WEBVTT - 1-7-26 Willie with Mike DeWine

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<v Speaker 1>Bee cunning him the Great American.

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<v Speaker 2>A few hours ago there was a note that Governor

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<v Speaker 2>Mike DeWine is going to endorse Viveke Ramaswami. That should

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<v Speaker 2>not be great shocked because both are Republicans, but there's

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<v Speaker 2>also some indication earlier in the year that ended last

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<v Speaker 2>year that he wasn't going to make an endorsement yet,

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<v Speaker 2>John of you and I now is Governor Mike DeWine.

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<v Speaker 2>And Governor DeWine, welcome again to the Bill Cunningham Show.

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<v Speaker 2>And Governor, can you announce now why you're endorsing Viveke

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<v Speaker 2>Ramaswami now and didn't do it a few weeks ago?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I could give you the answer that this is

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<v Speaker 1>a little humor here this afternoon. I could give you

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<v Speaker 1>the answer that Governor Rose gave when he endorsed Reagan.

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<v Speaker 1>And the reporter said, well, governor, Governor, why why today?

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<v Speaker 1>And he said, well, yesterday would have been too soon

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<v Speaker 1>and tomorrow would be too late. I'm not sure that

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<v Speaker 1>was a good answer for him, but the press didn't

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<v Speaker 1>do much. It's going to shift their heads and walked away.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess so, uh, look, I think that you know

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<v Speaker 1>he made the first the first big decision a president makes,

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<v Speaker 1>or presidential nominee makes. UH. The first big decision that

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<v Speaker 1>a governor makes is picking the running mate. And in

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<v Speaker 1>this case, he picked Rob colly, who was the Senate

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<v Speaker 1>president from northwest Ohio, someone very well respected. And so

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<v Speaker 1>I think that, you know, that was a very very

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<v Speaker 1>good decision. I wanted to praise that and congratulate him,

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<v Speaker 1>and it just seemed, you know, I talked to uh

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<v Speaker 1>dbake yesterday. I talked to him today. We've been we

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<v Speaker 1>have been talking, uh, and so I'm you know, happy

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<v Speaker 1>to endorse him. Uh. I think he'll be a good governor.

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<v Speaker 1>This is you know, will be a significant race. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, we're electing the governor and uh it's a big,

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<v Speaker 1>a big job in a big, big position. But I

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<v Speaker 1>think he really hit a home run today with Rob McCully.

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<v Speaker 1>Good good choice, very very very good choice. And you know, Bill,

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<v Speaker 1>we have to continue to grow a hile and we

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<v Speaker 1>have to continue to bring companies in from California and

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<v Speaker 1>New York, and I think the Dake has the ability

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<v Speaker 1>to do that. I think he has the inclination to

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<v Speaker 1>do that. I think he has the instinct to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>Knows how to do it, so continued economic growth for Ohio.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just so very very important.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, Governor, when this came out a few weeks ago,

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<v Speaker 2>that you were equivocating a bit, there was some thought

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<v Speaker 2>among some conservatives that you might lean toward Dtor Amy

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<v Speaker 2>Acton because you two worked together March, April, May June

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<v Speaker 2>July of twenty twenty. In fact, you filled a very

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<v Speaker 2>important one hour time spot between one and two o'clock

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<v Speaker 2>with me, with Dtor Aims the acting at your side.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you think doctor Amy Acton is in a sense

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<v Speaker 2>not qualified to be the governor.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not going to go into that. I mean, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I worked, I worked with her. I think she did

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<v Speaker 1>a good job. I know some people criticized, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>what was done during that period of time, and I

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<v Speaker 1>pointed out that I'm the governor. So if people got

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<v Speaker 1>a complaintation, complaint, you know, they complaints with me. Buck

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<v Speaker 1>always stops with the governor. It's not the governor's members

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<v Speaker 1>of the cabinet. But look, I think she did a

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<v Speaker 1>good job in that position. I enjoyed working with her. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>But we're not talking about a very different position. We're

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<v Speaker 1>talking about being governor. For the whole state twelve million people.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Bill, after having done this for seven years,

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<v Speaker 1>I can tell you that every day, uh, there is

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<v Speaker 1>something happening that the governor has to deal with that's

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<v Speaker 1>important and that maybe was unexpected. You know, We've had

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of unexpected things since I've been governor. Every

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<v Speaker 1>governor faces that. You focus on so many different things

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<v Speaker 1>if you think about it. You know, we have seventy

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<v Speaker 1>six state parks. We have you know, forty five thousand

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<v Speaker 1>people who are in prison, so we're running a big

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<v Speaker 1>state prison system. Economic development is so very important. Education

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<v Speaker 1>probably the most important thing of all is something that

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we put a big, big emphasis on frand

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<v Speaker 1>with a Deli Partner Imagination Library library, getting free books

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<v Speaker 1>to kids. We're now over I think four hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen thousand kids every month get a free book, getting

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<v Speaker 1>kids ready for kindergarten, the science of reading, which we

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<v Speaker 1>are spreading around the state in every one of our

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<v Speaker 1>schools now. It's really the best way to teach kids

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<v Speaker 1>how to read. So all these things, you know, there's

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<v Speaker 1>just a lot going on every every single day, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's just important to have, you know, a leader and

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<v Speaker 1>someone who not just as a leader, but someone who

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<v Speaker 1>can deal with all the different things that the governor

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<v Speaker 1>has to deal with.

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<v Speaker 2>And Governor de One I had on a couple hours

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<v Speaker 2>ago Maya Cook who's doing her own investigation about daycare

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<v Speaker 2>and autism fraud and medicaid fraud in Ohio, and food

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<v Speaker 2>stamp fraud, home health fraud. And there was a report

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<v Speaker 2>that one of your spokesmen said that the cost of

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<v Speaker 2>some fraud is the cost of doing business. Do you

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<v Speaker 2>have a sense that Ohio under your leadership is doing

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<v Speaker 2>a much better job than appears to be in Minnesota?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you on top of the fraud? Some talk about

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<v Speaker 2>enrollment versus attendance. What do you say to the critics

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<v Speaker 2>who say that Ohio may have massive fraud in the

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<v Speaker 2>Somali community, or in the Moreitanian community, or in the

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<v Speaker 2>Haitian community. What would you say about that?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I had a whole press conference the other day

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<v Speaker 1>about this bill. As you know, I wanted to lay

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<v Speaker 1>out for people to stay Ohio exactly where we were.

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<v Speaker 1>I know some people are saying, look, you have Haitian

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<v Speaker 1>or you have uh some allions. You know in Minnesota,

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<v Speaker 1>you've got the Ohio, particularly the Plumbas area. Therefore, if

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<v Speaker 1>you have fraud in in Minnesota, you must have fraud

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<v Speaker 1>in Ohio. I'm just not sure that's the way we

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<v Speaker 1>are to look at this. I'm not sure if it's

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<v Speaker 1>not factual. Uh, we have I think a very good

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<v Speaker 1>system in place. It doesn't mean there isn't some fraud

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<v Speaker 1>that gets biased, that does happen. No fraud is acceptable.

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<v Speaker 1>We have no tolerance for fraud at all. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>have the statistics in front of me, but I came

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<v Speaker 1>out the other day. But you know, we have pulled

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<v Speaker 1>the plug on a number of daycare centers, some run

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<v Speaker 1>by some audients, some run by not some allions. U.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, if we see that there is fraud there,

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<v Speaker 1>if we see, for example, that they don't have records.

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<v Speaker 1>They're always supposed to keep their records. Uh. We've pulled

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<v Speaker 1>some just because they didn't have their records. UH. So

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to continue continue to do that. We do

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<v Speaker 1>things differently than some states do. For example, we pay

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe they're kind of set the stage if I could.

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<v Speaker 1>We're about one hundred thousand children who are in daycare

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<v Speaker 1>in the state of Ohio where their parents probably couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>afford it. But you know, they want to work. We

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<v Speaker 1>want them to work, want the parents to work, and

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<v Speaker 1>so we subsidize to some extent that daycare for that

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<v Speaker 1>particular child. So there's one hundred thousand kids any one

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<v Speaker 1>time are getting some subsidy, their favors are getting some

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<v Speaker 1>subsidy to help them pay for that child child care.

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<v Speaker 1>We have about fifty two hundred, fifty two hundred daycare

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<v Speaker 1>centers in the state that I have kids in there

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<v Speaker 1>who the state is paying part of the tuition. Basically

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<v Speaker 1>we have a lot more daycare centers now, but fifty

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred, So it's fifty two hundred. You know that

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<v Speaker 1>we are looking at. Last year we did ten thousand,

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<v Speaker 1>ten thousand punt announced inspections. But in addition to that,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we if we see something wrong or paperwork,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we go in. We also encourage I would

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<v Speaker 1>say this to any any of your listeners, and I

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<v Speaker 1>know that you've you're clear, you know from Cincinnati clear

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<v Speaker 1>almost the Lego people listening to you. But if anyone

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<v Speaker 1>has a suspicion that daycare center or any other kind

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<v Speaker 1>of fraud that's going on any place involved in the

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<v Speaker 1>Stable High we don't want to hear about it. And

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<v Speaker 1>so when we get these these tips, I'll just call

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<v Speaker 1>them tips. When we get them in, we check them

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<v Speaker 1>all out. Some of them amount to nothing, but some

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<v Speaker 1>of them have amounted to something. And as it's all

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<v Speaker 1>of those tips from citizens in the Stable Hi, we've

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<v Speaker 1>been able to take action and to stop, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the fraut that was going on, stop money going out

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<v Speaker 1>when it should not have been going out. So we

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<v Speaker 1>encourage that bill.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you say loud and proud there is not massive

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<v Speaker 2>fraud in the state of Ohio when it comes to

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<v Speaker 2>subsidized daycare or medicaid and which transportation companies make up

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<v Speaker 2>trips from the home to a care center or maybe

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<v Speaker 2>home health, and which somebody can claim, you know, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>caring for my mom or dad twenty four hours a day.

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<v Speaker 2>I make seventy eighty thousand dollars a year living with

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<v Speaker 2>my mom, and I get paid for all that. The

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<v Speaker 2>allegations I know you're aware of this out of Minnesota

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<v Speaker 2>are absurd, And there's been seventy eight indictments ninety five

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<v Speaker 2>percent of Somali's there's been seventy four convictions in Ohio.

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<v Speaker 2>That does happen here too. But are you saying, as

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<v Speaker 2>our governor, there is not massive fraud supporting the immigrant

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<v Speaker 2>communities in Ohio similar to what's happening in Minnesota.

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<v Speaker 1>I know exactly what's happening in this so you just

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<v Speaker 1>recounted it, you know, so I can't see exactly what's

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<v Speaker 1>happening there. All I know is the same thing we

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<v Speaker 1>all know is what's been reported. What I can tell

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<v Speaker 1>you is, uh, you know that we're vigil about about fraud. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there some fraud that occurs? Yeah, You've you've got

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<v Speaker 1>fifty two hundred daycare centers. Uh you know, is there

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<v Speaker 1>some sometimes uh fraud there? Yeah, but it's not it's

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<v Speaker 1>not anything massive. I mean we do things like you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we only count. We only let them count and get

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<v Speaker 1>paid for when that child actually shows up. Uh. The

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<v Speaker 1>BUYD administration wanted us to switch over and we refuse

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<v Speaker 1>to do it. They wanted us to switch over to

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<v Speaker 1>UH paying buy an enrollment, and we said, no, we're

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna pay just because someone's well, what happens and

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<v Speaker 1>they don't, you know, the kid doesn't show up for

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<v Speaker 1>a week, two weeks three, We're not gonna pay we're

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<v Speaker 1>not going to pay for that. Uh. So we you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we do we do that differently as I say you

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<v Speaker 1>do the unannounced uh visitations when we when we go in,

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<v Speaker 1>and we're not only just looking for fraud, we're also looking, frankly,

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<v Speaker 1>to make sure those daycare centers are good and to

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<v Speaker 1>make sure that you know they're taking care of kids properly.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, we you know, we are concerned about that.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, one of the things that we've seen in

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<v Speaker 1>the Columbus area, we've seen some people who have shown

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<v Speaker 1>up at these daycare centers and filmed themselves and then

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<v Speaker 1>stood out there and said, well, I'm shocked they won't

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<v Speaker 1>let me into the daycare center. And these are just

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<v Speaker 1>people who have no businesses a daycare center. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>if your child is in the daycare center, you wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>want that daycare center open to anybody he just just

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<v Speaker 1>to walk in. You can't do that in the school today,

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<v Speaker 1>and you shouldn't be able to do that in the

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<v Speaker 1>daycare center. So, uh, these daycare centers shouldn't be opening

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<v Speaker 1>up uh and and let just someone who wants to

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<v Speaker 1>film it and say they want to want to go in.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not how we run daycare centers in the state

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<v Speaker 1>of Ohio or or probably any place else. We've got

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<v Speaker 1>to protect protect you. We do in casey proceeds.

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<v Speaker 2>Govin Are you more sensitive to this than you otherwise

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<v Speaker 2>might have been because of what's happening in Minnesota? Do

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<v Speaker 2>you notice when one of your representatives said, well, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>fraud's are cost of doing business, it kind of didn't

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<v Speaker 2>sound I don't like that quote.

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<v Speaker 1>Look, look I don't I don't like that quote. That's

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<v Speaker 1>not my quote. Uh, you know, but we want to

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<v Speaker 1>be honest. Just fraud occur. I can tell you it's

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<v Speaker 1>occurred because we've caught it, so I know it's courred,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. And do we catch everything? Well, probably not everything. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>there's just a lot of a lot of going on,

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<v Speaker 1>but we're vigilant. It's important. Uh. We owe this to

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<v Speaker 1>the taxpayers to be the ever vigilant about this. This

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<v Speaker 1>is taxpairs dollars that we're dealing with.

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<v Speaker 2>Lastly, viveg Ramaswami's floating a trial balloon of maybe getting

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<v Speaker 2>rid of all the real estate taxes in fact, and

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<v Speaker 2>maybe he also said get rid of state income tax.

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<v Speaker 2>So those are the main drivers of funding government. And

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<v Speaker 2>I can't imagine what the sales tax would be if

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<v Speaker 2>you got rid of real estate taxes and got rid

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<v Speaker 2>of income taxes. Are those aspirational goals? Practically could Ohioans

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<v Speaker 2>get rid of the real estate tax and nor the

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<v Speaker 2>state income tax and have government function?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I'll see how you do both of those. Know,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't, I don't. I mean I think that is,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, bill in every budget I've signed for budgets,

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<v Speaker 1>we have cut the state income tax. So we were

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<v Speaker 1>very very comparative today with other states. We didn't used

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<v Speaker 1>to be, but we we certainly, we certainly are today.

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<v Speaker 1>Real estate taxes, I just signed a series of bills

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<v Speaker 1>that will make some significant reforms and I think bring

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<v Speaker 1>some meaningful relief to the tax payers of the state

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<v Speaker 1>of Ohio. It's a problem, as you and I've discussed,

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<v Speaker 1>when a couple that say they're seventy five years old

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<v Speaker 1>and they've lived in this house for years, they've paid

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<v Speaker 1>off their mortgage, the kids are grown, and they wake

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<v Speaker 1>up one day and in the mail there's a bill

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<v Speaker 1>that shows that their real estate taxes is going up

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<v Speaker 1>thirty five forty percent. That's not right, and that's you know,

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<v Speaker 1>that's what's causing some of the people who want to

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<v Speaker 1>put this on the ballot to completely do the ways

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<v Speaker 1>the real estate tax. I don't think you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>people behind that initiative. I don't think that makes any sense.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think you can do that. Can you have reform? Yes?

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<v Speaker 1>And I think we, you know, were starting to achieve

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<v Speaker 1>that kind of reform.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Governor, thanks for setting the records trade in

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<v Speaker 2>those regards, and I have on guests now and then

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<v Speaker 2>to say things like the massive fraud, there's a sense

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<v Speaker 2>because you had which I think was a meritorious event,

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<v Speaker 2>you and your wife had a Haitian orphanage, that somehow

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<v Speaker 2>your bendover backwards to assist those other entities. How would

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<v Speaker 2>you address the fact that the kindness you showed for

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<v Speaker 2>twenty years in Haiti is kind of weaponized against you

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<v Speaker 2>to say, as if he might agree with some of

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<v Speaker 2>this fraud going.

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<v Speaker 1>On, Well, well, look what we have done in Haiti

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<v Speaker 1>is working with father Tom Hagen, who runs the school

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<v Speaker 1>down there. He's got five thousand kids in school. His

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<v Speaker 1>kids wouldn't be going to school any other way but

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<v Speaker 1>for Father Tom, and you know, we were help them

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<v Speaker 1>away with him, and that's just something we do as individuals.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not something I do as governor. It's something we

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<v Speaker 1>do as individuals. So doesn't change my attitude. Don't think

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<v Speaker 1>about anything in the United States. I mean, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to be visuals for any time we see fraud.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to be focused on Ohio and focused on

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<v Speaker 1>this country.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Governor, thank you very much. I want to

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<v Speaker 2>get a quick comment by David Pepper, selected by Ammy

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<v Speaker 2>Acton to be the lieutenant governor. He's an all Ohioan.

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<v Speaker 2>I know David Pepper, He's run for many offices unsuccessfully.

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<v Speaker 2>What's your thoughts about him being the lieutenant governor? Or?

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<v Speaker 2>Will he be the lieutenant governor with Amy Acton?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I saw that announcement today, so you know again, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I simply simply go back. I think that what prevented

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<v Speaker 1>today dredge that first first big decision. I think in

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<v Speaker 1>Bob mcpellay, he made a good decision as far as

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<v Speaker 1>what the Democrats are doing, I left the Democrats were

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<v Speaker 1>about that.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi, Governor, thanks for coming on. I called you on

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<v Speaker 2>the sly because I wanted to get to may A

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<v Speaker 2>cook On and make look in Columbus. There's disasters happening

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<v Speaker 2>all over the place, and she was almost physically assaulted

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<v Speaker 2>by a couple of Somalis who went after her, and

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<v Speaker 2>I said, down nine to one, one get the cops there.

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<v Speaker 2>But I just have a sense that between you, the

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<v Speaker 2>attorney general, the auditor, and others, that there may be

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<v Speaker 2>some fraud in the Columbus, which is a blue city.

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<v Speaker 2>But I always said, Ohio is a red Stone eight.

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<v Speaker 2>That we don't function the way California functions and the

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<v Speaker 2>way that Minnesota functions because the governor spent years as

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<v Speaker 2>the prosecutor, spent years as the attorney general, and Mike

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<v Speaker 2>DeWine doesn't have a corrupt bone in his body, and

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<v Speaker 2>so I'd be shocked if had the same level. But

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<v Speaker 2>are there some mistakes. Absolutely, But thanks for coming on

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<v Speaker 2>and setting the record straight.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll do it that way, all right, talking with you,

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<v Speaker 1>We'll do it. We'll talk about the reps next time.

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<v Speaker 1>There you go.

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<v Speaker 2>Rets, we only got about five weeks. What advice would

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<v Speaker 2>you give to Mike Brown of the Bengals to tell

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<v Speaker 2>Mike Brown to do what?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, let's uh, I'm yeah, I don't know, it's uh.

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<v Speaker 1>We got a great quarterback, We've got great receivers and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, there's a lot of good players on that team.

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<v Speaker 1>But there's some things that have to be done, just

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<v Speaker 1>like yeah, things have to be done to Reds. So

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<v Speaker 1>you know, those Bengals fans and those us A Reds fans,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, let the RESU made the playoffs. At least they

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<v Speaker 2>got to the playoffs. We'll see what happens. But Governor

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<v Speaker 2>Mike Dwine, thank you very much. And I reached out

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<v Speaker 2>to Vivek Ramaswami. He's going to come on Monday to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about the income tax, the property tax and all

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<v Speaker 2>that stuff. We'll see what happens. But Governor Mike Dwine,

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<v Speaker 2>thanks for coming on the Bill Cunning m Show. Once again.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, Mike, Thank you, Governor, thank you. You see

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