HE'S OUTA HERE--House Minority Leader Dean DePiero, D-Parma, gestures during a news conference where he announced that he would be stepping down from his leadership post at the end of the year, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2002. Rep. DePiero said that he will run for mayor of Parma. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

BETS ARE ON--Senate President Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati, laughs as he meets with reporters following session, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2002. Regarding year-end business, Sen. Finan said that he expected a bill to permit video gambling at the state's racetracks to be voted out of the Senate prior to the end of the 124th General Assemblly in December. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)