AGAINST STATE ISSUE 2--Mark Cinda, an attorney for the Ohio Civil Service Employee Assoc., demonstates against State Issue 2, in front of the BWC building, In Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 1997.

VOICING HER VIEW--Maxine Hicks, a member of the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association, protests against State Issue 2, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 1997. A no vote on Issue 2 will do away with Worker's Compensation reforms enacted by the Ohio General Assembly.

SCHOOL FUNDING--William Phillis, Exec. Dir. for The Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding, gestures as he testifies before the Joint Committee on Finance, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 1997.

THE SKY MIGHT BE FALLING--Carol Young, Superintendent of the N. Union County School District, looks toward the ceiling as she testifies before the Joint Committee on Finance, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 1997. Young was relating to the committee how she would check each day for building disrepair when she was Superintendent of the Perry County School District.