BIG BOB--Gov. Bob Taft is projected on two large screens as he speaks to about 800 of the state's union and management employees, during the High Performance Workplace Conference, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Sept. 16, 1999. Next to Taft on the stage are C. Scott Johnson, director of the Ohio Department of Administrative Services and Ronald Alexander, far right, president of the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)