LELAND STEPS DOWN--Ohio Democratic Party chairman David Leland, seen in this recent FILE PHOTO, announced today, May 29, 2002, that he his stepping down from his post in order to become National Director of Project Vote, one of the nation's largest non-partisan voter registration and voter mobilization groups. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

BUDGET BILL--House Speaker Larry Householder, left, R-Glenford, and Minority Leader Dean DePiero, D-Parma, take a look at possible amendments to the budget bill, prior to debate on the state budget, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 29, 2002. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

BUDGET BILL--Conservative Rep. Tom Brinkman, R-Cincinnati, gestures as he speaks with Rep. Tom Niehaus, R-New Richmond, and Michelle Schneider, R-Cincinnati, prior to debate on the state budget, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 29, 2002. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)