NEW BUDGET DIRECTOR--Rep. Tom Johnson, R-New Concord, speaks with reporters as his future boss, governor-elect Bob Taft, looks on during a news conference announcing key Taft appointees, at the Riffe Center, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Dec. 3, 1998. Johnson will serve in Taft's cabinet as Director of the Office of Budget and Management. (JACK KUSTRON../photoj.com)