Mayor Carty Finkbeiner on the Big Three Bailout

Last Wednesday the mayor got a little fired up when speaking at a town hall meeting about the auto industry bailout. Here are Mayor Finkbeiner's comments:



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-Billau

3/4% Tax Change

Councilman Joe McNamara is proposing legislation to change how the 3/4% tax is allocated. He says this will allow for 2009 police and fire classes. This is his entire press conference...

Joe The Plumber

Joe Tibbals was the photographer working the day Senator Obama toured that now famous Holland neighborhood. Here is Joe The Photographer's video of the exchange between Senator Obama and Joe The Plumber.




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-Billau

$700 Billion Bailout Rejected - Roll Call

Wonder how your representative voted? I know the House's website crashed last night from people trying to find out how their representative voted. I'm here to make finding out easier. No video today, just text. Here's the roll call from yesterday's house vote. A "Y" is a yes vote in favor of the bailout.

ALABAMA
Democrats - Cramer, Y; Davis, Y.
Republicans - Aderholt, N; Bachus, Y; Bonner, Y; Everett, Y;
Rogers, Y.

ALASKA
Republicans - Young, N.

ARIZONA
Democrats - Giffords, N; Grijalva, N; Mitchell, N; Pastor, N.
Republicans - Flake, N; Franks, N; Renzi, N; Shadegg, N.

ARKANSAS
Democrats - Berry, Y; Ross, Y; Snyder, Y.
Republicans - Boozman, Y.

CALIFORNIA
Democrats - Baca, N; Becerra, N; Berman, Y; Capps, Y; Cardoza,
Y; Costa, Y; Davis, Y; Eshoo, Y; Farr, Y; Filner, N; Harman, Y;
Honda, Y; Lee, N; Lofgren, Zoe, Y; Matsui, Y; McNerney, Y; Miller,
George, Y; Napolitano, N; Pelosi, Y; Richardson, Y; Roybal-Allard,
N; Sanchez, Linda T., N; Sanchez, Loretta, N; Schiff, N; Sherman,
N; Solis, N; Speier, Y; Stark, N; Tauscher, Y; Thompson, N; Waters,
Y; Watson, N; Waxman, Y; Woolsey, N.
Republicans - Bilbray, N; Bono Mack, Y; Calvert, Y; Campbell, Y;
Doolittle, N; Dreier, Y; Gallegly, N; Herger, Y; Hunter, N; Issa,
N; Lewis, Y; Lungren, Daniel E., Y; McCarthy, N; McKeon, Y; Miller,
Gary, Y; Nunes, N; Radanovich, Y; Rohrabacher, N; Royce, N.

COLORADO
Democrats - DeGette, Y; Perlmutter, Y; Salazar, N; Udall, N.
Republicans - Lamborn, N; Musgrave, N; Tancredo, Y.

CONNECTICUT
Democrats - Courtney, N; DeLauro, Y; Larson, Y; Murphy, Y.
Republicans - Shays, Y.

DELAWARE
Republicans - Castle, Y.

FLORIDA
Democrats - Boyd, Y; Brown, Corrine, Y; Castor, N; Hastings, Y;
Klein, Y; Mahoney, Y; Meek, Y; Wasserman Schultz, Y; Wexler, Y.
Republicans - Bilirakis, N; Brown-Waite, Ginny, N; Buchanan, N;
Crenshaw, Y; Diaz-Balart, L., N; Diaz-Balart, M., N; Feeney, N;
Keller, N; Mack, N; Mica, N; Miller, N; Putnam, Y; Ros-Lehtinen, N;
Stearns, N; Weldon, Y; Young, N.

GEORGIA
Democrats - Barrow, N; Bishop, Y; Johnson, N; Lewis, N;
Marshall, Y; Scott, N.
Republicans - Broun, N; Deal, N; Gingrey, N; Kingston, N;
Linder, N; Price, N; Westmoreland, N.

HAWAII
Democrats - Abercrombie, N; Hirono, N.

IDAHO
Republicans - Sali, N; Simpson, Y.

ILLINOIS
Democrats - Bean, Y; Costello, N; Davis, Y; Emanuel, Y; Foster,
Y; Gutierrez, Y; Hare, Y; Jackson, N; Lipinski, N; Rush, N;
Schakowsky, Y.
Republicans - Biggert, N; Johnson, N; Kirk, Y; LaHood, Y;
Manzullo, N; Roskam, N; Shimkus, N; Weller, X.

INDIANA
Democrats - Carson, N; Donnelly, Y; Ellsworth, Y; Hill, N;
Visclosky, N.
Republicans - Burton, N; Buyer, N; Pence, N; Souder, Y.

IOWA
Democrats - Boswell, Y; Braley, N; Loebsack, Y.
Republicans - King, N; Latham, N.

KANSAS
Democrats - Boyda, N; Moore, Y.
Republicans - Moran, N; Tiahrt, N.

KENTUCKY
Democrats - Chandler, N; Yarmuth, N.
Republicans - Davis, N; Lewis, Y; Rogers, Y; Whitfield, N.

LOUISIANA
Democrats - Cazayoux, N; Jefferson, N; Melancon, Y.
Republicans - Alexander, N; Boustany, N; McCrery, Y; Scalise, N.

MAINE
Democrats - Allen, Y; Michaud, N.

MARYLAND
Democrats - Cummings, N; Edwards, N; Hoyer, Y; Ruppersberger, Y;
Sarbanes, Y; Van Hollen, Y.
Republicans - Bartlett, N; Gilchrest, Y.

MASSACHUSETTS
Democrats - Capuano, Y; Delahunt, N; Frank, Y; Lynch, N; Markey,
Y; McGovern, Y; Neal, Y; Olver, Y; Tierney, N; Tsongas, Y.

MICHIGAN


Democrats - Conyers, N; Dingell, Y; Kildee, Y; Kilpatrick, N;
Levin, Y; Stupak, N.
Republicans - Camp, Y; Ehlers, Y; Hoekstra, N; Knollenberg, N;
McCotter, N; Miller, N; Rogers, N; Upton, Y; Walberg, N.

MINNESOTA
Democrats - Ellison, Y; McCollum, Y; Oberstar, Y; Peterson, N;
Walz, N.
Republicans - Bachmann, N; Kline, Y; Ramstad, N.

MISSISSIPPI
Democrats - Childers, N; Taylor, N; Thompson, N.
Republicans - Pickering, Y.

MISSOURI
Democrats - Carnahan, Y; Clay, N; Cleaver, N; Skelton, Y.
Republicans - Akin, N; Blunt, Y; Emerson, Y; Graves, N; Hulshof,
N.

MONTANA
Republicans - Rehberg, N.

NEBRASKA
Republicans - Fortenberry, N; Smith, N; Terry, N.

NEVADA
Democrats - Berkley, N.
Republicans - Heller, N; Porter, Y.

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Democrats - Hodes, N; Shea-Porter, N.

NEW JERSEY
Democrats - Andrews, Y; Holt, Y; Pallone, Y; Pascrell, N; Payne,
N; Rothman, N; Sires, Y.
Republicans - Ferguson, Y; Frelinghuysen, N; Garrett, N;
LoBiondo, N; Saxton, Y; Smith, N.

NEW MEXICO
Democrats - Udall, N.
Republicans - Pearce, N; Wilson, Y.

NEW YORK
Democrats - Ackerman, Y; Arcuri, Y; Bishop, Y; Clarke, Y;
Crowley, Y; Engel, Y; Gillibrand, N; Hall, Y; Higgins, Y; Hinchey,
N; Israel, Y; Lowey, Y; Maloney, Y; McCarthy, Y; McNulty, Y; Meeks,
Y; Nadler, Y; Rangel, Y; Serrano, N; Slaughter, Y; Towns, Y;
Velazquez, Y; Weiner, Y.
Republicans - Fossella, Y; King, Y; Kuhl, N; McHugh, Y;
Reynolds, Y; Walsh, Y.

NORTH CAROLINA
Democrats - Butterfield, N; Etheridge, Y; McIntyre, N; Miller,
Y; Price, Y; Shuler, N; Watt, Y.
Republicans - Coble, N; Foxx, N; Hayes, N; Jones, N; McHenry, N;
Myrick, N.

NORTH DAKOTA
Democrats - Pomeroy, Y.

OHIO
Democrats - Kaptur, N; Kucinich, N; Ryan, Y; Space, Y; Sutton,
N; Wilson, Y.
Republicans - Boehner, Y; Chabot, N; Hobson, Y; Jordan, N;
LaTourette, N; Latta, N; Pryce, Y; Regula, Y; Schmidt, N; Tiberi,
N; Turner, N.

OKLAHOMA
Democrats - Boren, Y.
Republicans - Cole, Y; Fallin, N; Lucas, N; Sullivan, N.

OREGON
Democrats - Blumenauer, N; DeFazio, N; Hooley, Y; Wu, N.
Republicans - Walden, Y.

PENNSYLVANIA
Democrats - Altmire, N; Brady, Y; Carney, N; Doyle, Y; Fattah,
Y; Holden, N; Kanjorski, Y; Murphy, Patrick, Y; Murtha, Y;
Schwartz, Y; Sestak, Y.
Republicans - Dent, N; English, N; Gerlach, N; Murphy, Tim, N;
Peterson, Y; Pitts, N; Platts, N; Shuster, N.

RHODE ISLAND
Democrats - Kennedy, Y; Langevin, Y.

SOUTH CAROLINA
Democrats - Clyburn, Y; Spratt, Y.
Republicans - Barrett, N; Brown, Y; Inglis, Y; Wilson, Y.

SOUTH DAKOTA
Democrats - Herseth Sandlin, N.

TENNESSEE
Democrats - Cohen, Y; Cooper, Y; Davis, Lincoln, N; Gordon, Y;
Tanner, Y.
Republicans - Blackburn, N; Davis, David, N; Duncan, N; Wamp, N.

TEXAS
Democrats - Cuellar, N; Doggett, N; Edwards, Y; Gonzalez, Y;
Green, Al, N; Green, Gene, N; Hinojosa, Y; Jackson-Lee, N; Johnson,
E. B., Y; Lampson, N; Ortiz, N; Reyes, Y; Rodriguez, N.
Republicans - Barton, N; Brady, Y; Burgess, N; Carter, N;
Conaway, N; Culberson, N; Gohmert, N; Granger, Y; Hall, N;
Hensarling, N; Johnson, Sam, N; Marchant, N; McCaul, N; Neugebauer,
N; Paul, N; Poe, N; Sessions, Y; Smith, Y; Thornberry, N.

UTAH
Democrats - Matheson, N.
Republicans - Bishop, N; Cannon, Y.

VERMONT
Democrats - Welch, N.

VIRGINIA
Democrats - Boucher, Y; Moran, Y; Scott, N.
Republicans - Cantor, Y; Davis, Tom, Y; Drake, N; Forbes, N;
Goode, N; Goodlatte, N; Wittman, N; Wolf, Y.

WASHINGTON
Democrats - Baird, Y; Dicks, Y; Inslee, N; Larsen, Y; McDermott,
Y; Smith, Y.
Republicans - Hastings, N; McMorris Rodgers, N; Reichert, N.

WEST VIRGINIA
Democrats - Mollohan, Y; Rahall, Y.
Republicans - Capito, N.

WISCONSIN
Democrats - Baldwin, Y; Kagen, N; Kind, Y; Moore, Y; Obey, Y.
Republicans - Petri, N; Ryan, Y; Sensenbrenner, N.

WYOMING
Republicans - Cubin, Y.
-Billau

Senator John McCain Interview

Last week I traveled with Lee Conklin to Columbus to interview the presumptive GOP candidate for President of the United States, Senator John McCain. In February, I posted the interview Lee and I did with Senator Barack Obama in its entirety. Now here is the follow-up to that post, Lee's interview with Senator McCain in its entirety.




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-Billau

13 ABC EARNS ITS GOLDEN BUCKEYE CARD

We celebrated our 60th Birthday here at WTVG this week. We first hit the air on July 21st, 1948. For more than a decade Channel 13 was the only TV station in town. In 1958, we became an NBC station. In 1995, The Walt Disney Company bought WTVG and we switched to become an ABC station. Originally, our call letters were WSPD-TV.

Below is some video made from a film transfer from the summer of 1948. The video includes a WSPD-TV slate, shots of the studio being constructed, engineering equipment and cameras, and video of the old transmitter tower construction.



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-Billau

Dog Warden's House Calls To End

As 13 ABC reported earlier today, the Lucas County Commissioners put a freeze on the Lucas County Dog Warden's ability to go door to door for license checks. Below are Lucas County Dog Warden,Tom Skeldon's interview and Lucas County Commissioner, Ben Konop's interview.

Here's Mr. Konop's interview:



And here is Mr. Skeldon's interview:


For more, go to my blog to see the entire interview Lissa Guyton did with Tom Skeldon yesterday for his views about a pit bull attack and pit bulls in general.
As always, thanks for watching!
-Billau

Carly Fiorina Interview

Carly Fiorina is Senator and Republican Presidential hopeful John McCain's Economic Adviser. Christine Long did an exclusive interview with her when she and Mr. McCain were in Toledo for a fundraiser. Here is that complete interview:

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Below is the raw video from Lissa Guyton's interview with Schenker USA's Executive Vice President of Freight Management, Malcolm Heath.



I thought some of you may find this interesting. Here's a good 17 minute interview and we only have time for about 3 1/2 minutes total airtime for this story.

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-Billau

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Senator Barack Obama Interview

Hey, remember us? Yeah, the photogs. Sorry it's been so long since there's been a post. We'll improve on that in the future. Anyodd, today Lee Conklin traveled to Columbus to interview presidential hopeful Barack Obama after a rally held at the Ohio State University. Here is the uncut interview.

I'll be posting some pictures from our trip on my blog very soon.




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-Billau