DON'T TAX HAPPINESS AND FUN--Gordon Sheerer, a lobbyist for Kings Island amusement park, testifies before the Senate Finance Committee in opposition to Plan B for funding public schools, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1997. Plan B would add a sales tax for parks such as Kings Island, located near Cincinnati. Sheerer, a former state Rep. began his testimony by stating "that rather than talk about misery and woe," he was "here to talk about happiness and fun," he said.

SO MUCH FOR PLAN B--Ohio Senate Finance Committee Chairman Roy Ray, R-Akron, gestures as he tells reporters that the committee had finished hearing testimony concerning school funding Plan B, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1997.