMBUS, AND THE
00:03:13LONE WOMAN SENTENCED TO
EXECUTION ROW WILL STAY IN THE
00:03:15OHIO REFORMATORY FOR WOMEN IN
MARYSVILLE.
00:03:18NO MORE PORK IN OHIO'S PRISONS.
A DEATH ROW INMATE SAYS OHIO IS
00:03:23DENYING HIM MEALS PREPARED
ACCORDING TO ISLAMIC LAW WHILE
00:03:26AT THE SAME TIME PROVIDING
KOSHER MEALS TO JEWISH
00:03:29PRISONERS.
THE LAWSUIT BY CONDEMNED INMATE
00:03:32ABDUL AWKAL AND ANOTHER INMATE
HAS LED TO THE STATE PRISONS
00:03:34DEPARTMENT'S DECISION TO
ELIMINATE PORK PRODUCTS FROM
00:03:38PRISONS, THOUGH THE SUIT
SPECIFICALLY INVOLVES THE
00:03:41PREPARATION OF NON-PORK MEATS,
SUCH AS BEEF, ACCORDING TO
00:03:44ISLAMIC LAW.
BUT THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT SAYS
00:03:47NON-PORK AND VEGETARIAN MEALS
HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR MUSLIM
00:03:49INMATES.
NOW OHIO'S PORK FARMERS AND
00:03:52PROCESSORS ARE VOWING TO FIGHT
THE DECISION, SAYING THEY'RE
00:03:58ESPECIALLY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE
THE STATE JUST PUT PORK BACK ON
00:04:02PRISON MENUS IN 2009.
AND THE HISTORIC STATEHOUSE IS
00:04:06EMBRACING THE LATEST IN
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY.
00:04:08SIX NEW CHARGING STATIONS WERE
UNVEILED IN THE GARAGE BENEATH
00:04:12THE STATEHOUSE THIS WEEK -- ON,
OF COURSE, THE GREEN LEVEL.
00:04:14THE $36,000 PROJECT WAS FUNDED
THROUGH CORPORATE CONTRIBUTIONS
00:04:17AND GRANTS FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND THE NON-PROFIT
00:04:20GROUP CLEAN FUELS OHIO.
THE OHIO STATEHOUSE IS BELIEVED
00:04:23TO BE THE FIRST STATE CAPITOL
BUILDING IN THE NATION TO OFFER
00:04:26AN ELECTRIC CAR CHARGING
FACILITY TO MEMBERS OF THE
00:04:29PUBLIC, WHO WILL PAY 50 CENTS
AN HOUR TO USE IT.
00:04:30AS WE APPROACH THE NOVEMBER
2011 ELECTION, MANY DEMOCRATS
00:04:34ARE STILL STINGING AS THEY
RECALL WHAT HAPPENED A LITTLE
00:04:37LESS THAN A YEAR AGO -- WHEN
THEIR CANDIDATES ACROSS THE
00:04:40STATE WERE SWEPT AWAY IN A
REPUBLICAN TSUNAMI.
00:04:42BUT THEIR FRUSTRATION HAS
FUELED A MASSIVE EFFORT TO
00:04:47DEFEAT SENATE BILL 5, THE
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING REFORM LAW
00:04:52THAT'S ON THIS FALL'S BALLOT AS
ISSUE 2, AND HOUSE BILL 194, THE
00:04:57ELECTION REFORM PACKAGE THAT
WILL LIKELY BE BEFORE VOTERS
00:04:59NEXT FALL.
BUT SOME HAVE TO WONDER IF
00:05:02THEIR EFFORTS ARE GOING TO WORK
THIS YEAR GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED
00:05:04JUST OVER 11 MONTHS AGO.
AND PERHAPS NO ONE IS IN A
00:05:08BETTER POSITION TO LEAD THOSE
WHO ARE FIGHTING OVER THOSE
00:05:11ISSUES THAN THE MAN WHO WAS AT
THE TOP OF THE TICKET LAST YEAR.
00:05:14I'M PLEASED TO WELCOME
DEMOCRATIC FORMER GOVERNOR TED
00:05:16STRICKLAND.
BEFORE I GET TO THE QUESTION
00:05:21EVERYBODY WANTS ME TO ASK YOU
AND HAS THAT ASK YOU A COUPLE OF
00:05:25TIMES, I WANT TO BEGIN WITH SOME
OTHERS.
00:05:28YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM GOING
TO ASK YOU.
00:05:32THIS IS A SURPRISE TO YOU.
LET'S START WITH YOUR POLITICAL
00:05:36CONSULTING FORM --FIRM.
THAT INCLUDES SOME MEMBERS OF
00:05:41YOUR FORMER STAFF AS GOVERNOR.
YOU HAVE STAYED IN TOUCH WITH
00:05:48POLITICS.
YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH OHIO
00:05:52POLITICS.
YOU ARE NOT IN ELECTED OFFICE
00:05:55ANY MORE.
WHY ARE YOU SO HEAVILY INVOLVED?
00:05:56>> THE COMPANY IS REALLY AN
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORT.
00:06:02I AM INVOLVED BECAUSE I CONTINUE
TO CARE ABOUT OHIO.
00:06:06I CONTINUE TO CARE ABOUT THE
PEOPLE, THE ISSUES, EDUCATION,
00:06:13HEALTH CARE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS
THAT I TRY TO WORK ON AS
00:06:16GOVERNOR.
I BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT THEM.
00:06:18I AM NOT GOING AWAY.
I AM A CITIZEN.
00:06:21I AM FREE TO SPEAK MY MIND.
I INTEND TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
00:06:26>> THAT ME ASK YOU SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MAP FOR
00:06:34OHIO'S NEW CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICTS.
00:06:36WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE MAP
FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
00:06:40AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S
DECISION TO GO TO THE SUPREME
00:06:43COURT?
>> THE MAPS ARE APATHETIC.
00:06:47YOU HAVE TO HAND IT TO BE
REPUBLICANS.
00:06:50-- ARE PATHETIC.
YOU HAVE TO HAND IT TO THE
00:06:56REPUBLICANS.
THEY HAVE USED THEIR POWER.
00:06:57THEY ARE IN CONTROL.
THE MAPS ARE NOT GOOD FOR THE
00:07:03PEOPLE OF OHIO.
THOSE MAPS WILL RESULT IN A
00:07:11FURTHER POLARIZATION OF OUR
POLITICS HERE IN OHIO.
00:07:13>> LET'S TALK ABOUT ISSUE 2.
YOU MADE SOME APPEARANCES AT
00:07:20RALLIES.
WHEN YOU WALKED IN, THE WHOLE
00:07:22ROOM ERUPTED INTO CHEERS.
THE CAMPAIGN FOR ISSUE 2 SEEMED
00:07:28TO BE FOCUSED ON THE IDEA OF
GREEDY REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS
00:07:33WHO WERE TIED TO WALL STREET
DESTROYING WHAT IS THERE FOR
00:07:39WORKING FAMILIES AND THE MIDDLE
CLASS.
00:07:41THIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR TO THE
CAMPAIGN THAT WAS WAGED LAST
00:07:44YEAR IN 2010.
PEOPLE DID NOT RESPOND TO THAT.
00:07:48WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO BE
DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT MIGHT
00:07:52MAKE PEOPLE RESPOND?
OR ARE YOU SETTING YOURSELF UP
00:07:55FOR ANOTHER DELUGE?
>> THE PEOPLE IN THE OHIO SIMPLY
00:08:00WANT FAIRNESS.
THEY WANT TO BE TREATED FAIRLY.
00:08:04WHAT HAPPENED WITH SENATE BILL
BY IS GROSSLY UNFAIR.
00:08:09AUTOCRACY HAS BEEN USED AND
APPROPRIATELY SO.
00:08:17-- HYPOCRISY HAS BEEN USED, AND
APPROPRIATELY SO.
00:08:25THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE HAS
BEEN GIVEN A RETIREMENT PENSION.
00:08:31HE IS MAKING $90,000 PER YEAR IN
HIS POSITION AS SPEAKER.
00:08:35>> SENATE BILL BY DOES NOT
ADDRESS DOUBLE DIPPING.
00:08:41>> NO, IT DOES NOT.
IT SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE, THE
00:08:48HYPOCRISY, PEOPLE WANTING ONE
SET UP RULES FOR THEMSELVES AND
00:08:54ANOTHER SET OF RULES FOR
EVERYONE ELSE.
00:08:55OHIO SIMPLY WANTS FAIRNESS.
TEACHERS AND FIREFIGHTERS,
00:09:01POLICE OFFICERS, NURSES -- THESE
ARE PEOPLE WHO SERVE US.
00:09:04POLICE OFFICERS PUT THEIR LIVES
ON THE LINE.
00:09:08FIREFIGHTERS GO INTO BURNING
BUILDINGS TO TRY TO RESCUE OUR
00:09:13FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS FROM THEIR
ENDANGERMENT.
00:09:16NURSES CARE FOR OUR SICK.
TEACHERS TEACH OUR KIDS.
00:09:23THESE ARE THE REAL HEROES OF OUR
SOCIETY.
00:09:27THEY DO NOT MAKE A LOT OF MONEY.
THEY MAKE A MODEST, MIDDLE-CLASS
00:09:32INCOME.
I DO NOT KNOW OF A FIREFIGHTER
00:09:41OR A POLICE OFFICER DESTROYING
$100,000 IN A PUBLIC PENSION.
00:09:43LET'S HAVE SHARED SACRIFICE.
>> BY RUNNING THE AD CAMPAIGN
00:09:45FOR ISSUE 2 -- THEY ARE SAYING
THIS IS ABOUT DEMANDED A CERTAIN
00:09:54LEVEL OF PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS
AND HEALTH CARE PREMIUMS FROM
00:10:00PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, WHICH ARE LESS
THAN A LOT OF PRIVATE SECTOR
00:10:02EMPLOYEES -- AND ALSO MERIT PAY
FOR TEACHERS.
00:10:06THOSE ARE THE THINGS PEOPLE LIKE
ABOUT SENATE BILL BY.
00:10:10ARE YOU WORRIED THAT SENATE BILL
5 MIGHT LOSE IF PEOPLE HEAR THAT
00:10:14ARGUMENT?
>> MANY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ALREADY
00:10:20PLAY INTO THEIR HEALTH AND
PENSION RETIREMENT PLANS.
00:10:23SENATE BILL 5 GOES WELL BEYOND
THOSE ISSUES, AS YOU KNOW.
00:10:29SENATE BILL 5 IS AN ATTACK ON
THE RIGHTS OF WORKING PEOPLE TO
00:10:34ORGANIZE AND TO COLLECTIVELY
BARGAIN FOR A SAFE WORKING
00:10:38CONDITIONS, OR APPROPRIATIONS,
FOR APPROPRIATE STAFFING LEVELS.
00:10:43NOW, THE PROPONENTS OF SENATE
BILL 5 ARE TRYING TO FOCUS ON A
00:10:52COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THEY THINK
ARE POPULAR WITH THE PUBLIC.
00:10:54AND THEY ARE POPULAR WITH THE
PUBLIC.
00:10:57SENATE BILL 5 INVOLVE SO MUCH
MORE.
00:11:01THESE OTHER MATTERS -- THE
PENSION AND HEALTH-CARE ISSUES
00:11:06-- I AM CONVINCED THEY COULD
HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING IN A
00:11:11MUTUALLY RESPECTFUL WAY.
THAT IS NOT WHAT THE REPUBLICAN
00:11:15LEGISLATIVE LEADERS CHOSE TO DO.
THEY CHOSE TO GO TOO FAR TO
00:11:20OVERREACH.
THEY DID IT IN A DISRESPECTFUL
00:11:23MANNER.
PEOPLE WILL PUT UP WITH A LOT.
00:11:26MOST OF US WILL NOT PUT UP WITH
BEING DISRESPECTED.
00:11:33WHEN THE GOVERNOR SAID GET ON MY
BUS OR I AM GOING TO RUN OVER
00:11:37YOU AND HE CALLED A POLICE
OFFICER AND IDIOTS, THOSE THINGS
00:11:42CREATE AN IMPRESSION - -- IDIOT,
THOSE THINGS CREATE AN
00:11:52IMPRESSION OF DISRESPECT.
THE GOVERNOR SHOULD LAY OUT THE
00:12:00PROBLEMS AND ASKED FOR THEIR
HELP.
00:12:02>> NEXT WEEK, MORE WITH
DEMOCRATIC FORMER GOVERNORTED
00:12:06STRICKLAND, INCLUDING HIS ANSWER
TO THE QUESTION MANY PEOPLE WANT
00:12:07HIM TO ANSWER -- WILL HE RUN
AGAIN?
00:12:08WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
00:12:22>> SINCE 2007, FEWER THAN ONE
IN
00:12:26-- 1 IN 4 WELFARE RECIPIENTS IN
OHIO ARE WORKING IN JOB TRAINING
00:12:33PROGRAMS OR DOING COMMUNITY
SERVICE.
00:12:34HALF OF RECIPIENTS ARE SUPPOSED
TO MEET THOSE FEDERAL WORK
00:12:36REQUIREMENTS.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS FINED
00:12:37THE STATE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS FOR THREE YEARS, AND
00:12:40HAS FINALLY HAD IT AND HAS
REJECTED THE STATE'S PLEA TO
00:12:42WAIVE THE $33 MILLION PENALTY
FOR 2007.
00:12:43SO THE STATE IS TRYING A NEW
TACTIC TO AVOID THE REST OF THE
00:12:47FINES.
GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH SIGNED AN
00:12:50EXECUTIVE ORDER LATE LAST MONTH
TO CREATE A NEW PROGRAM CALLED
00:12:55OHIO WORKS NOW, WHICH HOPES TO
BOOST THE WORK PARTICIPATION
00:12:57RATE BY PADDING THE WELFARE
ROLLS WITH MORE WORKING POOR
00:13:00FAMILIES.
THAT MAY HELP THE STATE AVOID
00:13:03THE PENALTIES, BUT CRITICS SAY
IT WON'T DO ENOUGH TO HELP
00:13:06PEOPLE ON WELFARE.
HERE TO EXPLAIN THE PROGRAM AND
00:13:09WHAT IT WILL DO ARE THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY
00:13:12SERVICES DIRECTOR MICHAEL
COLBERT AND JOEL POTTS, THE
00:13:14DIRECTOR OF THE OHIO JOB AND
FAMILY SERVICES DIRECTORS
00:13:17ASSOCIATION.
BEFORE WE GET TO THIS IDEA OF
00:13:22HAVING BEEN -- PADDING THE
ROLL, I WANT TO FIND OUT WHY
00:13:32PEOPLE ARE NOT MEETING THE
FEDERAL WORK REQUIREMENT.
00:13:36IS ITS BUDGET CUTS, HAVE THEY
TRIMMED THE NUMBER OF STAFF?
00:13:42WHAT IS GOING ON WITH PEOPLE
NOT MEETING THE WORK
00:13:46REQUIREMENTS?
>> WE HAVE TO MAKE WORK
00:13:49PARTICIPATION A PRIORITY.
COUNTIES HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS
00:13:52STRIDES IN BRINGING OUR OVERALL
CASH ASSISTANCE ROLLS DOWN.
00:13:56WE HAVE TO MAKE IT A PRIORITY
AND WE HAVE TO MAKE THE JOB
00:14:01PLACEMENT AND ASSESSMENT WORK
ACTIVITY FUNCTION AS PART OF THE
00:14:05INTAKE PROCESS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CURRENT
00:14:07SITUATION, YOU GO IN AND THE
ELIGIBILITY PROCESS IS THE
00:14:11NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
HOW DO WE DETERMINE YOU ARE
00:14:15ELIGIBLE AND BRING YOU INTO THE
SYSTEM?
00:14:19WE ARE SAYING WE WANT TO ASSESS
YOU UP FRONT, FIND OUT WHAT WORK
00:14:24ACTIVITY FUNCTION YOU SHOULD BE
DOING, AND MAKE THAT PART OF THE
00:14:27INITIAL IN TAKE PRIORITY.
OTHER THINGS WE ARE DOING IS
00:14:31WORKING ON OUR HEARING PROCESS.
WE REALIZE OUR HEARING PROCESS,
00:14:36WHICH GIVES YOU DO PROCESS ON
WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE GOING TO
00:14:39GET SERVICES AND NOT-- DUE
PROCESS ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU
00:14:46ARE GOING TO GET SERVICES OR NOT
IS CONVOLUTED.
00:14:48THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
TRACKING ACTIVITIES NEED TO HAVE
00:14:54AN EASIER WAY TO DOCUMENT HOURS.
THE NEW PROGRAM, OHIO WORKS NOW,
00:15:01IS DESIGNED TO GET A BENEFIT FOR
FAMILIES AND CHILDREN THAT ARE
00:15:05WORKING.
IT ADDS TO THE EXISTING WHO
00:15:10BENEFIT.
THE COMBINATION OF THESE
00:15:13PROGRAMS WILL HELP FIX THIS
PROBLEM, NOT JUST ONE SILVER
00:15:16BULLET.
IT TAKES MORE THAN JUST ONE
00:15:18PROGRAM.
>> JOEL, ANYTHING TO ADD?
00:15:22>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS
THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN A HIGH
00:15:28FOCUS.
WE HAVE DOZENS OF REASONS FOR
00:15:30HOW WE GOT INTO THIS SITUATION.
THERE IS NOT ONE THING THAT
00:15:34CAUSED IT.
WE HAVE HAD BUDGET CUTS.
00:15:37WE HAVE HAD STAFF SHORTAGES.
WE HAVE THAT RISING CASELOADS.
00:15:41WHEN IT IS ALL SAID AND DONE, IT
HAS NOT BEEN THE KIND OF
00:15:46PRIORITY.
BUT THE GOVERNOR IS DOING IS
00:15:48THAT IN THE FIRST TIME, WE ARE
MAKING WELFARE REFORM A TOP
00:15:52PRIORITY FOR WHAT WE ARE DOING.
THAT IS WHAT IS PARAMOUNT IN ALL
00:15:56OF THIS.
>> WHEN YOU SAY IT IS NOT A
00:16:00PRIORITY, DO YOU MADE FOR THE
STATE OR FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:16:03GETTING BENEFITS?
THERE IS A PERCEPTION THAT
00:16:06PEOPLE ARE NOT WORKING BECAUSE
THEY DO NOT WANT TO WORK.
00:16:09>> YOU CAN FIND PEOPLE WHO MAY
FIT THAT CATEGORY.
00:16:14FOR THE MOST PART, THEY ARE
FALLING ON HARD TIMES.
00:16:17THE BENEFIT IS SUPPOSED TO BE 26
WEEKS.
00:16:20THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS
RECOGNIZED THAT THERE ARE NOT
00:16:24JOBS IN THE ECONOMY.
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS CONTINUE
00:16:27TO GET EXTENSIONS.
IT TELLS YOU THAT WE KNOW THERE
00:16:30IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION.
A LOT OF FOLKS AND ON PUBLIC
00:16:34ASSISTANCE.
IT IS MORE THAN LACK OF A JOB
00:16:37THAT PUTS THEM THERE.
THERE ARE SUBSIDIES, MENTAL-
00:16:40HEALTH, LACK OF TRANSPORTATION,
UNDEREMPLOYED, UNDEREDUCATED --
00:16:46A HOST OF THINGS THAT WILL PUT
THAT INTO THAT SITUATION.
00:16:49THE CHALLENGES ARE EVEN GREATER.
THERE ARE NOT AS MANY JOBS.
00:16:54THERE ARE NOT THE OPPORTUNITIES.
WE HAVE PEOPLE ON PUBLIC
00:16:58ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO MAYBE
HIGH-SCHOOL DROPOUTS AND DO NOT
00:17:02HAVE THE SKILLS THEY NEED AND
THEY ARE COMPETING AT WAL-MART
00:17:06WITH PEOPLE HAVE COLLEGE
DEGREES.
00:17:07WHEN YOU ARE IN THAT SITUATION,
IT MAKES IT THAT MUCH MORE
00:17:11DIFFICULT.
WE FELT THAT THE CHALLENGE WAS
00:17:14SO GREAT AND NO ONE WAS FOCUSING
HEAVILY ON THIS AS WE SHOULD
00:17:18HAVE BEEN.
WE HAVE DIVERTED OUR ATTENTION
00:17:22ELSEWHERE.
>> LET ME TALK ABOUT OHIO WORKS
00:17:26NOW.
IT IS A $7 MILLION PROGRAM THAT
00:17:30GETS FOOD STAMPS TO PUBLISH --
TO POOR WORKING FAMILIES.
00:17:35HOW IS IT GOING TO HELP THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING $10 IN
00:17:40FOOD STAMPS?
BUT ALSO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
00:17:43MEETING THE FEDERAL WORK
REQUIREMENT?
00:17:45>> WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
CASH ASSISTANCE, YOU ARE TALKING
00:17:50ABOUT WHAT OUR LOWEST FEDERAL
POVERTY LEVEL RATES.
00:17:54WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE AT
THE 80% POVERTY LEVEL.
00:17:57$7,000 A YEAR.
WHAT THIS DOES IS, THIS ALLOWS
00:18:02US TO INCLUDE THIS POPULATION IN
OUR ROLLS.
00:18:10WE ARE ABLE TO INCLUDE THEM IN
OUR PARTICIPATION NUMBERS.
00:18:16OUR DESIGN WAS TOO OLD.
LOT OF PEOPLE CALL IT PA -- WS
00:18:23TWOFOLD.
WE ARE NOT PADDING THE ROLLS.
00:18:30$10 MAY NOT BE AND NOT, BUT
PEOPLE IN THE POVERTY RANGE,
00:18:38THAT IS AN EXTRA MEAL A MONTH.
WE HAVE ADDED A BENEFIT.
00:18:41WE SAY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT WORK
ACTIVITY.
00:18:45WE EXPAND OUR NUMBERS AND WE ARE
ABLE TO USE DOLLARS TO DO IT,
00:18:49WHICH ADDS TO OUR OVERALL WORK
ACTIVITY RATES.
00:18:52>> WERE WE NOT COUNTING ENOUGH
PEOPLE.
00:18:56IS THAT WHAT THE PROGRAM COMES
DOWN TO?
00:18:58COULD WE HAVE INCLUDED A LARGER
POPULATION?
00:19:01IS THAT WHY WE WERE GETTING THE
FINES?
00:19:04>> IN PREVIOUS YEARS, OTHER
STATES HAVE DONE THE SAME THING.
00:19:10THEY HAVE ADDED MORE MONEY TO
MAKE THE PROGRAM BETTER.
00:19:13IN THE TOUGH BUDGET TIMES, WE
DID NOT HAVE THOSE EXTRA
00:19:17DOLLARS.
THE SECOND THING WAS, WE NEEDED
00:19:20TO MAKE AN AND THIS IS ON WORK
ACTIVITY.
00:19:22IF YOU ARE ON CASH ASSISTANCE,
WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO BE JUST
00:19:27RECEIVING A BENEFIT.
WHEN WHAT YOU TO TAKE YOUR CASH
00:19:30ASSISTANCE AND LEARN A NEW
SCALE, DO SOME TYPE OF WORK WE
00:19:35MEDIATION, LEARN SOME SOFT
SKILLS.
00:19:38THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ALLOW
YOU TO COME ON THE PROGRAM AND
00:19:43GET OFF OF THE PROGRAM AND HAVE
A VALUE WHEN YOU GO TO A NEW
00:19:46EMPLOYER.
>> THERE WAS A PROGRAM SIMILAR
00:19:51TO THIS ONE INSTITUTED IN
MASSACHUSETTS.
00:19:54IS WAS THIS -- IT WAS
DISCONTINUED BECAUSE IT WAS TOO
00:19:58CUMBERSOME TO KEEP GOING.
WHAT IS THE DANGER OF THAT
00:20:01HAPPENING IN THE OHIO?
>> WE HAVE MADE THE PROGRAM
00:20:05SIMPLE.
INDIVIDUALS ARE ALREADY ON THE
00:20:09FOOD ASSISTANCE CARD --
ASSISTANCE CARD.
00:20:11WE DID NOT CCREATE A WHOLE NEW
ENTITLEMENT.
00:20:17WE SAT, WE HAVE THESE FAMILIES
OUT HERE WHO ARE WORKING AND
00:20:20HAVE CHILDREN.
LET'S ADD A SMALL BENEFIT TO
00:20:23THEIR EXISTING WHO CARDIN WE
WILL GO FROM THERE.
00:20:26THE DIFFERENCE IN HOW PROGRAMS--
-- EXISTINGFO FOOD CARD AND GO
00:20:37FROM THERE.
>> IS THIS HOW IT IS GOING TO
00:20:41WORK AT THE COUNTY LEVEL?
>> THE STRENGTH OF THIS IS THAT
00:20:46IT IS PART OF A PACKAGE.
IT IS NOT JUST THIS THAT IS
00:20:49GOING TO GET US THERE.
THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE THE
00:20:53STATE HAS DEVELOPED A WAY TO
HELP FAMILIES THAT ARE LIVING IN
00:20:57EXTREME POVERTY.
EVERYBODY WHO'S POOR AND
00:21:00EVERYBODY WHO IS WORKING IS NOT
WANT TO BE ELIGIBLE.
00:21:03YOU HAVE GOT TO BE WORKING 30
HOURS A WEEK AND STILL BE IN
00:21:07POVERTY TO BE ELIGIBLE.
WE ARE SUPPORTING WORK.
00:21:10THE $10 MAY HELP THEM PUT GAS IN
BECAUSE THAT DAY AND THOSE SORTS
00:21:16OF THINGS.
IS NOT A HUGE INVESTMENT.
00:21:18THAT INVESTMENT IS GOING TO HELP
US SAVE THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
00:21:23AND WELFARE TO WORK PROGRAM IN
THE STATE.
00:21:25FOR A FEW DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT,
THIS PROGRAM WILL ENSURE WE HAVE
00:21:29A VIABLE WELFARE TO WORK PROGRAM
FOR THE POPULATION OF PEOPLE WHO
00:21:34ARE OUT THERE TRYING TO FIND
JOBS AND ARE COMING TO US
00:21:38BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE OTHER
OPTIONS.
00:21:39>> THE REASON WE HAVE TAKEN AN
AGGRESSIVE -- WHEN I SAWY WE I
00:21:47MEAN THE COUNTY AND ADVOCATE
GROUPS AROUND THE STATE -- IS
00:21:55BECAUSE THESE PENALTIES
THREATENED THE ENTIRE SAFETY
00:21:58NET.
IT IS THE REASON THE GOVERNOR
00:22:00WANTED TO AGGRESSIVELY CREATE
THIS PROGRAM SO THAT WE COULD
00:22:04GET THESE SANCTIONS BEHIND US
AND MOVE FORWARD.
00:22:06I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS
FIGURE.
00:22:09THERE ARE PEOPLE WORKING 30
HOURS A WEEK AND ARE UNABLE TO
00:22:12BREAK THROUGH THE POVERTY LINE.
THIS IS AN INCOMPREHENSIBLY
00:22:20SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO SUPPORT
A FAMILY ON.
00:22:22>> WE ARE SEEING A LARGER
POPULATION OF WORKING POOR
00:22:27FAMILIES WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
00:22:29THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT CAN BE
MUCH BIGGER FOR THE STATE AND
00:22:33FOR OUR ECONOMY AND FOR A LONG
TIME TO COME.
00:22:36THE JOBS BEING CREATED ARE NOT
PAY THE KIND OF WAGES THAT HELP
00:22:40PEOPLE LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF
POVERTY.
00:22:43THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT
WE EXPECT.
00:22:46THEY ARE GETTING OUT.
THEY ARE WORKING AND TRYING TO
00:22:48TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES.
THEY ARE STILL LIVING IN
00:22:52POVERTY AND TRYING TO RAISE
FAMILIES IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.
00:22:54THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN THAT
POSITION FOR A LOT LONGER.
00:22:59THIS PROGRAM WILL ALLOW US TO
FOCUS ON HELPING PEOPLE GET
00:23:03JOBS AND DEVELOP JOB SKILLS THAT
WILL GET THE KINDS OF JOBS WHERE
00:23:06THEY ARE NO LONGER DEPENDENT ON
THESE SYSTEMS.
00:23:08>> YOU MENTIONED THE FINES.
THEY ARE BIG AND THEY SPEND THE
00:23:13WHOLE SYSTEM.
IS THERE ANY GUARANTEE WITH THIS
00:23:15PROGRAM THAT YOU ARE GOING TO
AVOID BEACH FINDS, OR THAT THIS
00:23:19IS -- THE FEDERALAVOID THE FINES
AND THAT YOU WILL BE -- AVOID --
00:23:29OR THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
WILL LET YOU AVOID THE PENALTY?
00:23:35>> ANTI-GOVERNMENT HAVE MADE
TREMENDOUS STRIDES -- M COUNTY
00:23:47GOVERNMENTS HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS
STRIDES.
00:23:49WE KNEW THIS THREATENS THE
ENTIRE SAFETY NET.
00:23:52BY BREAKING THE COUNTIES ALONG
WITH IT AND SAYING, WE HAVE GOT
00:23:56TO GET THIS FIXED TO AVOID THESE
PENALTIES -- WE ARE GOING TO
00:24:00MAKE IT 50%.
>> MICHAEL COLBERT AND JOEL
00:24:05POTTS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THE STATE --
00:24:11>> THE STATEHOUSE IS A SCARY
PLACE FOR SOME ALL YEAR ROUND,
00:24:15BUT THE AGENCY THAT OPERATES THE
BUILDING GOES FOR THE FEAR
00:24:17FACTOR AROUND HALLOWEEN.
AND IN A BUILDING THAT'S 150
00:24:18YEARS OLD WITH LOTS OF DARK
STAIRWELLS, LONG AND NARROW
00:24:21HALLWAYS AND A BASEMENT AREA
CALLED "THE CRYPT," THERE'S
00:24:23RICH GROUND TO BE MINED IN TERMS
OF HISTORICAL GHOST STORIES.
00:24:25THERE ARE HAUNTED TOURS OF THE
STATEHOUSE.
00:24:44GREGG DODD SAYS A BIG PART OF
THE ADVENTURE IS CENTERED AROUND
00:24:47PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
>> WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS, WHILE
00:24:54IT IS SPOOKY, IT IS ALSO
HISTORICAL.
00:24:57WE TRY TO TIE IN A LOT OF
HISTORY, PARTICULARLY TO THE
00:25:02STATE HOUSE.
ONE OF THE STORIES OUR STAFF AND
00:25:04VOLUNTEERS TALK ABOUT THAT
EVENING, THEY BRING TO LIFE WHAT
00:25:08IT WAS LIKE ON APRIL 29, 1865,
WHEN ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S BODY LAY
00:25:15IN STATE RIGHT HERE IN THE GRAND
ROTUNDA.
00:25:18THROUGH IMAGERY AND ALL KINDS OF
SPECIAL EFFECT, THEY DO A GREAT
00:25:22JOB TALKING ABOUT WHAT THAT DAY
WAS LIKE.
00:25:25PERHAPS A GHOST OR TWO THIS IS
-- HEAR IN THEVISITS -- HERE
00:25:34ISV AND TH-- VISITS HERE IN THE
STATE HOUSE.
00:25:42>> AMONG THE GHOST STORIES IS
ONE THAT FEATURES PRESIDENT
00:25:44LINCOLN AND A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
DANCING IN THE SENATE CHAMBER.
00:25:46THE STATEHOUSE HAUNTED TOURS ARE
RECOMMENDED FOR PEOPLE AGES 12
00:25:47AND OLDER, AND THEY REQUIRE A
TICKET.
00:25:48CHECK OHIOSTATEHOUSE.ORG FOR
AVAILABILITY.
00:25:50>> AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
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