NEW MINORITY LEADER--Senate Minority Leader-elect Rhine McLIn, D-Dayton, conducts her first news conference after being elected by her caucas, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, April 12, 2000. McLIn and her fellow Democrats called for the resignation of Randall Fischer, the executive director of the Ohio Schools Facilities Commission. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

NEW DEMOCRATIC TEAM--Senate Minority Leader-elect Rhine McLIn, right, D-Dayton, presides over her first news conference, as Minority Whip-elect, Michael Shoemaker, D-Bourneville, lashes out at Ohio School Facilities chief Randall Fischer, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, April 12, 2000. Next to McLIn is Sen. Linda Furney, D-Toledo. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

HABITAT HOUSE CAMPAIGN--House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson, R- Reynoldsburg, takes a crash course in earth-moving prior to breaking ground on the first Habitat for Humanity home for the "The House the Assembly Built" campaign, in Urbancrest, Ohio, on Wednesday, April 12, 2000. "The House the Assembly Built" is a nation project led by Davidson to build a home in each of the 7,400 state legislative districts in the U.S. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

TAFT TESTIFIES--Gov. Bob Taft testifies before the House Criminal Justice Committee concening his support for safe-storage legislation, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, April 11, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)