BITTER BUDGET--Gov. Bob Taft gestures while Budget Director Tom Johnson grimaces during an unveiling of the proposed $49.2 billion two-year budget, at the Riffe Center, in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, Feb. 3, 2003. The budget includes cuts in various state programs and tax hikes. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

TAFT BUDGET--Gov. Bob Taft hols a mini-cd version of his proposed $49.2 billion two-year budget, at the Riffe Center, in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, Feb. 3, 2003. For the first time the state did not print a book outlining the budget, instead going with the mini-disc to save money, which led the governor to joke that "We started with a round disk, but because of the budget we had to shave it." The budget includes cuts in various state programs and tax hikes. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

TAFT BUDGET--Brian K. Hicks, chief-of-staff to Gov. Bob Taft listens as his boss unveils his proposed $49.2 billion two-year budget, at the Riffe Center, in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, Feb. 3, 2003. The budget includes cuts in various state programs and tax hikes. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

TAFT BUDGET--Gov. Bob Taft gestures toward a pie chart during an unveiling of his proposed $49.2 billion two-year budget, at the Riffe Center, in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, Feb. 3, 2003. The budget includes cuts in various state programs and tax hikes. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)