THE PERFECT STORM--Jim Mauro, president of the Ohio board of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, (NAMI) gestures during a news conference concerning the crisis in funding for mental health services, at the Riffe Center, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002. NAMI and the Coalition for Healthy Communities, a group of 27 advocacy organizations across Ohio, sponsored the event with the theme The Perfect Storm, which describes the various forces that are converging to place the state's public mental health treatment systems in a state of emergency. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING END-RUN--Ohio AFL-CIO President William Burga, left, listens as Irwin Scharfeld, of the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association, (OCSEA) expresses anger over last-minute provisions in the House version of the Capital Budget bill, during a news conference, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002. Organized labor is opposed to provisions that would make member attorneys ineligible for union representation and particularly concerned that management could reject a Fact Finder's recommendation by taking away authority from the General Assembly and giving it to the non-elected state Controlling Board. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING END-RUN--Ohio AFL-CIO President William Burga, left, gestures as he speaks with reporters concerning last-minute provisions in the House version of the Capital Budget bill, during a news conference, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002. Also seen is Irwin Scharfeld, of the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association. Organized labor is opposed to provisions that would make member attorneys ineligible for union representation and particularly concerned that management could reject a Fact Finder's recommendation by taking away authority from the General Assembly and giving it to the non-elected state Controlling Board. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING END-RUN--Dave Regan, of the Service Employees International Union, Dist. 1199, gestures as he joins other members of organized labor in condemming last-minute provisions in the House version of the Capital Budget bill, during a news conference, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002. Organized labor is opposed to provisions that would make member attorneys ineligible for union representation and particularly concerned that management could reject a Fact Finder's recommendation by taking away authority from the General Assembly and giving it to the non-elected state Controlling Board. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)