OHIO GOVERNOR BOB TAFT--Gov. Bob Taft speaks during a "brown bag lunch" with the media, at the Riffe Center, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1999. Taft spoke about a range of issues from his Ohio Reads program, to the use of the electric chair. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

FIELDING QUESTIONS--Gov. Bob Taft gestures as he answers reporters questions during a 'brown bag lunch" with the media, at the Riffe Center, on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1999. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

JUSTICE EVELYN L. STRATTON--Supreme Court Justice Evelyn L. Stratton gestures during the recent school-funding arguments, at the Rhodes Tower, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1999. (JACK KUSTRON)