TOUGH TALK--Rep. Tom Brinkman Jr, R- Cincinnati, gestures during a news conference held by conservative groups in opposition to the appointment of former House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson as director of the Ohio Dept. of Jobs and Family Services, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, March 8, 2001. The freshman state rep. referred to the former speaker as "a political has-been." (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

PRIVATE PRISONS--Rep. Dan Metelsky, D-Lorain, attends a news conference held by a coalition opposed to private prisons, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, March 8, 2001. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)