UNBID CONTRACT FLAP--Mary Boyle, Democratic candidate for state treasurer, gestures as she is joined by gubenatorial candidate Tim Hagan, right, and attorney general candidate Leigh Herington, during a news conference concerning the $25.2 million, six-month unbid contract awarded to Bank One for child support payments and distribution, at the Ohio Statehouse,in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 8, 2002. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

UNBID CONTRACT FLAP--Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Tim Hagan speaks during a news conference concerning the $25.2 million, six-month unbid contract awarded to Bank One for child support payments and distribution, at the Ohio Statehouse,in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 8, 2002. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

CIGARETTE TAX--Sen. James Carnes, R-St. Clairsville, gestures as he speaks to supporters of a cigarette tax of 50-cent-per-pack, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 8, 2002. Sen. Carnes chairs the Senate Finance Committee, which is considering the tax as a partial measure to balance an expected $1.25 billion state budget shortfall. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

CIGARETTE TAX--Supporters of a cigarette tax increase of 50-cent-per-pack applaude during a news conference, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 8, 2002. The Senate Finance Committee, at the urging of Gov. Bob Taft, is considering the tax as a partial measure to balance an expected $1.25 billion state budget shortfall. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

CIGARETTE TAX--Tom Jackson, of the Ohio Grocers Association, gestures during a news conference by opponents of a proposed 50-cent-per-pack tax increase on cigarettes, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 8, 2002. Members of the Ohio Council for Reasonable Business Policy claim that the tax, which would be used to help balance an estimated $1.25 billion state budget shortfall, would result in the loss of jobs and of tax revenue. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

CIGARETTE TAX--Sen. Lynn Wachtmann, R-Napoleon, gestures as he preaches to a choir of anti-cigarette tax concerns, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 8, 2002. Sen. Wachtmann had harsh words to say about fellow Republican Gov. Bob Taft, such as "this governor doesn't get it..he's never had a private sector job," he said of Taft, who favors the tax. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)