QUINTENSETIAL FINAN--Senate President Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati, fields question during his annual year-in -review session, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001.(Photoj.com/Jack Kustron)

BUDGET CORRECTION HEARINGS--Senate President Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati, shares a laugh with Sen. Doug White, R-Manchester, during the second day of hearings by the House/Senate Conference Committee on the budget, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001. (Photoj.com/Jack Kustron)

BUDGET MATTERS--Senate President Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati, gestures as he speaks with reporters about proposed budget legislation, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2001. (Photoj.com/Jack Kustron)

SLOWLY I TURNED, STEP BY STEP--Senate President Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati, gestures as he speaks with reporters about Gov. Bob Taft's veto of the "legislative immunity" section of the budget bill, following non-voting session, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, June 7, 2001. Finan said that it would be up to the House to begin the process of over-riding the veto. (Photoj.com/Jack Kustron)

IT'S SUPERFLUOUS--Senate President Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati, smiles as he speaks with reporters about a variety of matters, following session, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, June 13, 2001. When asked about Sen. Bruce Johnson's letter to Sen. Louis Blessing concerning his withdrawal of support for Video Lottery Terminals, Finan said that since there wasn't any Democratic support the matter was "superfluous." (Photoj.com/Jack Kustron)

SCHOOL FUNDING--Senate President Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati, goes through his appointment book in order to show reporters that he did not have any meetings scheduled with House Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford, this week. Householder said that he was to meet with Finan this week to brief him on the House version of a school-funding plan which the speaker unveiled yesterday. (Photoj.com/Jack Kustron)