OPEN DOOR POLICY--Gov. Bob Taft enters the cabinet room for a news conference concerning the Ohio Supreme Court's school-funding ruling that the state's method of funding public schools remains unconstitutional, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, May 12, 2000. Taft said that he is willing to include all interested parties, even the plantiffs, to finish the task of education reform. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

TAFT TESTIFIES--Gov. Bob Taft testifies before the House Criminal Justice Committee concening his support for safe-storage legislation, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, April 11, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

TAFT HONORS VETERANS--Gov. Bob Taft takes part in the annual Memorial Day Wreath Laying and Commemoration at the Ohio Veteran's Plazza Memorial, on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, May 26, 2000. Next to Taft are: U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Andre Martin, U.S. Marine Cpl. J.T. Quintana and U.S. Navy EN-1 Dwight Williams. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

CENSUS FUN--Gov. Bob Taft and First Lady Hope share a laugh over the "age" question, on the Census 200 form as they complete the task at their kitchen table, in Bexley, Ohio, on Wednesday, March 22, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

NATURAL GAS SUMMIT--Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, left, hands the microphone over to Daniel Yergin, Chairman, Cambridge Energy Research Associates, as Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles looks on, during a news conference, at the Governors' Natural Gas Summit, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

OHIO TOUGHENS OMVI LAW--Gov. Bob Taft and Rep. Ann Wolmer Benjamin, R-Aurora, listen to comments by Sen. Bruce Johnson, R-Columbus, following Taft's signing of Johnson sponsored Senate Bill 22, which toughens drunk driving penalities, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)