Y'know, you could really spend a lot of time sifting through all the Coingate coverage from ONN and Toledo Blade.  The really amazing thing is that each new development brings with it a twist or turn that you might not have seen coming.  Take, for example, the case of Ohio's Attorney General Jim Petro, who is now facing the possibility of a contempt hearing before the Ohio Supreme Court...   

From ONN.com:
Attorney General Jim Petro has been given until Monday to explain to the Ohio Supreme Court why he should not be held in contempt for not complying with its order to release coin investment records requested by a Toledo newspaper.

The newspaper had asked the court to enforce its July 13 order that the state release transaction and business records from Tom Noe's now-closed coin funds.

Petro has about 120 boxes of records seized from Noe, whose handling of a $50 million state investment in rare coins sparked the investment scandal. (full story)

Just for the record, Petro will be appearing before the same justices who have declined to recuse themselves despite alleged conflicts of interest regarding campaign contributions which they received from Governor Taft.   The ONN article goes on to note that Petro has already released 3 boxes of records, but that the AG's office is "reviewing" further documents before they are released, because Petro is "shielding documents necessary for the criminal investigation." Like Mr. Taft, Jim Petro is a Republican. He plans to run for governor in 2006, as Taft has now met his two-term limit.

Governor Taft is doing some "shielding" of his own these days as well.  He has released a handful of internal reports related to BWC (portions of some documents have been blacked out), although a substantial amount remain under wraps.  According to Governor  Taft, he claims he "needs to shield the records to govern effectively." Govern effectively?  There's a joke in there somewhere, but it's just too easy, folks.

And then there's this....

From ONN.com:
The Franklin County prosecutor says ethics charges have been filed against Governor Taft's former top aide and an assistant to the aide.

Prosecutor Ron O'Brien says he and Columbus city prosecutors jointly filed one misdemeanor charge each against Brian Hicks and Cherie Carroll.

The charges accuse them of accepting a condo stay and dinners from a Republican Party donor who also won a state investment contract.  (full story)                    

And just who was that "Republican Party donor who also won a state investment contract," you ask?  Why it was none other than Tom Noe, of course!  But maybe you saw that one coming after all.