So let me get this straight. The press complains about CCW Permit information being off limits to the public, and demands public access to the records. Taft thinks he's going to be crucified in the media, so he makes another request for a change in the bill. The citizens of Ohio get really pissed off about the CCW records being made public, and he now sees even more people supporting CCW and realizes the House and Senate will override his veto. He then decided that he'll give only the media access to the records since they're the ones who complained and would make the biggest stink about restricting access to information. Taft "pleases" everyone, and he gets elected president in '08.
I think this is how Shaft thinks. Giving information to the press is like throwing a match in a lake of gasoline. Expecting them to keep this information "for their eyes only" is one of the funniest, most sad things I've ever heard. The very nature of a journalist is to print what they know people will read, and if they printed every name and county of CCW permit holders in their area, you better be damn sure their circulation would be a hell of a lot higher that week. Why not make it a 2 or 3 part series. Save the really important people for Friday's issue.
How much more personal information do they want to make public? Next think you know, you'll be able to go to the clerks office and buy a complete dossier on whomever you so choose. This is going to far. "If you give a mouse a cookie, he'll ask for a glass of milk." Taft and the media are way past asking for a glass of milk. Giving them the public records thing will be serving them breakfast after we let them have their way with us the night before.