TAFT ADMINSTRATION TAKING SHAPE--Governor-elect Bob Taft gestures during a news conference where his announced his choice for Director of the Office of Budget and Management, and members of his Senior Management Team, at the Riffe Center, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Dec. 3, 1998. Behind Taft are from left: Chief of Staff Brian K. Hicks; Budget Director Tom Johnson; Chief Policy Advisor and Director of Cabinet Affairs Scott Borgemenke, and Director of Operations and Special Projects Beverly Martin. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

TAFT CHIEF OF STAFF--Brian K. Hicks was named Chief of Staff by Governer-elect Bob Taft, at the Riffe Center, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Dec. 3, 1998. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

NEW BUDGET DIRECTOR--Rep. Tom Johnson, R-New Concord, speaks with reporters as his future boss, governor-elect Bob Taft, looks on during a news conference announcing key Taft appointees, at the Riffe Center, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Dec. 3, 1998. Johnson will serve in Taft's cabinet as Director of the Office of Budget and Management. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

BOYHOOD IDOL--Scott Borgemenke gestures toward governor-elect Bob Taft, during a news conference where Borgemenke was named as the Taft Adminstration's Chief Policy Advisor and Director of Cabinet Affairs. The 33 year-old Borgemenke amused everyone by saying that he was a high school student when Taft was a Hamilton County Commissioner. Next to Taft are Tom Johnson and Brian Hicks. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

TAFT SPECIAL PROJECTS DIRECTOR--Beverly Martin attends a news conference where she was named Director of Operations and Special Projects for the Taft Adminstration, at the Riffe Center, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Dec. 3, 1998. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)