1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,369 >> WELCOME BACK. "OFF THE RECORD" STARTS RIGHT 2 00:00:03,371 --> 00:00:07,239 NOW. ON THE PANEL WE HAVE KYLE MELINN 3 00:00:07,241 --> 00:00:09,308 AND BILL BALLENGER ALONG WITH RICK PLUTA. 4 00:00:09,310 --> 00:00:13,212 A DNA BILL IS MOVING. STEW PACK URGED TO RUN FOR 5 00:00:13,214 --> 00:00:21,520 GOVERNOR AND LATER ON EMILY FROM EQUALITY MICHIGAN WILL BE HERE 6 00:00:21,522 --> 00:00:34,133 TO DISCUSS THAT AND MORE COMING UP ON "OFF THE RECORD." 7 00:00:34,135 --> 00:00:37,936 GETTING THE INSIDE OUT. IT'S "OFF THE RECORD" WITH 8 00:00:37,938 --> 00:00:43,475 SENIOR CAPITAL CORRESPONDENT TIM SKUBICK AND HIS CAPITAL PRESS 9 00:00:43,477 --> 00:00:51,216 CORE COLLEAGUES. 10 00:00:51,218 --> 00:01:34,526 AND NOW THIS EDITION OF "OFF THE RECORD" WITH TIM SKUBICK. 11 00:01:34,528 --> 00:01:38,363 >> THANKS, AND WELCOME TO THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF "OFF THE 12 00:01:38,365 --> 00:01:41,233 RECORD." WE HAD LEGISLATION THAT WILL 13 00:01:41,235 --> 00:01:46,438 ALLOW THE COPS AFTER THEY'VE ARRESTED YOU TO PUT A SWAB IN 14 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,942 THE MOUTH FOR SOME DNA. >> THE U.S. SUPREME COURT HAS 15 00:01:49,944 --> 00:01:54,046 DECIDED THAT THEY HAVE YOUR FINGERPRINTS BUT THEY ARE GOING 16 00:01:54,048 --> 00:01:57,916 TO COLLECT YOUR DNA SAMPLE IF YOU'VE COMMITTED A FELONY AND 17 00:01:57,918 --> 00:02:02,187 WE'VE GOT LEGISLATION IN THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE THAT 18 00:02:02,189 --> 00:02:05,124 WILL ALLOW THE STATE TO PARTICIPATE. 19 00:02:05,126 --> 00:02:08,327 OBVIOUSLY THIS HAS HAD THE CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP ALL EXCITED BUT 20 00:02:08,329 --> 00:02:12,564 THEY'VE PUT IN A PROVISION THAT IF YOU'RE INNOCENT THEY WILL 21 00:02:12,566 --> 00:02:18,837 THROW AWAY YOUR DNA SAMPLE. >> GIVEN WHAT THE FEDERAL 22 00:02:18,839 --> 00:02:23,308 GOVERNMENTS ALLEGEDLY DOING ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL. 23 00:02:23,310 --> 00:02:26,411 WOULD YOU TRUST THE GOVERNMENT? >> THAT IS THE ISSUE. 24 00:02:26,413 --> 00:02:28,747 >> THAT WAS A QUESTION, MR. BALLENGER. 25 00:02:28,749 --> 00:02:35,154 >> THIS IS A PIECE WITH THE STUDY BEING -- THE TRAFFIC 26 00:02:35,156 --> 00:02:38,857 LIGHTS. PUBLIC SAFETY. 27 00:02:38,859 --> 00:02:41,927 IT'S AN INTRUSION. THE SAME IDEA OF GOVERNMENT 28 00:02:41,929 --> 00:02:46,298 INTRUDERRING ON YOUR PRIVATE SPACE WHETHER TO TAKE A SWAB 29 00:02:46,300 --> 00:02:51,637 FROM YOUR CHEEK OR STUDY IF YOU'VE RUN A RED LIGHT AT SOME 30 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,674 REMOTE INTERSECTION AND THERE IS NO COP AROUND AND EVERYTHING 31 00:02:55,676 --> 00:03:01,747 E CAN IN -- WEEK IN 32 00:03:01,749 --> 00:03:05,884 WASHINGTON IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. A HUGE CONFLICT BETWEEN WHAT THE 33 00:03:05,886 --> 00:03:11,957 GOVERNMENT IS ABLE TO DO IN THE NAME USUALLY OF PROTECTING 34 00:03:11,959 --> 00:03:14,226 SECURITY. >> IN THIS CASE FIGHTING CRIME 35 00:03:14,228 --> 00:03:18,063 OR SOLVING COLD CASES. >> AND INTRUDERRING ON YOUR 36 00:03:18,065 --> 00:03:21,767 PRIVATE BEHAVIOR. >> WE'LL GET TO THE CAMERAS IN 37 00:03:21,769 --> 00:03:24,836 JUST A SECOND. >> WE'RE DEBATING WHAT IT MEANS 38 00:03:24,838 --> 00:03:29,141 TO BE LIVING IN THE MODERN SURVEILLANCE SOCIETY AND HOW 39 00:03:29,143 --> 00:03:32,611 MUCH GOVERNMENT CAN DO AND WHAT WE'LL ALLOW. 40 00:03:32,613 --> 00:03:39,551 THE QUESTION ON THE DNA SWABS IS IS DNA LIKE FINGERPRINTS? 41 00:03:39,553 --> 00:03:40,919 >> NO. IT IS NOT. 42 00:03:40,921 --> 00:03:43,922 >> WHY NOT? >> BECAUSE THERE IS MORE 43 00:03:43,924 --> 00:03:46,658 INFORMATION. >> THE SAME PRINCIPLES. 44 00:03:46,660 --> 00:03:49,661 >> YES. FINGERPRINTS ARE OKAY. 45 00:03:49,663 --> 00:03:53,265 DNA IS THE NEXT STEP UP AND MORE EFFECTIVE. 46 00:03:53,267 --> 00:03:56,335 >> EVEN THE ACLU IS NEUTRAL ON THIS BILL. 47 00:03:56,337 --> 00:03:59,738 THEY WOULD LIKE TO OPPOSE IT. >> WHY? 48 00:03:59,740 --> 00:04:18,724 >> THEY ARE NEUTRAL NOW -- [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] 49 00:04:18,726 --> 00:04:23,729 >> DOES THIS BECOME LIKE THE SEAT BELT LAW IT'S STARTS OUT AS 50 00:04:23,731 --> 00:04:28,934 A SECONDARY OFFENSE AND AS WE GOT MORE COMFORTABLE IT BECAME A 51 00:04:28,936 --> 00:04:32,504 PRIMARY -- >> IT CREEPS EVER UPWARD. 52 00:04:32,506 --> 00:04:37,542 MORE AND MORE INTRUSION. >> DNA HAS BECOME A CENTRAL PART 53 00:04:37,544 --> 00:04:50,055 OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] 54 00:04:50,057 --> 00:04:53,458 >> ESPECIALLY IN RAPE CASES IT'S SO VITAL. 55 00:04:53,460 --> 00:04:57,696 IT'S SO HARD TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THE IDEA THAT SOMETHING 56 00:04:57,698 --> 00:05:01,566 THAT BELONGS -- THAT IS YOUR VERY MAKE UP AND THAT WOULD BE 57 00:05:01,568 --> 00:05:07,105 ON FILE. >> IF THE ACLU IS NEUTRAL IT'S 58 00:05:07,107 --> 00:05:15,580 GOING TO HAPPEN AND WE MIGHT AS WELL ACCEPT IT. 59 00:05:15,582 --> 00:05:19,551 [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> I'M NOT SAN QUINN -- ABOUT 60 00:05:19,553 --> 00:05:25,057 THE FORMER EITHER ABOUT THE DNA. JUST REALISTICALLY IT'S GOING TO 61 00:05:25,059 --> 00:05:28,060 HAPPEN. POLITICALLY IN THE LEGISLATURE 62 00:05:28,062 --> 00:05:29,861 YOU KNOW RICK JONES IS CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE. 63 00:05:29,863 --> 00:05:34,399 IF THE HOUSE PASSES THIS THING ON THE TRAFFIC LIGHT 64 00:05:34,401 --> 00:05:40,572 SURVEILLANCE IT'S GOING NOWHERE IN MY COMMITTEE. 65 00:05:40,574 --> 00:05:43,642 >> IT'S ROBO COP. >> AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE 66 00:05:43,644 --> 00:05:46,645 PROBLEMS WITH THAT. HAS GOT MORE PROBLEMS. 67 00:05:46,647 --> 00:05:51,049 >> WHAT IF WE SAVE LIVES BY CATCHING SPEEDERS GOING THROUGH 68 00:05:51,051 --> 00:05:53,752 RED LIGHTS. >> PEOPLE THAT PULL UP AND USE 69 00:05:53,754 --> 00:05:58,290 RED LIGHTS AS STOP SIGNS. YOU DON'T DO THAT, TIM. 70 00:05:58,292 --> 00:06:02,060 >> I DON'T EVEN DRIVE. [ LAUGHTER ] 71 00:06:02,062 --> 00:06:06,665 AND WELL, AND ALSO WHAT IS THE APPEALS PROCESS. 72 00:06:06,667 --> 00:06:11,069 RIGHT NOW 23 A COP STOPS YOU FOR DOING THE SAME YOU GET TO GO TO 73 00:06:11,071 --> 00:06:14,973 COURT AND SAY HERE IS WHY THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. 74 00:06:14,975 --> 00:06:17,676 >> YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO FACE YOUR ACCUSER. 75 00:06:17,678 --> 00:06:21,012 SO THE COP LOOKS AT A PICTURE. MAYBE IT'S NOT YOU. 76 00:06:21,014 --> 00:06:26,351 >> IT'S VIDEO. I GET THIS POINT -- BUT IT'S NOT 77 00:06:26,353 --> 00:06:28,653 CANDID CAMERA. THE OTHER SIDE IS THAT THE 78 00:06:28,655 --> 00:06:34,593 CAMERA IS ROLLING BEFORE YOU RUN THE RED LIGHT AND AFTER YOU RUN 79 00:06:34,595 --> 00:06:39,264 THE RED LIGHT. MAYBE YOU'RE BEING CHASED BY 80 00:06:39,266 --> 00:06:44,936 SOMEBODY OR MAYBE YOUR WIFE IS HAVING CONTRACTIONS. 81 00:06:44,938 --> 00:06:48,740 >> AND YOU SIMPLY GET A TICKET IN THE MAIL. 82 00:06:48,742 --> 00:06:53,445 AND IF WE TALKED ABOUT THIS -- 20 YEARS AGO. 83 00:06:53,447 --> 00:06:59,751 REMEMBER GARY SCHUSTER? I REMEMBER HIM -- HE LOVED THIS 84 00:06:59,753 --> 00:07:03,155 STORY AND IT NEVER GOT ANYWHERE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT RIGHT BUT IS 85 00:07:03,157 --> 00:07:05,957 IT RIGHT NOW? >> WE'RE GOING TO KEEP TALKING 86 00:07:05,959 --> 00:07:10,395 ABOUT IT IN PART BECAUSE GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING FOR MORE 87 00:07:10,397 --> 00:07:13,765 WAYS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND A LOT OF THAT MEANS LESS STUFF 88 00:07:13,767 --> 00:07:18,670 USING PEOPLE. AND THIS WOULD -- 89 00:07:18,672 --> 00:07:23,208 >> AND THEY ARE GREEDIER AND THEY WANT MORE REVENUE. 90 00:07:23,210 --> 00:07:27,479 BINGO. >> THEY ARE CHASING MORE SERIOUS 91 00:07:27,481 --> 00:07:31,483 OFFENSES THAN COPS HANGING OUT AT THE INTERSECTION. 92 00:07:31,485 --> 00:07:34,753 >> WHAT ABOUT THE BOTTLE BILL? THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE ANY 93 00:07:34,755 --> 00:07:38,790 DIFFERENT THIS TIME. >> IT'S GOING TO HAVE TROUBLE 94 00:07:38,792 --> 00:07:40,592 AGAIN. >> WHAT IS WRONG TO EXPANDING 95 00:07:40,594 --> 00:07:45,063 THIS. >> I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH -- 96 00:07:45,065 --> 00:07:48,066 EXPANDING THIS. >> WHAT IS THE OPPOSITION? 97 00:07:48,068 --> 00:07:51,703 >> THE GROCERS ARE PART OF IT AND THEN THE BEVERAGE 98 00:07:51,705 --> 00:07:54,172 ASSOCIATION TOO CONCERNED THAT IF YOU START EXPANDING IT TO 99 00:07:54,174 --> 00:07:59,878 WATER BOTTLES AND FRUIT BOTTLES THE GROCERY STORES ARE GOING TO 100 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:04,182 BE DELUGED WITH MORE STUFF BROUGHT IN THAT COULD CONTAIN 101 00:08:04,184 --> 00:08:06,952 GOD KNOWS WHAT. >> AND THE PRICE TO CLEAN UP THE 102 00:08:06,954 --> 00:08:10,188 ENVIRONMENT -- MORE DIFFERENT WAYS OF TIERRA GRANDE PACKAGING 103 00:08:10,190 --> 00:08:14,326 THEM. WE HAD THE -- DEBATE OVER THE 104 00:08:14,328 --> 00:08:17,762 COLLAPSIBLE PACKAGES THAT WE HAD TO PASS A LAW TO SPECIFICALLY 105 00:08:17,764 --> 00:08:23,101 SAY THEY ARE EXEMPT FROM THE BOTTLE DEPOSIT OR THE PACKAGE 106 00:08:23,103 --> 00:08:29,574 DEPOSIT. SO THE DIG -- AS WE'RE GETTING 107 00:08:29,576 --> 00:08:34,379 PUSH BACK FROM PEOPLE SAYING MICHIGAN HAS LOW RECYCLING RATES 108 00:08:34,381 --> 00:08:37,883 COMPARED TO OTHER THAT'S AND MAYBE IT'S TIME TO TAKE A BIGGER 109 00:08:37,885 --> 00:08:42,621 LOOK AT HOW WE ENCOURAGE RECYCLING AND NOT JUST EXTENDING 110 00:08:42,623 --> 00:08:45,857 THE BOTTLE DEPOSIT TO MORE TYPES. 111 00:08:45,859 --> 00:08:50,929 >> THEY ARE ALREADY OUTRAGED ABOUT THE INFLUX OF OUT OF STATE 112 00:08:50,931 --> 00:08:54,499 BEVERAGE CONTAINERS. THEY ARE TRYING TO CRACK DOWN -- 113 00:08:54,501 --> 00:08:59,571 >> THE FAMOUS JERRY SEINFELD EPISODE. 114 00:08:59,573 --> 00:09:02,474 >> AND THIS WOULD PROLIFERATE EVEN MORE. 115 00:09:02,476 --> 00:09:04,910 >> POLITICALLY ISN'T THIS A GOOD VOTE. 116 00:09:04,912 --> 00:09:10,849 >> YOU WOULD THINK SO. AND I'VE GOT TO GIVE HIM CREDIT. 117 00:09:10,851 --> 00:09:14,586 AS FAR AS THIS NATIONWIDE FEELING OF ENCOURAGING MORE 118 00:09:14,588 --> 00:09:19,591 RECYCLING EVEN IN THE CITY OF LANSING THEY ARE GOING TOWARD 119 00:09:19,593 --> 00:09:24,062 THE BIG BINS NOW. WE HAVE GOT THE GREEN THING NOW. 120 00:09:24,064 --> 00:09:28,199 NOW WE'RE GOING TO -- >> KYLE AND I ARE NEIGHBORS AND 121 00:09:28,201 --> 00:09:32,070 WE LOVE OUR RECYCLING PROGRAM BECAUSE YOU PUT EVERYTHING INTO 122 00:09:32,072 --> 00:09:36,975 A CONTAIN AREA. >> AND SO IT'S JUST GETTING 123 00:09:36,977 --> 00:09:41,880 EASIER AND EASIER. RECYCLING IS GOING IN THAT 124 00:09:41,882 --> 00:09:45,584 DIRECTION AND IT'S ALMOST AS IF EXPANDING THE BOTTLE BILL IS 125 00:09:45,586 --> 00:09:47,719 YESTERDAY'S IDEA. >> WE TALKED LAST WEEK AND WHAT 126 00:09:47,721 --> 00:09:51,423 IS THE DATE TODAY? THE 13th OF JUNE. 127 00:09:51,425 --> 00:09:54,593 A WEEK IN ADVANTAGES. BUT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TEA 128 00:09:54,595 --> 00:09:57,262 PARTY LETTER. I'M ANXIOUS TO GET YOUR RESPONSE 129 00:09:57,264 --> 00:09:59,731 TO THE IMPACT ON THE GOVERNOR'S RACE. 130 00:09:59,733 --> 00:10:03,268 IS IT A WASH? >> A WASH? 131 00:10:03,270 --> 00:10:08,740 >> ANY IMPACT AT ALL? FOR SNYDER'S RE-ELECTION. 132 00:10:08,742 --> 00:10:14,579 THE ANSWER IS NO. >> KEN THEN WHY ARE YOU ASKING? 133 00:10:14,581 --> 00:10:17,882 [ LAUGHTER ] >> JUST SAY THIS. 134 00:10:17,884 --> 00:10:21,486 WHO IS THE CANDIDATE? >> IT DOESN'T MATTER. 135 00:10:21,488 --> 00:10:25,757 >> I TEND TO AGREE. IT IS NOT GOING TO MATTER IN THE 136 00:10:25,759 --> 00:10:32,464 PRIMARY BUT IF THEY SIT DOWN -- [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] 137 00:10:32,466 --> 00:10:34,366 SIMPLY BECAUSE REPUBLICANS DON'T TURN OUT. 138 00:10:34,368 --> 00:10:37,636 I DON'T THINK THAT IS GOING ON HAPPEN. 139 00:10:37,638 --> 00:10:40,372 >> A CLOSE RACE IT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 140 00:10:40,374 --> 00:10:45,310 IF WE'RE TALKING 1% OR 2% BUT HOW MANY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? 141 00:10:45,312 --> 00:10:48,079 A FEW HUNDRED? A THOUSAND. 142 00:10:48,081 --> 00:10:51,116 IN A GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION THE WINNING CANDIDATE WILL PROBABLY 143 00:10:51,118 --> 00:10:54,819 HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VOTES OVER THE OTHER PERSON SO A 144 00:10:54,821 --> 00:10:57,389 FEW THOUSAND MAY NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 145 00:10:57,391 --> 00:11:00,925 >> IT'S NOT JUST SNYDER. BUT THE LEGISLATORS. 146 00:11:00,927 --> 00:11:03,561 THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT PRIMARIES. 147 00:11:03,563 --> 00:11:07,966 THAT WOULD BE A REAL DANGER AND THEY ARE VOTING ON THE BILL. 148 00:11:07,968 --> 00:11:11,770 >> PRECISELY SO IT'S AN OPEN LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR FIRST AND 149 00:11:11,772 --> 00:11:15,874 THEN A FOLLOW-UP LETTER. >> BY IMPLICATION. 150 00:11:15,876 --> 00:11:18,043 THE LEGISLATORS REALIZE THEY ARE TALKING TO US TOO. 151 00:11:18,045 --> 00:11:22,714 >> I THINK RICK MADE THE POINT LAST WEEK THAT WE'LL FIND OUT IF 152 00:11:22,716 --> 00:11:29,521 THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT IS A 99-POUND WEAKLING OR THE CHARLES 153 00:11:29,523 --> 00:11:30,922 ATLAS. YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THAT. 154 00:11:30,924 --> 00:11:35,393 >> IT WILL BE A TEST BUT THERE WILL BE MANY TESTS, TIM J. NOT 155 00:11:35,395 --> 00:11:41,132 AT LEGISLATIVE LEVEL. >> WAS 2010 THE HIGH WATER MARK 156 00:11:41,134 --> 00:11:45,170 OF THE TEA PARTY OR IS THE TEA PARTY NOW A LESS SIGNIFICANT 157 00:11:45,172 --> 00:11:48,873 PART OF A LARGER COALITION. >> AND WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT. 158 00:11:48,875 --> 00:11:52,811 LET'S DISCUSS THE ISSUE OF GAY RIGHTS WITH OUR NEXT GUEST, 159 00:11:52,813 --> 00:11:55,380 PLEASE. EMILY. 160 00:11:55,382 --> 00:12:02,020 >> EMILY DIEVENDORF. SHE WORKED FOR TWO DEMOCRATIC 161 00:12:02,022 --> 00:12:05,890 HOUSE MEMBERS. SHE IS A GRADUATE FOR THE JAMES 162 00:12:05,892 --> 00:12:12,931 MADISON COLLEGE OF MSU. >> WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM AND 163 00:12:12,933 --> 00:12:18,570 RICK HAS THE FIRST QUESTION. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT AMENDING THE 164 00:12:18,572 --> 00:12:22,874 CIVIL RIGHTS LAW THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS 165 00:12:22,876 --> 00:12:27,579 UNDERWAY NOT JUST WITH DEMOCRATS BUT WITH REPUBLICANS TO TRY AND 166 00:12:27,581 --> 00:12:33,785 TO SOMETHING TO AMEND THE LAW TO INCLUDE LBGT RIGHTS AND 167 00:12:33,787 --> 00:12:35,820 PROTECTIONS WITHIN IT. WHAT IS THE CASE THAT YOU MAKE 168 00:12:35,822 --> 00:12:39,357 TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT IT A TIME TO GET ON BOARD. 169 00:12:39,359 --> 00:12:42,594 >> THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION BECAUSE WE THOUGHT 170 00:12:42,596 --> 00:12:46,531 THREE YEARS AGO THAT THE CASE WOULD BE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 171 00:12:46,533 --> 00:12:50,001 AND THE CASE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR CIVIL RIGHTSES 172 00:12:50,003 --> 00:12:52,971 THERE. AND THE MICHIGAN COMMISSION JUST 173 00:12:52,973 --> 00:12:57,375 RECENTLY SUPPORTED THAT BY PUB ISSUING THE REPORT SAYING THE 174 00:12:57,377 --> 00:13:02,981 DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE LGBT COMMUNITY HAS AN IN DISPUTABLE 175 00:13:02,983 --> 00:13:05,984 IMPACT -- >> AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS 176 00:13:05,986 --> 00:13:09,154 COMMISSION IS BEING RUN BY APPOINTEES OF THE LAST 177 00:13:09,156 --> 00:13:16,728 ADMINISTRATION. >> TWO ARE APPOINTEES -- SO MOST 178 00:13:16,730 --> 00:13:22,133 OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION ARE SNYDER. 179 00:13:22,135 --> 00:13:24,469 >> IS IT NOT WORKING? >> NO. 180 00:13:24,471 --> 00:13:28,640 IT IS WORKING BUT WHEN I'M TALK TO REPUBLICANS THEY ARE SAYING 181 00:13:28,642 --> 00:13:33,111 THAT IS NOT ALL THEY CARE ABOUT. >> WHAT DO THEY CARE ABOUT? 182 00:13:33,113 --> 00:13:39,384 >> AT THIS POINT I WOULD SAY ABOUT FOUR DIFFERENT THINGS. 183 00:13:39,386 --> 00:13:42,887 ONE, WE DO HAVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARGUMENT. 184 00:13:42,889 --> 00:13:48,293 WE WANT TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST. 185 00:13:48,295 --> 00:13:51,696 AND TWO, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS ABOUT THIS BIG. 186 00:13:51,698 --> 00:13:58,269 IT'S NOT GROWING. IT'S TARGET DEMOGRAPHICS ARE 187 00:13:58,271 --> 00:14:04,375 EITHER NOT ACTIVE OR AGING. >> THIS BIG IN THE LGBT 188 00:14:04,377 --> 00:14:07,212 COMMUNITY OR OVER-ALL. EVEN THOUGH THEY CONTROL ALL OF 189 00:14:07,214 --> 00:14:09,714 STATE GOVERNMENT THEY ARE THIS BIG. 190 00:14:09,716 --> 00:14:13,418 >> ABSOLUTELY. IT IS STAGNANT AND THE POINT 191 00:14:13,420 --> 00:14:18,890 THAT YOU BRING UP BILL IS A GREAT ONE AND THAT IS THE 192 00:14:18,892 --> 00:14:22,694 REPUBLICANS ARE IN LEADERSHIP AND THEY DON'T REPRESENT THE 193 00:14:22,696 --> 00:14:25,330 MICHIGAN PUBLIC. AND ALSO I HAVE REPUBLICANS 194 00:14:25,332 --> 00:14:30,668 SAYING TO ME I WISH YOU WOULD NOT JUST TALK ABOUT WHY THAT WE 195 00:14:30,670 --> 00:14:34,405 SHOULD BE END IN THIS BASED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE 196 00:14:34,407 --> 00:14:36,674 CARE ABOUT THE SOCIAL JUSTICE ASPECT. 197 00:14:36,676 --> 00:14:39,978 EVERYBODY THAT I TALK TO KNOWS SOMEBODY WHO'S GAY AND ALL 198 00:14:39,980 --> 00:14:43,014 REPUBLICANS WANT TO TELL ME ABOUT WHO THEY KNOW. 199 00:14:43,016 --> 00:14:45,750 >> SO WHEN WILL YOU GET SOME ACTION? 200 00:14:45,752 --> 00:14:48,219 >> I REALLY THINK THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE'LL SEE 201 00:14:48,221 --> 00:14:52,724 MOVEMENT IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION OR NEXT BUT -- 202 00:14:52,726 --> 00:14:56,494 >> IN THE FALL? >> WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE 203 00:14:56,496 --> 00:14:59,330 GOVERNOR'S COMMENTS WHEN HE WAS GIVEN A CHANCE TO EMBRACE THIS 204 00:14:59,332 --> 00:15:03,501 AND WHAT DID HE DO? >> I THOUGHT THE GOVERNOR'S 205 00:15:03,503 --> 00:15:06,237 COMMUNICATION PERSON COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB IN GIVING HIM 206 00:15:06,239 --> 00:15:11,042 A RESPONSE TO USE. WHILE I KNOW HE HAD BEEN TRYING 207 00:15:11,044 --> 00:15:15,313 TO SAY WHAT HE SAID WAS THAT CIVIL RIGHTS AND OR BASIC RIGHTS 208 00:15:15,315 --> 00:15:18,950 AND EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW WAS NOT ON HIS AGENDA. 209 00:15:18,952 --> 00:15:23,187 AND AT THIS POINT IT'S VERY MUCH TIED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 210 00:15:23,189 --> 00:15:27,592 WHICH HE CONSIDERS TO BE A MAJOR PRIORITY IN HIS POLICY PLATFORM. 211 00:15:27,594 --> 00:15:30,828 >> BUT HE DID NOT SAY THAT. HE SAID -- 212 00:15:30,830 --> 00:15:34,732 [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> IT'S NOT A NECESSARILY BAD 213 00:15:34,734 --> 00:15:36,634 THING -- [ LAUGHTER ] 214 00:15:36,636 --> 00:15:39,103 WHY EXACTLY. HE SAID THAT HE HAD OTHER 215 00:15:39,105 --> 00:15:43,207 IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO. >> HE SAID WE CAN ONLY DO SO 216 00:15:43,209 --> 00:15:45,576 MUCH. >> AND THERE WERE OTHER 217 00:15:45,578 --> 00:15:48,179 IMPORTANT THINGS. >> SO YOUR POINT IS THAT THIS 218 00:15:48,181 --> 00:15:51,282 TAKES A BACK SEAT? >> RIGHT NOW TO SOME PEOPLE IT 219 00:15:51,284 --> 00:15:55,920 DOES BUT TO MOST PEOPLE REGARD REST OF WHAT SIDE OF THE AISLE 220 00:15:55,922 --> 00:15:59,824 THEY ARE ON THEY ARE SEEING A REAL BENEFIT TO GIVING LGBT 221 00:15:59,826 --> 00:16:06,097 RIGHTS A REAL SEAT AT THE TABLE AND CONSIDERING HOW THAT MIGHT 222 00:16:06,099 --> 00:16:09,534 BE BENEFICIAL TO THEM AND TO MICHIGAN AS A WHOLE. 223 00:16:09,536 --> 00:16:14,639 >> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH LGBT HOW MUCH 224 00:16:14,641 --> 00:16:18,343 MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN A PERFECT WORLD WITH FULL RIGHTS 225 00:16:18,345 --> 00:16:21,980 WOULD THERE BE IN MICHIGAN? WHAT PERCENTAGE INCREASE COULD 226 00:16:21,982 --> 00:16:25,283 WE SEE IN MICHIGAN IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? 227 00:16:25,285 --> 00:16:33,091 >> RIGHT NOW OUR CORPORATIONS ARE SIGNING ON TO -- SAY THAT IT 228 00:16:33,093 --> 00:16:39,063 IS AT VERY LEAST A WAIT FOR THEM -- 229 00:16:39,065 --> 00:16:41,599 [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE 230 00:16:41,601 --> 00:16:47,305 POPULATION IS LGBT? >> 3% TO 11%. 231 00:16:47,307 --> 00:16:52,643 >> SO THIS THINK THAT WOULD BE ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF ECONOMIC 232 00:16:52,645 --> 00:16:54,012 GROWTH. >> THAT IS MASS IS REALLY 233 00:16:54,014 --> 00:16:56,481 INTERESTING. -- THAT IS WHAT IS REALLY 234 00:16:56,483 --> 00:16:59,684 INTERESTING ABOUT THIS. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST 235 00:16:59,686 --> 00:17:10,595 GIVING LGBT COMMUNITY JOBS. -- RICHARD FLORIDA -- HE -- 236 00:17:10,597 --> 00:17:19,237 >> HE WROTE THE RISE -- >> THOSE WHO GO INTO THESE 237 00:17:19,239 --> 00:17:25,109 FIELDS USUALLY NOT LGBT ARE ATTRACTED TO THE SAME DIVERSE 238 00:17:25,111 --> 00:17:44,095 OPEN ACCEPTING PROTECTIVE OF MINORITIES COMMUNITIES THAT THE 239 00:17:44,097 --> 00:18:10,521 STRICT CRITERIA. >> WHY 2016. 240 00:18:10,523 --> 00:18:15,827 AND NOT 2014. >> 2014 WOULD BE WONDERFUL IN AN 241 00:18:15,829 --> 00:18:22,100 IDEAL WORLD AND WHEN WE WIN IT NEEDS TO BE A SUSTAINABLE CHANGE 242 00:18:22,102 --> 00:18:24,368 AND THE RESULT OF A CLIMATE SHIFT IN MICHIGAN. 243 00:18:24,370 --> 00:18:29,373 MICHIGAN CITIZENS TO BE EDUCATED -- WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET TO 244 00:18:29,375 --> 00:18:31,609 THE BALLOT. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT 245 00:18:31,611 --> 00:18:36,314 IT'S SOMETHING THAT NOBODY WOULD WANT TO REVERSE. 246 00:18:36,316 --> 00:18:39,684 >> WELL YOU HAVE TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION. 247 00:18:39,686 --> 00:18:42,854 AREN'T YOU TALKING ABOUT A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AT THIS 248 00:18:42,856 --> 00:18:45,256 POINT? >> AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET 249 00:18:45,258 --> 00:18:51,329 THIS ON THE BALLOT -- >> IT WILL NEVER COME -- 250 00:18:51,331 --> 00:18:54,132 >> I DON'T SEE THIS CURRENT LEGISLATIVE BODY PASSING THE 251 00:18:54,134 --> 00:18:57,635 MARRIAGE BILLS THROUGH. TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. 252 00:18:57,637 --> 00:19:01,005 >> YOU WOULD NOT SEE A TWO-THIRDS SUPER MAJORITY? 253 00:19:01,007 --> 00:19:03,741 >> NO. >> MARRIAGE IS NOT A PRIORITY 254 00:19:03,743 --> 00:19:07,345 FOR REPUBLICANS. >> IS IT A PROCESS OF EDUCATING 255 00:19:07,347 --> 00:19:11,616 THE PUBLIC BETWEEN NOW AND 2016 OR BECAUSE IT'S A PRESIDENTIAL 256 00:19:11,618 --> 00:19:15,119 ELECTION YEAR AND MORE PEOPLE WOULD TURN OUT ANY WAY WHO WOULD 257 00:19:15,121 --> 00:19:18,589 BE MORE LIKELY TO SUPPORT WHAT YOU WANT. 258 00:19:18,591 --> 00:19:23,261 >> NOW YOU'RE THINKING LIKE THE POLITICAL STRATEGIST THAT I 259 00:19:23,263 --> 00:19:26,230 KNOW. AND OF COURSE -- I'M THINKING OF 260 00:19:26,232 --> 00:19:30,935 COMING AT THIS FROM ALL SIDES SO THAT MEANS I'M NOT COMING IT'S 261 00:19:30,937 --> 00:19:33,771 FROM SOME BALLOT MEASURE. BUT YES. 262 00:19:33,773 --> 00:19:37,275 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO THE POLLS AT THE TIME 263 00:19:37,277 --> 00:19:42,914 THAT VOTERS ARE ENGAGED. >> AND HE WOULD TELL YOU THAT 264 00:19:42,916 --> 00:19:49,253 THOSE POLLS ARE DISTORTED ON THE CHANGE THAT HAS ALLEGEDLY 265 00:19:49,255 --> 00:19:51,022 HAPPENED. >> I WOULD SAY MOST OF HIS 266 00:19:51,024 --> 00:19:55,860 VIEWERS DISTORTED. I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE GETS HIS 267 00:19:55,862 --> 00:19:57,862 RESEARCH. IT'S NOT SUPPORTED BY ANYTHING 268 00:19:57,864 --> 00:20:04,335 THAT WE SEE THESE DAYS AND THEY ARE OFTEN REALLY IRRATIONAL 269 00:20:04,337 --> 00:20:07,638 CLAIMS THAT PREY ON THE IRRATIONAL FEARS OF THE PUBLIC 270 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,908 AND THOSE FEARS THAT TEND TO COME FROM LACK OF INFORMATION 271 00:20:10,910 --> 00:20:15,046 NOT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND RESEARCH AND THAT IS 272 00:20:15,048 --> 00:20:16,180 UNFORTUNATE. [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] 273 00:20:16,182 --> 00:20:20,451 >> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT EMILY -- ARE YOU TELLING FOLKS WHO WANT A 274 00:20:20,453 --> 00:20:26,424 2014 ELECTION THAT TO HOLD BACK WAIT UNTIL '16 BECAUSE YOU'RE 275 00:20:26,426 --> 00:20:29,627 PROBABLY GETTING PRESSURE TO MOVE ON THIS NEXT YEAR. 276 00:20:29,629 --> 00:20:32,663 >> THERE IS INTERCOMMING FROM JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY AND I AM AT 277 00:20:32,665 --> 00:20:40,137 LEAST SAYING I'M OPEN TO 2014-2016 IF SOMEBODY CAN 278 00:20:40,139 --> 00:20:46,844 PRESENT A PLAN THAT IS BETTER. I WANT IT TO BE A REALLY SMART 279 00:20:46,846 --> 00:20:49,513 STRATEGIC EFFORT THAT COVERS ALL OF THE BASICS. 280 00:20:49,515 --> 00:20:51,249 I'M OPEN TO HAVING THE DISCUSSION. 281 00:20:51,251 --> 00:20:55,353 WHEN WE GO TO THE BALLOT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND DO IT 282 00:20:55,355 --> 00:20:58,422 IN THE SAME COHESIVE WAY AND SMOOTH. 283 00:20:58,424 --> 00:21:03,628 I WANT ALL OF THE MOVING PARTS. >> THE POLLING DATA SUGGESTS 284 00:21:03,630 --> 00:21:08,099 THAT YOU'RE ALREADY THERE. >> SO,. 285 00:21:08,101 --> 00:21:10,668 >> MAYBE THE POLLS ARE WRONG. >> NO. 286 00:21:10,670 --> 00:21:13,337 WE DON'T BELIEVE THE POLLS ARE WRONG AND YET I THINK THAT ONE 287 00:21:13,339 --> 00:21:17,642 THING THAT WE DO KNOW WORKING IN POLITICS IS POLLING NUMBERS 288 00:21:17,644 --> 00:21:20,478 DON'T NECESSARILY TRANSLATE INTO VOTES. 289 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:24,915 >> YOU WANT TO BE ABOUT 60%. >> I WOULD LOVE TO BE AT 60% AND 290 00:21:24,917 --> 00:21:27,151 WE'RE SEEING THERE IS CONSISTENT INCREASE. 291 00:21:27,153 --> 00:21:31,722 WE'RE NOT GOING BACKWARDS AND I'D LIKE TO SEE CONSISTENT 292 00:21:31,724 --> 00:21:35,226 MAJORITY SUPPORT OVER THE COURSE OF A FEW POLLS. 293 00:21:35,228 --> 00:21:38,963 >> IT'S POSSIBLE IT COULD GO BACKWARDS. 294 00:21:38,965 --> 00:21:43,334 POLITICAL WINDS SHIFT. WE COULD HAVE STATES REVOKING 295 00:21:43,336 --> 00:21:46,337 THEIR MARRIAGE LAWS. >> I'LL DON'T SEE THE PUBLIC 296 00:21:46,339 --> 00:21:49,674 SUPPORT IS GOING TO GO BACKWARDS AND THE POLLS THAT WE'VE SEEN 297 00:21:49,676 --> 00:21:53,878 THEY ARE NOT THE FIRST MAJORITY SUPPORT FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY 298 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:58,182 THAT WE'VE SEEN IN MICHIGAN BUT THEY ARE THE THIRD OR FOURTH 299 00:21:58,184 --> 00:22:02,420 WITHIN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. >> WHAT IS THE POSITION ON THE 300 00:22:02,422 --> 00:22:04,822 PRIVACY ISSUES LIKE WE WERE DISCUSSING IN THE FIRST PART OF 301 00:22:04,824 --> 00:22:08,659 THE PROGRAM? VERSUS PERSONAL -- SECURITY BY 302 00:22:08,661 --> 00:22:12,930 THE GOVERNMENT. DOES THE LGBT COMMUNITY HAVE ANY 303 00:22:12,932 --> 00:22:18,536 POSITIONS ON ANY OF THOSE ISSUES -- INTRUSION BY THE GOVERNMENT. 304 00:22:18,538 --> 00:22:24,408 WHETHER IT'S DNA SWABS. WHETHER IT'S SECURITY LEAKS OF 305 00:22:24,410 --> 00:22:26,010 CLASSIFIED INFORMATION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 306 00:22:26,012 --> 00:22:32,750 DO YOU CARE ABOUT THAT? >> HONESTLY THE LGBT COMMUNITY 307 00:22:32,752 --> 00:22:39,357 IS A DEMOGRAPHIC WITHIN A DEMOGRAPHIC. 308 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:44,228 WE ALSO ARE WORKERS AND WE'RE ALSO CITIZENS THAT NEED TO WALK 309 00:22:44,230 --> 00:22:47,932 DOWN THE STREET -- [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] 310 00:22:47,934 --> 00:22:50,801 >> NOT ALL OVER THE MAP. WE JUST HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS 311 00:22:50,803 --> 00:22:53,037 THAT ANY OTHER CITIZENS IN THE COUNTRY HAVE. 312 00:22:53,039 --> 00:22:56,941 >> HOW DO YOU TAKE ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THIS ISSUE? 313 00:22:56,943 --> 00:23:02,146 >> THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WHAT WE'RE FINDING FROM A RECENT POLL 314 00:23:02,148 --> 00:23:09,153 IS 59% OF CATHOLICNESS MICHIGAN ARE IN FAVOR OF EQUALITY. 315 00:23:09,155 --> 00:23:12,423 >> DOES THAT MEAN MARRIAGE RIGHTS? 316 00:23:12,425 --> 00:23:16,227 >> MARRIAGE. GAY MARRIAGE. 317 00:23:16,229 --> 00:23:23,634 >> 60% OF CATHOLICS AND 60% OF LUTHERANS AND. 318 00:23:23,636 --> 00:23:31,142 >> LAST WEEK JASE BOLGER SAID HE WAS OPEN BUT HE SAID THE 319 00:23:31,144 --> 00:23:39,250 DISCUSSION TOO OFTEN HAS BEEN DEHUMANIZING OF LGBT PEOPLE AND 320 00:23:39,252 --> 00:23:45,222 DEMONIZING OF RELIGIOUS PEOPLE WHO SEE A MORALE PROBLEM THERE. 321 00:23:45,224 --> 00:23:49,794 IS THE LBGT RIGHTS MOVEMENT GUILTY OF THAT. 322 00:23:49,796 --> 00:23:56,167 >> THAT IS A STEREOTYPE AND IT IS NOT TRUE. 323 00:23:56,169 --> 00:24:00,070 WE'RE NOT LACKING FAITH. WE'RE LACKING CHURCHES THAT 324 00:24:00,072 --> 00:24:03,474 ACCEPT US. WE HAVE A GREAT NUMBER OF LGBT 325 00:24:03,476 --> 00:24:08,546 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE VERY RELIGIOUS AND HAVE HAD TO 326 00:24:08,548 --> 00:24:12,450 PRACTICE ON THEIR OWN AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT MORE 327 00:24:12,452 --> 00:24:20,057 LIBERAL DENOMINATIONS. WE HAVE LGBT CATHOLIC. 328 00:24:20,059 --> 00:24:23,794 >> THE PROBLEM IS THE HIERARCHY OF THE CHURCH. 329 00:24:23,796 --> 00:24:25,763 >> YES. AND WHEN YOU MENTION THE 330 00:24:25,765 --> 00:24:28,999 CATHOLIC CHURCH IMMEDIATELY WHAT I THINK OF IS THE PROBLEM IN 331 00:24:29,001 --> 00:24:31,268 MICHIGAN WITH THE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP. 332 00:24:31,270 --> 00:24:35,739 IT IS NOT THAT THE CATHOLIC MEMBERSHIP IS ANTI. 333 00:24:35,741 --> 00:24:39,643 IT'S THE CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP IS DIGGING IN THEIR HEELS AND 334 00:24:39,645 --> 00:24:43,481 REFUSING TO MOVE ON THEIR POSITION IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE 335 00:24:43,483 --> 00:24:48,285 NEEDS AND -- >> AND THEY WILL SPEND A BOAT 336 00:24:48,287 --> 00:24:51,889 LOAD OF MONEY TO FIGHT YOU. >> ABSOLUTELY. 337 00:24:51,891 --> 00:24:54,792 >> YOU ASSUME THAT. >> WE HAVE TO. 338 00:24:54,794 --> 00:24:59,363 >> HOW MUCH DO YOU HAVE TO COME UP WITH? 339 00:24:59,365 --> 00:25:03,367 >> $12 MILLION. IF YOU'VE GOT THAT ON YOU I'LL 340 00:25:03,369 --> 00:25:05,469 TAKE IT FROM YOU. >> HOW MUCH OF THAT WILL BE OUT 341 00:25:05,471 --> 00:25:10,307 OF STATE MONEY? >> I HOPE MOST OF THIS WILL COME 342 00:25:10,309 --> 00:25:14,245 FROM WITHIN MICHIGAN. >> ANOTHER SIDE IS GOING TO SAY 343 00:25:14,247 --> 00:25:17,214 THOSE OUTSIDE GROUPS ARE COMING IN -- 344 00:25:17,216 --> 00:25:20,351 >> AND YOU KNOW WHAT IS SO FUNNY ABOUT THAT IS ANY TIME WE TRY TO 345 00:25:20,353 --> 00:25:24,088 PASS A HUMAN RIGHTS ORDINANCE WE ARE COMMITTED TO LETTING THE 346 00:25:24,090 --> 00:25:30,394 COMMUNITY LEAD. WE'RE MID TO LETTING THE 347 00:25:30,396 --> 00:25:33,597 MUNICIPALITY DECIDE. >> YOU WOULD TAKE OUT OF STATE 348 00:25:33,599 --> 00:25:35,065 MONEY? >> ABSOLUTELY. 349 00:25:35,067 --> 00:25:38,536 WE'LL TAKE SOME HELP BUT WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT AN EFFORT 350 00:25:38,538 --> 00:25:42,973 OF A NATIONAL MOVEMENT. WE WANT TO MAKE IT A MICHIGAN 351 00:25:42,975 --> 00:25:47,578 MOVEMENT. WHERE NATIONAL IAN TEE LGBT 352 00:25:47,580 --> 00:25:50,681 ORGANIZATIONS WILL POUR IN MONEY TO STOP MUNICIPAL PROGRESS. 353 00:25:50,683 --> 00:25:53,384 >> WE'RE OUT OF TIME. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THE 354 00:25:53,386 --> 00:25:59,657 PROGRAM. DON'T FORGET WE'RE AT WKAR.ORG. 355 00:25:59,659 --> 00:26:14,638 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK RIGHT HERE ON "OFF THE RECORD." 356 04:46:55,233 --> 04:46:59,233 Generated by CCExtractor http://ccextractor.sourceforge.net