I'M
I'M JERRY
I'M JERRY ANDERSON. IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING WEEK IN NEWS THAT AFFECTS ALL OF US .
ESPECIALLY STORIES WE'VE
FOLLOWED, AND WILL CONTINUE TO,
ON THIS SHOW. ED CHOICE THE HOT
POTATO IN COLUMBUS AS
LEGISLATORS WORK TO FIX THE
MESS THAT . LET'S SEE . THEY'VE
MADE.
MADE. IT
MADE. IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS TAGGED WITH THAT ED CHOICE LABEL WILL
BE COMING DOWN. I FIND IT SAD
THAT
IT HAD TO GET INTO SOME OF OUR
STATE'S
STATE'S WELL- HEALED SUBURBAN DISTRICTS TO GET COLUMBUS'S ATTENTION BUT WE'RE STAYING ON
IT WHEN TERESA FEDOR, LEAD
SENATE DEMOCRAT ON THE ISSUE,
SITS
AT MY TABLE NEXT WEEK. THE LAKE
ERIE BILL OF RIGHTS WAS THE
TOPIC OF AN IMPORTANT HEARING IN
FEDERAL COURT IN TOLEDO THIS
WEEK. THIS IS THAT THING THAT
VOTERS APPROVED
SAYING THE LAKE, WHICH SUPPLIES
OUR DRINKING WATER, HAS A
RIGHT TO "FLOURISH". OK, IT'S
OUT THERE BUT THIS NATURAL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT IS GIVEN LIFE
WHEN,
WHEN, 5
WHEN, 5 AND A HALF YEARS AFTER THE TOLEDO WATER CRISIS, WE'RE STILL FEEDING THE
LAKE'S ALGAE SUPPLY, WHEN NO ONE
THINKS PHOSPHOROUS
REDUCTION TARGETS WILL BE MET
THIS YEAR . OR IN 2025. WHEN
PEOPLE GET FED UP ENOUGH, THEY
SOMETIMES TAKE THINGS INTO THEIR
OWN HANDS. AND WE'RE FOLLOWING
THEIR EFFORTS. IT'S SUPER BOWL
WEEKEND AND IN THAT VEIN, I'M
WELCOMING A FORMER 9-YEAR
NFL'ER TO MY TABLE THIS MORNING.
WE'LL TALK FOOTBALL,
SURE, BUT I'M REALLY INTRIGUED
ABOUT HIM RETURNING TO HIS
ROOTS TO KICKOFF
THE NEXT PHASE OF HIS CAREER.
ALRIGHT, HE'S A PUNTER BUT
KICKOFF
KICKOFF .
KICKOFF . THAT'S A FOOTBALL TERM RIGHT THERE, OK? SO SPEAKING OF
RETURNING TO HIS ROOTS, AS IN
HOMETOWN, THE YOUNG MAN AT MY
TABLE MADE QUITE A SPLASH IN
TOLEDO
TOLEDO THIS WEEK. THIS IS PETE KADENS. HE FIRST CAME ON MY SHOW TO ANNOUNCE THE
FORMATION OF AN EFFORT TO RAISE
ENOUGH PRIVATE FUNDING TO PAY
FOR UNIVERSAL PRE-K IN THE CITY
OF TOLEDO. SOME MONEY CAME IN.
NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THE TAB
AND, AS WE'VE REPORTED, THE
INCLUSION OF PRE-K FUNDING IN
THE UPCOMING CITY INCOME TAX
INCREASE LEVY, WHICH WILL BE
DECIDED IN MARCH, IS GETTING A
BUNCH OF PUSHBACK . AT
LEAST COUNCIL MEMBERS TELL ME .
AND HAVE TOLD US . RIGHT HERE ON
LEADING EDGE. WELCOME BACK .
WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THE "HOPE"
TOLEDO FRONT . ARE YOU
DISAPPOINTED AT ALL IN THE
PRIVATE
SECTOR'S GIVING . OR LACK OF?
>>I
>>I KNOW
>>I KNOW YOU'RE FRUSTRATED WHEN VOTERS SAY "YEAH, I'D ANTE UP TO FIX
FIX
ROADS
ROADS .
ROADS . BUT, BOY, THIS PRE-K THING . I DON'T KNOW.." >>LET'S BACK UP . YOU'RE AN OTTAWA HILLS
GUY . DID WELL IN BUSINESS .
WHICH WAS WHAT? >>CASHED BIG
TIME AND FEEL DRIVEN TO, IN YOUR
WORDS, DO WHAT? >>O.K., SO THIS
WEEK YOU'RE BACK
IN
IN TOWN
IN TOWN ANNOUNCING WHAT SHOULD BE, WHAT WILL BE, A LIFE- CHANGING INITIATIVE. WHICH
IS WHAT? >>WHY SCOTT? >>I CAN
JUST HEAR THE PARENTS THINKING
AND
AND SAYING RIGHT NOW TO THEIR CHILD . "YOU'RE TRANSFERRING TO SCOTT". BUT YOU'VE GOT TO BE
THERE ALREADY? >>SO DID THE
CLASS OF 2020 JUST BECOME THE
LUCKIEST
LUCKIEST CLASS IN HISTORY . OR WILL THIS BE AVAILABLE TO FUTURE
CLASSES? >>IF HE HAS THAT MONEY
AND
AND BELIEVES SO STRONGLY IN PRE- K, WHY NOT PUT THE CASH THERE SO ANY TAX INCREASE CAN BE
EARMARKED SPECIFICALLY TO
FIXING OUR ROADS? >>ARE THERE
STRINGS
STRINGS ATTACHED. UPON GRADUATION FROM COLLEGE ARE
THESE
THESE YOUNG STUDENTS EXPECTED TO GIVE BACK IN SOME WAY TO THEIR HOME COMMUNITY . THE WAY YOU
HAVE? >>A KID STARTS COLLEGE,
LOSES INTEREST AND