PATIENT PROTECTION PLAN--Rep. Randy Gardner, R-Bowling Green, speaks on behalf of his House-sponsored HMO reform bill, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 29, 1999. The bill was approved and will go to Gov. Taft for his signature. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

WHEN IN DOUBT; SUE--State Rep. Diane Grendell, R-Chesterland, points toward the Speaker's Chair, as she greets a guest at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 29, 1999. Grendell has filed a lawsuit with the Ohio Supreme Court that accuses the state's top political leaders of intimidating her to vote for the budget and "unlawfully"erasing a $30,000 grant for the Geauga County Airport. The suit names House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson, R-Reynoldsburg; Senate President Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati; and House Finance Committee Chairman E.J. Thomas, R-Columbus as defendants. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

SAY CHEESY POOFS--Douglas Chadwick, of Hillsboro, WVA., prepares to photograph members and staff of the House of Representives with a panoramic camera, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 29, 1999. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

HAVING A BALL--Mounted patrol officers from the Columbus Police Dept. use a large ball to simulate crowd-control tactics, at Berliner Park, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 29, 1999. The Mounted Patrol is preparing for the throng of over 500,000 partygoers that will gather in Columbus for the annual Red, White & Boom celebration that will be held of Friday, July 2. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com )

POLO ANYONE?--Mounted patrol officers from the Columbus Police Dept. use a large ball to simulate crowd-control tactics, at Berliner Park, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 29, 1999. The Mounted Patrol is preparing for the throng of over 500,000 partygoers that will gather in Columbus for the annual Red, White & Boom celebration that will be held of Friday, July 2. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com )