FOLLOWING THE NUMBERS--Sen. Robert Hagan, D-Youngstown, leans back as he follows testimony by tax experts, during a hearing of the Joint Committee of School Funding and Accountability, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, July 11, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

TAX TALK--Rep. Donald Mottley, R-West Carrollton, gestures as he exchanges viewpoints with Donald Berno, of the Ohio Public Expenditure Council, during a hearing of the Joint Committee on School-Funding and Accountability, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, July 11, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)