>>> OHIO COVID CASES, KICK BACK UP.

♪ JOINING US ON COME COLUMBUS ON THE RECORD THIS WEEK, JOE I THINKAL.

REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST AND JOSEPH MOSS OF THE OHIO HISPANIC COALITION.

CASES AND HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR COVID-19 ARE ON THE RISE HERE IN OHIO.

THE INCREASE THE SMALL.

MUCH SMALLER THAN PAST PEAK PERIODS BUT COVID IS HEADING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

THE WEEK OFFICIALS AGAIN URGED OHIOANS WHO HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE VACCINES TO GET THE SHOT.

>> THE REALITY IS, WE HAVE TWO OHIOS.

AN OHIO THAT IS VACCINATED AND PROTECTED, ON THE ONE HAND, AND AN OHIO THAT IS UNVACCINATE AND VULNERABLE TO DELTA, ON THE OTHER.

>> THE GOVERNOR HINTED THE STATE MAY OFFER NEW INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE VACCINATIONS.

THE GOVERNOR SIGNED LAW THAT PROHIBIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES FROM MANDATING STUDENTS AND WORKERS GET VACCINATED.

WE'RE AT ABOUT 46% OF OHIO'S TOTAL POPULATION IS FULLY VACCINATED.

WE HAVE BEEN AT THAT LEVEL FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WILL TAKE TO GET FOLKS VACCINAVACCINATED?

>> I THINK WE'RE ABOUT 60% FOLKS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND US SENIORS.

IT SEEMS TO GIVEN BY IDEOLOGY OR POLITICS OR WHATEVER THEY BE OUT THERE.

IT SEEMS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BREAKTHROUGH 75% A FIGURE AND IT SEEMS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THAT.

YOU HAVE PHENOMENON LIKE THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS HANDLING ABOUT ONE FIFTH OF ALL THE COVID CASES IN THE UNITED STATES.

THEY ARE NOT SEEM TO BE ALARMED BY THE WHOLE THING.

I THINK IT'S LONG HEADED AND IRRESPONSIBLE BUT THERE WE ARE.

>> THE VARIANT IS OUT THERE.

IT'S MORE CONTAGIOUS THAN THE PREVIOUS VARIANT OR THE ORIGINAL CORONAVIRUS.

IT'S ALSO THE DAYS PAST THE FOURTH OF JULY AND THE PATTERN HAS ALWAYS BEEN DURING THIS PANDEMIC WHEN WE HAVE A HOLIDAY WEEKEND, MEMORIAL DAY, FOURTH OF JULY, THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS, CASES JUMP UP A BIT AFTER THE HOLIDAY.

COULD THAT BE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

>> COULD BE.

ONE OF THINGS WE'RE SEEING A WHOLE LOT OF UNVACCINATED PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING DOWN WITH COVID NOW.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SAYING AT THE HOSPITALS.

THEY'RE SAYING MOST OF THE CASES ARE UNVACCINATED PEOPLE.

WE'RE ALSO SEEING THAT YOUNGER GROUP.

IF YOU LOOK AT 40 AND UNDER, THAT GROUP THERE, THEY'RE NOT GETTING VACCINATED AT THE RATE THAT THE OLDER PEOPLE ARE.

IF THEY'RE GETTING COVID, MAYBE THEY AREN'T GETTING THE REALLY BAD STRAINS BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE.

IT'S STILL A PROBLEM.

THE KIDS CAN'T BE VAK NATED AT ALL.

IF YOU'RE 11 OR UNDER, YOU CAN'T GET A VACCINE.

THERE'S A LOT OF UNVAK CINCINNATIED PEOPLE -- UNVACCINATED PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THIS.

>> WHAT KIND OF INCENTIVES DO YOU THINK WOULD WORK?

THERE'S A BUMP FOR A WEEK AND IT TAILED OFF AND ONE STUDY SHOWED THAT DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF AN IMPACT.

WHAT KIND OF INCENTIVES CAN GOVERNMENT OFFER TO GET PEOPLE VACCINATED OR IS IT JUST ONE-ON-ONE WITH DOCTORS, AT THIS POINT?

>> ONE-ON-ONE INDIVIDUAL DECISION.

WHETHER IT'S A MILLION DOLLAR PRIZE, $50,000 OR A KID SCHOLARSHIP.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL CHOICE.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION, OUR ELDERLY, THAT PLUMMETED IN OHIO.

THE GOOD NEWS IS Wii WAY DOWN.

IT MAKE IT THE FOURTH OF JULY.

60% OF OUR ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF 18 HAVE THE VACCINATION.

A GOOD THING.

AT THE END OF THE DAY THERE'S NO GOVERNMENT INCENTIVE TO INDUCE SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T WANT TO GET THE INJECTION.

OH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS 1% OF ALL CASES, EACH DAY ARE DUE TO THE DELTA VVARIANT.

WHILE THE DELTA VARIANT MAY BE EXPLODING OR GROWING IN OTHER STATES, IT'S NOT AN IMPACT HERE IN OHIO.

>> AT LEAST NOT YET.

THERE'S INCENTIVES THE GOVERNMENT COULD IMPOSE BUT ALSO MANDATES THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT IMPOSED IN OHIO.

THIS WEEK THE GOVERNOR SIGNED A LAW, SIGNED INTO LAW A PROVISION, A LAW THAT SAYS YOU CANNOT -- PUBLIC SCHOOLS CANNOT MANDATE THE VACCINE.

K THROUGH 12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PUBLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES CAN'T MANDATE WORKERS OR STUDENTS GET THE VACCINE.

SCHOOL STARTS.

FP.

>> YES.

WHO KNOWS HOW MANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT, HOW MANY OTHER COLLEGES MIGHT ADOPT THE SAME LINE OF THINKING.

YOU'RE TALK ABOUT STARTING SCHOOL IN AUGUST.

IN AUGUST, THAT NEW LAW IS IN EFFECT.

IT'S NOT IN EFFECT UNTIL OCTOBER.

THE GOVERNOR WHEN WE TALKED WITH HIM ABOUT THIS, HE SAID THAT HE FEELS LIKE THE SCHOOLS HAVE THE RIGHT.

IF THEY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT, HAVE THAT POLICY UP FRONT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.

HE ALSO SAYS THAT HE THINKS THE FDA IS GOING TO COME OUT SOON WITH A DISTRICT STATUS FOR THE VACCINE.

IT COULD GET FULL AIL PROOUFL.

WHEN IT GETS FULL APPROVAL THEN THIS LAW THAT THEY PASSED AND HE SIGNED INTO LAW THIS WEEK, THAT LAW WILL NO LONGER APPLY TO COVID VACCINES.

>> THE GOVERNOR HAS THIS LAW THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T MANDATE THE VACCINE.

IT'S PRETTY SAVVY POLITICAL MOVE.

>> PRETTY SAVVY.

I'M SURE THERE WILL BE SOME LITIGATION.

I THINK SOME PARENTS WILL SEEK A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER.

RIDE OUT THAT 90-DAY CLOCK BEFORE THE LAW GOES INTO EFFECT.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE THE GOVERNOR APPROACH HAS BEEN ALL CARROT AND NO STICK.

I WANTED TO ADD TO SOMETHING THAT MICHAEL MENTIONED AND THAT IS YOU CAN'T CONVINCE PEOPLE TO TAKE THE SHOT.

YOU CAN'T PROVIDE AN INCENTIVE.

I DISAGREE.

I THINK THAT YOU COULD BECAUSE IF YOU MAKE IT HIGH ENOUGH, THOUSANDS DOLLARS, I THINK YOU'LL SEE DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT YOU OTHERWISE WOULD SEE.

MY ESTIMATE IS THAT WOULD RUN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $4 BILLION.

THEN THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED, LIKE MYSELF, WILL HAVE MISSED OUT ON IT.

I DON'T THINK IT'S PRAKT.

>> Caller: -- PRACTICAL.

>> WE HAVE ANOTHER POSSIBLE CANDIDATE FOR U.S. SENATE.

THIS WEEK HE BEGAN A LISTENING TOUR ACROSS OHIO TO GAUGE INTEREST IN HIS CANDIDACY.

HE'S A REPUBLICAN IN FASHION OF GEORGE H.W.

BUSH, FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE.

HE WANTS TO LOWER TAXES AND CUT REGULATIONS BUT HE SUPPORTS MODEST GUN REGULATIONS AND WORE A MASK DURING THE PANDEMIC.

AS FOR THE KEY WE IN THIS RACE, HE SAYS HE VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP TWICE.

WHILE HE SUPPORTS HIS POLICIES, HE DOES NOT HAVE THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S PERSONALITY.

THIS WOULD BRING THE TOTAL REPUBLICANS TO 11 WITH SIX CANDIDATES SEEN AS BEING COMPETITIVE.

SO MANY CANDIDATES REALLY JOCKEYING HARD TO GET THE DONALD TRUMP VOTE.

COULD MATT SNEAK IN BY BEING THE MIKE DEWINE ESTABLISH M REPUBLICAN AS THEY SPLIT THE VOTE.

>> WE GOT A LONG WAY BEFORE THE FILING DEADLINE.

IT WILL BE MORE NAMES ADDED.

I'M NOT SURE.

I DON'T KNOW.

HISTORY WOULD SAY NO, OF COURSE.

MR. DOLAN IS VERY POWERFUL.

I MIGHT HAVE MORE STATEWIDE NAME ID THAN HE DOES AT THIS POINT.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE FAMILY IS KNOWN TO BASEBALL TEAM.

SOMETIMES THAT'S POSITIVE.

SOMETIMES THAT'S NEGATIVE DEPENDING ON WHAT PLAYER GETS TRADED.

HE WILL HAVE TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE OP THE HEARTBEAT BILL.

HE VOTED AGAINST IT.

YOU HAVE TO BE 100% PRO-LIFE.

HE SAYS HE'S AWFUL SYSTEM REPUBLICAN OFFICE HOLDERS.

>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

SOMETHING WHO IS FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE AND YEAH, MAYBE, OWE KNOW, CLOSE TO SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS.

IT'S NOT ALL CULTURE WARS.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER CANDIDATE IN SEEKING THE BLESSING OF DONALD TRUMP.

THAT'S WHAT DONALD TRUMP IS ABOUT.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TAX POLICY OR ANYTHING ELSE.

IN THAT RESPECT, I FEEL SOMEWHAT COMFORTED BY SAYING HIM AS A CANDIDATE.

>> HE WAS A BIG SUPPORTER.

HE PUSHED THE BILL INTO THE LEGISLATURE.

GOVERNOR DEWINE'S OHIO BILL HAD MODEST GUN REGULATIONS.

TIGHTENED UP THE BACKGROUND CHECKS A LITTLE BIT.

THAT CAN'T HELP HIM IN A PRIMARY?

>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN, IT INCLUDES A LOT OF THINGS THAT IS VERY WELL WITH OHIOANS.

THEY LIKE THE BACKGROUND CHECKS.

THEY LIKE KEEPING GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO MAY BE HAVING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES OR HAVING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, THAT SORT OF THING.

THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING ATTRACTIVE TO GETTING THE DEMOCRAT ON BOARD.

>> FROM A POLITICAL STANDPOINT, IT'S HARD FOR STATE SENATOR TO MAKE THE JUMP TO U.S. SENATE, CORRECT?

HE'S GOT THE SENSE OF RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.

HE'S ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WELL KNOWN AT THE STATE HOUSE BUT THAT'S A TOUGH LEAP FROM STATE SENATE TO U.S. SENATE.

>> IT TRULY IS.

IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S MATT DOLAN.

ANY SENATOR WHETHER DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN.

THESE SEATS ARE RARELY OPEN AS THEY ARE WITH SENATOR PORTMAN'S RETIREMENT.

THEY WOULD NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY IN THE DEMOCRAT PRIMARY FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE BECAUSE THE VOTERS ON THE DEMOCRAT SIDE ADDRESS THEM.

>> OKAY.

WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO FOR THE FILING DEADLINE.

IF THEY ALL STAY IN, ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN, I SUPPOSE.

STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE COME UP WITH ANOTHER PLAN TO OVERHAUL HOW WE PAY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AS PART OF THE STATE BUDGET, THE LATEST SCHOOL FUNDING PLAN IS CALLED THE FAIR SCHOOL FUNDING PLAN.

IT WOULD SPEND NEARLY $11 BILLION OF EDUCATION OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

STATE HAD WILL BE BASED ON LOCAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE IN LOCAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME.

STATE, NOT LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WOULD PAY THE TUITION OF STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ATTEND CHARTER SCHOOLS.

IT INCREASES PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHERS BY 22 AND 25%.

YOU HAVE COVERED THE STATE HOUSE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

YOU HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF THESE FUNDING PLANS, SCHOOL FUNDING PLANS COME ACROSS THE FLOOR OF THE LEGISLATURE.

IS THIS THE ONE THAT LAWMAKERS FEEL WILL STICK AND WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM?

>> IT CERTAINLY SEEMS TO BE THE ONE THAT GAINED MOST TRACTION.

IT'S THE ONE THAT'S GONE THE FURTHEST.

THE THING ABOUT THIS PLAN IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SAY IT GIVES THEM DEPENDABILITIES AND THEY CAN LOOK AND FORECAST OUT IN THE FUTURE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN IT MAKES IT A BETTER SITUATION FOR THEM.

THE FRAME WORK OF THIS PLAN IS IN THE BUDGET.

FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS THEY WILL KNOW WHAT THEY WILL HAVE.

THEIR CONCERN IS, YOU START LOOKING OUT, THEY BUDGET EVERY TWO YEARS.

WHAT HAPPENS TWO YEARS DOWN THE LINE.

IS THIS GOING TO BE SCRAPPED IN FAVOR OF SOMETHING ELSE?

IS IT GOING TO BE CHANGED SOMEHOW.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING SOME OF THE SCHOOL, PUBLIC SCHOOL GROUPS.

THEY ARE GETTING TOGETHER AND TALKING ABOUT A LAWSUIT.

PEOPLE ARE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THIS WILL WORK.

I'M NOT SURE ANYONE IS THINKING THIS IS THE ROCK SOLID ANSWER.

EVERYTHING IS SO UP IN THE AIR.

IT'S HAD SUPPORT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> IT'S BIPARTISAN.

INK WE OUGHT TO GIVE IT A TRY.

I THINK BEING ABLE TO BUDGET OUT AHEAD, HAVE VISIBILITY OF THAT IS A GOOD OPTION.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT REALLY CONTROLS THE RHYTHM OF EDUCATION IN A COMMUNITY IS A COMMUNITY ITSELF.

I'M NOT SAYING THIS PARTICULAR OPTION IS THROWING A BUDDY BUT DIRECTING MONEY PARTICULARLY DISTRICTS TO FIX PROBLEMS IS THE ENTIRE ANSWER.

>> MIKE, THEY COULD GAUGE WHERE THE STATE FUNDING COULD GO IN.

IS THERE ANY WAY TO INCENTIVIZE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO OPERATE BETTER IN THIS PROCESS.

>> WE COULD DO THAT.

THERE'S SO MANY DIVERSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

ALLOW LOCAL PROPERTY WITH PROPERTY TAXES.

TOST BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.

I HOPE AT THE END OF THE DAY WE DON'T HAVE LITIGATION AND GIVE IT A SHOT.

BY FAR THE BEST PLAN THE STATE OF OHIO HAS COME UP WITH.

>> LOCAL DISTRICTS WERE LOSING MONEY.

THE MONEY WENT TO CHARTER SCHOOL.

NOT JUST COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE STATE.

IS THAT BETTER SYSTEM?

>> I THINK IT'S A BETTER SYSTEM.

WHAT WAS HAPPENING IS THE MORE AT RISK DISTRICTS IS THAT YOU WOULD SEE PROLIFERATION OF CHARTER SCHOOLS, SOME GOOD AND SOME NOT SO GOOD.

IT WOULD HELP LESS FUNDING.

I'M A GREAT BELIEVER AND CHAMPION OF TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND I HATED TO SEE THAT.

ONCE AGAIN, LET'S GIVE THIS A TRY.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DRIVING TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

>> STATE LAWMAKERS ARE CONSIDERING LEGALIZING RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA HERE IN OHIO.

TWO STATE REPS HAVE INTRODUCED THE BILL TO LEGALIZE GROWING AND SELLING OF MARIJUANA FOR NON-MEDICINAL PURPOSES.

SALES ARE SUBJECT TO SALES TAXES AND THE STATE WOULD GET MONEY THROUGH AN ADDITIONAL 10% TAX.

LEGAL, MEDICAL MARIJUANA HAS BEEN AVAILABLE IN OHIO FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.

15 STATES HAVE LEGALIZED RECREATIONAL POT, INCLUDING NEIGHBORING MICHIGAN.

THE BILL HAS NO REPUBLICAN CO-SPONSORS AND ITS CHANCES OF PASSAGE IN THE GOP LEGISLATURE APPEARS SLIM.

SOME GROUP WILL START COLLECTING SIGNATURES TO PUT THIS ISSUE ON THE BALLOT.

MOST PEOPLE, CLEAR BUT SMALL MAJORITY SEEMS TO SUPPORT RECREATIONAL MINOR.

HOW LONG IS IT BEFORE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IS LEGAL IN OHIO, DO YOU THINK?

>> COULD BE A LONG TIME.

THE CDC SAID OHIO EXPLODED MANY IN NUMBER OF OVER DOSE DEATHS.

WE DON'T NEED MARIJUANA WHEN WE CAN'T CONTROL THE CURRENT PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE.

I HAVE FAITH THAT THE VOTERS OF OHIO AND OTHER PART, EVEN IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, SUBURBAN MOMS DON'T WANT TO SEE IT.

THINGS ARE OUT OF CONTROL WITH THE DRUG ISSUE HERE.

WE HAVE MORE DEATHS BECAUSE OF DRUG OVERDOSE.

THE LAST THING WE NEED IS THAT.

TLOST A ZERO PERCENT CHANCE THAT THIS BILL WILL GO ANYWHERE.

SDPLP THEY DID APPROVE MEDICAL MARIJUANA BECAUSE OF A THREAT OF AN ISSUE ON THE BALLOT.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT MIGHT FORCE THE LAWMAKERS HANDS TO GIVE UP CONTROL TO AN OUTSIDE GROUP?

>> THE GROUP THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT WAS DOING THAT BEFORE HAND WAS TRYING TO REGULATE MARIJUANA LIKE ALCOHOL IS REGULATED.

21 AND UP.

THAT GROUP KIND OF GOT, COVID JUST PUT IT TO THE SIDE.

THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE.

THEY WILL IF BACK AND DO THAT.

IF THIS BECOMES MORE OF A CAMPAIGN ISSUE, HE SAID HE WILL JUMP IN THE DEMOCRAT PRIMARY NEXT MONTH.

HE SAPDS HE FAVORS THIS.

IT BECOMES A TALKING ISSUE.

PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT AND WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE INTERACTION ON IT.

>> PEOPLE WHO KNOW OF SUCH THINGS, SAY WHEN GROW INTO THE MEDICINAL MARIJUANA SHOPS IN OHIO, THE PRODUCT IS WELL BRANDED.

IT'S ATTRACTIVE NAMES.

OTHER STATES IT'S LIKE M-132, NOT REALLY EXCITING.

THEY SAY WHAT IS OHIO DOING.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS ISSUE?

>> IT'S GOING TO BE A WHILE.

LET ME SAY, BRIEFLY, I DISAGREE WITH MIKE.

I THINK WE WILL SEE BIG RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IN OHIO WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

SOME SURPRISE HOW LITTLE EVIDENT POT CONSUMPTION IS ON THE STREET.

I THOUGHT I WOULD SEE MORE THAN THAT WHEN THIS THING BECAME REAL.

TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE MARKETING OF IT, IN COLORADO THEY DO MARKET IT LIKE WE WERE SAYING AND SORT OF ATTRACTIVE PACKAGING AND THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES AND MY WIFE WAS RESEARCHING A BOOK THAT WE HAPPEN TO VISIT.

I HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN MICHIGAN.

I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF BILLBOARDS.

MAYBE I'LL GO NEXT WEEK AND REPORT BACK.

>> A LITTLE RESEARCH TRIP.

HE WON'T BE SAMPLING BUT JUST DOING RESEARCH.

MONEY ALWAYS TALKS HERE.

I THINK MONEY WILL TALK LOUDLY ON THIS ONE AS WELL.

WILL IT OVERCOME THE POLITICAL HEADWINDS, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE?

IT'S TIME FOR OUR FINAL OFF THE RECORD PARTING SHOTS.

>> THANK.

I'M WATCHING THE DEVELOPMENTS IN CUBA.

THEY HAVE TAKEN TO THE STREETS DEMANDING CHANGE.

FREEDOM OF OPPORTUNITY AND MORE EFFICIENT COVID ROLL OUT.

THEY ARE ASKING FOR ANOTHER THING.

IF ANY CHANGES HAPPEN, IT HAPPENS THROUGH THE WILL OF THE HUMAN PEOPLE.

THE LAST THING THEY WANT IS U.S.

INTERFERENCE.

>> MIKE, YOUR FINAL THOUGHT.

>> THIS WEEK SAID THERE'S $300,000 ON BULLET PROOF VESTS.

I SAID THIS IS GREAT THEY WILL FUND THE POLICE AS OPPOSED TO DEFUNDING THEM.

$300,000 WORTH OF BULLET PROOF VESTS ARE FOR FIREFIGHTERS.

OUR FIREFIGHTERS NEED COLUMBUS PROOF VESTS.

COLUMBUS IS TURNING INTO DETROIT.

>> I'M REALLY WATCHING THESE NUMBERS ON THE COVID RACE AND SEEING WHERE THAT GOES.

IF THAT GOES MUCH HIGHER, I THINK WE COULD SEE SOME MORE LEGISLATION COME OUT THAT WOULD NOT BE FAR REACHING ON THE RIGHT OR LEFT.

IT MIGHT BE ALONG ASKING THAT SORT OF THING.

I'M KEEPING ME EYES ON THAT.

>> TEAM COULD BECOME AN ISSUE ON THE CAMPAIGN.

FIRST A FEW PROMISES, A NAME CHANGE.

THAT'S CONTROVERSIAL ESPECIALLY AMONG CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS AND THE INDIANS WANT TAXPAYERS TO HELP FIX UP A BALLPARK BEFORE THE FRANCHISE RENEWS THE LEASE IN TWO YEARS.

THE TEAM THREATENS TO MOVE.

IT COULD BECOME AN ISSUE IN MATT'S CAMPAIGN.

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