DOESN'T WANT A TAX HIKE--Ohio State Treasurer J. Kenneth Blackwell gestures during a news conference at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, July 9, 1997. Blackwell, who is expected to run for Governor, voiced his opposition to the Ohio School Funding Task Force's recommendation of raising taxes and plans to put forth his own plan by the end of the month.

PRO BIZ--Ohio Senate Finance Committee Chairman Roy Ray, R-Akron, gestures as he speaks to reporters at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, July 9, 1997. Ray told the reporters that republicans plan to introduce legislation that would reduce the taxes that companies would pay on their business inventory for school funding.