TAKING ON TAX DODGERS--Rep. Michael Skindell, D-Lakewood, holds a folder containing names of companies that avoid paying state and federal taxes by incorporating in tax haven countries, during a news conference at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2003. Rep. Skindell in introducing bipartisan legislation, HB 286, which would prohibit the state from awarding contracts, and state assistance, such as tax breaks, to expatriate corporations. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

TAKING ON TAX DODGERS--Rep. Jim McGregor, R-Gahanna, right, lends his support to Rep. Michael Skindell's bipartisan legislation, HB 286, which would prohibit the state from awarding contracts and state assistance, such as tax breaks, to expatriate corporations, during a news conference at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2003. Also seen from left are: Rep. Dan Stewart, D-Columbus, Rep. Larry Price, D-Columbus, and Rep. Michael Skindell, D-Lakewood. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

TAKING ON TAX DODGERS--Tim Burga, left, of the Ohio AFL-CIO, lends his support to Rep. Michael Skindell's bipartisan legislation, HB 286, which would prohibit the state from awarding contracts and state assistance, such as tax breaks, to expatriate corporations, during a news conference at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2003. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)