AGAINST MERGER--Sen. Linda Furney, D-Toledo, speaks with Senate Minority Leader Ben Espy, D-Columbus, prior to the vote to merge the human-services and employment-services agencies into the Department of Job and Family Services, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 1999. The bill, which was a priority of the Taft administration, passed the Senate and will go to the governor for his signature. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)