AP/Dayton Daily News, Pool Ohio Governor Mike DeWine speaks during a public inauguration ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, in Columbus. In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss FirstEnergy's admission that it paid $4.3 million to Sam Randazzo just before he became the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio chair under Gov. Mike DeWine. What Did He Know And When Did He Know It? We learned this week that the governor knew about a $4.3 million payment FirstEnergy gave to Randazzo, but DeWine said he did not know of the payment until the FBI raided Randazzo’s condo in Columbus.