STATE ISSUE ONE--Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic gestures during a news conference concerning opposition to State Issue One, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2002. State Issue One would change the state constitution to mandate treatment rather than incarceration for those convicted of a first or second drug offense. Ohioans Against Unsafe Drug Laws, which is a broadbased, bipartisian coalition, is opposed to the issue. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

STATE ISSUE ONE--Toledo Mayor Jack Ford gestures during a news conference concerning opposition to State Issue One, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2002. Also seen are Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic, left, and Columbus City Councilman Kevin Boyce. State Issue One would change the state constitution to mandate treatment rather than incarceration for those convicted of a first or second drug offense. Ohioans Against Unsafe Drug Laws, which is a broadbased, bipartisian coalition, is opposed to the issue. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

TOUCHE--Tom Smith, right, lunges toward Joseph Streb during a demonstration of epee fencing, on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2002. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

AMBER ALERT BILL--Rep. Linda Reidelbach, R-Columbus, announces her sponsored legislation that would create a statewide emergency alert system - AMBER Alert - to be used in certain cases of child disappearences, during a news conference, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)