AFP - DeWine's State of the State

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Speaker 2 (01:01):
At seven thirty one on a Thursday slash Friday eve.
Any day is a good day to have Donald O'Neil
on for Americans for prosperity, doing the great work here
in the State of how to write the ship and
make it a good place to live and get the
right policies in place. Welcome back, Donald and o'nil. It's
a pleasure to have you on again.

Speaker 4 (01:18):
It's good to be here.

Speaker 2 (01:19):
State of the State last night, highlighting what Governor Dowy
wants to accomplish, and I guess what he has accomplished.
He noted there are more to eighty one thousand private
sector jobs have been added, which is a great thing.
Couple of businesses he highlighted. He had some I think
some excellent points on education, like notably phonics, bringing back
phonics and getting cell phones out of schools, which I

(01:41):
guess the state law is going to require that school
districts have an anti cell phone policy in place at
least by July of this year. That can only do
good for the students who are so distracted these days.
What was your take on the state of the state.

Speaker 4 (01:56):
Yeah, I think.

Speaker 5 (01:56):
Once again, you know, it's an opportunity to kind of
reflect on the accomplishments over the last two years, set
some priorities for the legislature as they you know, are
getting to the halfway.

Speaker 4 (02:07):
Point in that in that process.

Speaker 5 (02:10):
And you know what I think we saw from Governor
one on this was he's focused on pointing to the
right issues, right education, families, workforce, jobs, opportunity. What we
have to caution though, Brian, as you as you well know,
and I've been on the show many times talking about it,
is what government's role is in those things and making

(02:33):
sure that we're you know, what we're doing for creating
an environment where folks can thrive and succeed and we
can be the number one state of the nation, but
doing it through freedom and limited government. So that's always
the thing you got to be listening out for all
in these speeches is wait, what what what are what
is the executive asking for now? What kind of power
they asking for from the legislature as they talk about

(02:55):
these priorities and initiatives.

Speaker 2 (02:56):
Well, some of the things are like common sense, like
bringing more Civics education, in teaching the basic life skills,
I remember a home economics class. I thought that was great,
But budgeting things like that, that isn't that local school
board based decision making and built the school boards to
make those determinations.

Speaker 5 (03:16):
Well, I think minderstanding is you've got a lot of
different requirements coming from the state and the federal government.
I think what we should be doing, yeah, is prioritizing
some of those things and then also making sure when
we're talking about education, we're really focused on the stuff
that are going to set folks up for success. Right
the core essentials reading, writing, arithmetic, which I know Governor

(03:37):
de Wines put a heavy emphasis on making sure students
are equipped to read, and we've got some good indicators
of that. But yeah, life skills like budgeting, I think
that's really important in making sure folks understand how to
live their lives.

Speaker 4 (03:51):
They once they get out of school.

Speaker 1 (03:53):
That's important.

Speaker 2 (03:56):
Judge, just ask well, are elected officials take those classes first?
Budgeting most notably Strecker You correct me, Now, you did
a poll the folks reaction on the state of the state.

Speaker 1 (04:17):
I understand, well, this was a pre state of the
state pole.

Speaker 5 (04:20):
We wanted to get our finger on the polls where
Ohio voters are, so we could kind of, you know,
deliver that map. We want to deliver that message to
the legislation and say, hey, here's what you're hearing from Governor,
here's what you're you know, you guys are talking about,
how does the lineup with actually where voters are and
what they want to see y'all do with the two
hundred and eleven billion dollars you're going to be spending
over the next two years.

Speaker 2 (04:40):
All Right, we'll let that set up for the next
segment where we'll see if Dwine's comments in the state
of the state align with what Air Americans for Prosperity
polls said that folks want. That's a great I like
the order of things along those lines. We'll see, we'll
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Bill Blessing. At the top of the ur news talk

(07:21):
about property taxes, which we all are upset about. In
the meantime, Donovan and Neil for Americans for Prosperity talking
about the state of the state. So you did a
poll in advance of the state of the state, and
as I gravitated to some of the comments that Governor
to I mentioned about education, which appealed to me. Apparently
addressing education was one of the right things to do
because that was really important to the folks you polled.

Speaker 5 (07:44):
Yeah, over over seventy five percent of Ohio voters said
that they want and it's a very or extremely important
combined to address education here in the state of Ohio.
And I think we you know, something that we had
seen coming out of COVID, right, his parents were better
connect with their kids' education or saw their.

Speaker 1 (08:03):
Kids not being educated because they shut the school down.

Speaker 5 (08:07):
This continues to be an issue that folks want to
see a result.

Speaker 4 (08:11):
And I think you've got a mix of folks who
care about.

Speaker 5 (08:13):
It from the academic and what we're being taught perspective
right in choice. But then you've also got it, I
think from the folks who want to know they're getting
value and the talking about property taxes, the property taxes
they're paying to go to fund the schools and education.
And so we really hope all makers pay attention here
and work to address some of those challenges of which

(08:39):
we also had voters care about in terms of education flexibility.

Speaker 2 (08:41):
Brian, Yeah, And I don't know did Governor to Wine
say anything about that school choice, flexibility, options for parents
to send their children.

Speaker 1 (08:50):
Not that I caught.

Speaker 5 (08:51):
Unfortunately last State of the State he did, and that
actually really helped supercharge the conversation. So I didn't catch
anything like that in his comments yesterday.

Speaker 2 (09:02):
Well, that seems a lost opportunity because I think, you know,
education choice I think resonates with people of all political stripes,
and unless you remember the teachers unit and think your
job's at stake or something, you know, if you are
a state that offers this that is a magnet for
families considering places to live. It's just one more, you know,

(09:24):
piece of the puzzle to make Ohio an in demand
state as opposed to something that's completely overlooked.

Speaker 5 (09:31):
Oh totally, and that's why Yes, So sixty eight percent
of the voters we pulled on this question support education flexibility.
And what that means, right, is it's not just money
following the child. It's the ability to go to the
school that's going to best meet that kids needs. Are
access to the resources that's going to help, you know,
maybe close a learning loss gap that the child might have.

(09:52):
And so increasing policy passing policies that are going to
increase education flexibility are incredibly critical and it's something that
voters are wanting.

Speaker 2 (10:02):
And I think something else I don't think he addressed,
but it's energy prices, folks a little upset about energy
and energy policy is a prioritization.

Speaker 5 (10:13):
I don't think I've met anybody for a while Brian
who has said, boy, I'm really happy about these low energy.

Speaker 1 (10:19):
Oh my god, I know going through the roof. So
no surprise is there.

Speaker 5 (10:25):
But what I think was insightful because we wanted to
kind of understand where folks want to see the legislature
take things. Sixty percent of voters say the government's number
one priority should be ensuring affordable and reliable energy, even
if it may slow the pace of renewable energy development.
So we're opposed to renewable energy, right, But the signal
is we got to unleash energy abundance here and not

(10:48):
just in the country, but particularly here in state Ohio.
We got an abundance of resources, abundant's opportunity, and that's
what two thirds of voters want to see happen.

Speaker 1 (10:56):
Yeah, I mean I died. I'm glad Donald trumpson.

Speaker 2 (10:59):
I guess you probably saw the EPA has got has
moved away from this Green New Deal garbage and going
back to more sensible Donald Trump, you know all of
the above energy strategy, and you know, and that's another thing.
Ohio could be the leader of nuclear power. I mean,
we just need to get rid of the regulatory overburdens
and the impediments to nuclear energy, embrace this modern nuclear

(11:21):
power generation technology, the modular nuclear plans. I mean, we
could be a real leader and another magnet for artificial
intelligence to come here because that's the that's the key
to drawing AI facilities and the jobs that they have,
oh without a doubt, and.

Speaker 5 (11:36):
Unfortunately there are are already legislative vehicles. There have been
many hearings talking about just that. And it's not what
we typically see, right, which are subsidies are picking winners
and losers in the energy marketplace. The policies we're seeing
Center Bill two, House Bill fifteen, those are focused on
speeding up in many ways, speeding up the permitting process

(11:59):
so that if somebody's got an energy project and energy
generation project they want to get off the ground, they're
going to know they're going to have an answer to
it and not just go into a black hole like
they often do, you know, on the federal level as
they work through these things.

Speaker 2 (12:10):
Well, since they'll be talking about property tax relief coming
up after top of the our news with Senator Blessing,
I see that's a big concern for Ohioans because everybody's
upset about the size of their property tax bill. At
least the corner of your survey. It's a big priority,
it is.

Speaker 5 (12:25):
We've got sixty five percent of folks say property taxes
are too high. Again, not in the realm of big
surprises here, right, folks are paying a lot and they
they're they're they're starting to feel the pain and the pinch.
What I think was especially insightful, though, was that they
want to see lawmakers focus on And there's really kind
of two competing tracks that we're seeing here at the
State House's legislative proposals come in. One is providing you know,

(12:48):
what I would deter what I would call temporary relief.

Speaker 4 (12:50):
Right, Hey, let's let's.

Speaker 5 (12:51):
Subsidize it through the state and not in like a
lower case subsidized Brian. Right, like, let's have the state,
you know, provide some relief to communities with high tax
burdens that sort of weather's storm, or let's provide some
more exemptions to particular groups or populations. But what voters
want to see actually is long term structural changes. And

(13:12):
so I think, you know, reforms that will address the
twenty mil floor or will get to you know, making
sure that folks have transparency in you know, what sorts
of levees have, what impact on their property tax bill.
Those kinds of policies I think voters are going to
reward next November if wallmakers get to get to work
on addressing them.

Speaker 2 (13:32):
Yeah, I know there's a lot of seniors out there
that were just shocked and dismay and really concerned about
their ability to stay in the places they've been in
for a long time. You know, the properties have all
increased in value dramatically on the heels of COVID and
the demand, and you know they just can't manage. So
relief for seniors seems to be a top priority, and
I think mister Blessing is going to be addressing that
in some part after the top of the air news

(13:55):
I got a big chuckle out of no phanomi of
tax dollars being used to support sporting organizations. You have,
you did a pull on the taxpayer funding for the
new Cleveland brown Stadium.

Speaker 1 (14:08):
Wow, look at that one.

Speaker 5 (14:11):
Eighty percent, right, eighty percent.

Speaker 4 (14:15):
And this isn't just Cincinnati, by the way, this wasn't
a poll we just.

Speaker 5 (14:17):
Ran in Southwestal House. These aren't Bengals fans, you know,
dogging on the team up north. That is uh, this
is you know, across the state of Ohio. And I
think that's right right. You know, folks uh don't want
to see their panheigh property taxes or paying more on
energy bills. The last thing they want to see their
tax dollars going to or new taxes being opposed on

(14:38):
them to pay for our stadium deals for you know,
over five billion dollar infl franchises. I don't think we
need to be doing that, and the voters seem to
feel the same way. So I think there's been a
lot of.

Speaker 4 (14:50):
Cold water doused on some of the governor's proposals around
funding stadium, the Cleveland Brown Stadium deal, and I'd be
curious to see how that made be what maneuvers they
take now.

Speaker 2 (15:02):
Yeah, and it's a growing number of people just are
I think we've all learned a lesson from the pay
Corpse stadium and they always described as the worst stadium
deal negotiated in the entire country.

Speaker 1 (15:15):
We've been living with that for a long time.

Speaker 2 (15:16):
And now they got their hand in the public funds
cookie jar to do some expansions and some improvements that
we're all going to be on the hook on thanks
to the terrible deal we dealt. So anyhow, eighty percent
a pose and again we're talking about a two point
four billion dollars stadium they're considering That just seems outrageous, man.
But I always thought the way of the future was

(15:37):
sitting in your own basement watching it on a giant
screen TV and not paying twelve dollars to fifteen dollars
for a beer.

Speaker 5 (15:42):
Donovan s Well, you know, I like that front row
seat as well, so it's fun to go to a game.

Speaker 4 (15:48):
But yeah, it's a pricey endeavor.

Speaker 1 (15:51):
Yeah, but each their own, I suppose.

Speaker 2 (15:53):
Yeah, it's well, they're built for the wealthy among us,
and that's part of the redevelopment plan for pay Corps.
The But you know, new boxes and high end boxes
in there that none of us will ever see the
inside of. Any call to action for my listeners from
Americans for Prosperity, how they can help out and do
the work that you want them to help out doing
their Donovan.

Speaker 5 (16:13):
Well, as always go to Buckeye blueprint dot com.

Speaker 1 (16:16):
You go to Buckeye blueprint dot com.

Speaker 4 (16:17):
You could sign up take action.

Speaker 5 (16:18):
Only got a handful of different policy issues that you
can send a quick note to your state representative, state
senator on. But in particular that'll also give us. They'll
also flag for us to have our team reach out
to you. We've got folks coming to the State House
every week, Brian.

Speaker 1 (16:31):
Every week.

Speaker 5 (16:31):
For the last couple of weeks now, groups of folks
from across the state have been coming to the State House,
going to committee hearings, meeting with legislators. It all started
the one small step they took, Brian was going to
Buckeye Blueprint dot Com and take an action that gets
our team to reach out to You.

Speaker 2 (16:45):
Can be a baby step, folks. You don't have to
dive in with both feet and spend all of your
hours working on these issues. Just every little bit counts,
as Donovan has pointed out here on the program, and
af team makes it so easy again, Buckeye Blueprint dot Com.

Speaker 1 (16:58):
Donovan and Neil, keep up the great work. I appreciate it.

Speaker 2 (17:00):
You could be on the show this morning and we'll
look forward to having me back on real soon. Thanks
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