And I'm OK with that. After 32 consecutive days of running home to check the mail for my embossed invitation to the Governor's Annual Good Old Boys Hoohaw And Snipe Hunt (GAGOBHASH), reality took hold; with so many state employees named Rounds toting shotguns at the Oct. 29 event, I realized, the editor of a newspaper that has extensively chronicled the first family's love affair with state-owned aircraft might be better off staying home.

But I won't give up on publishing the list of invitees ? and will just as soon as the governor decides it's any of your business. There were more than 650 participants at this year's event, which is funded by private donations but organized, coordinated (and populated) by state officials.

We've already asked for the names. The state said no; disclosing the names of some high-powered business execs might sour some billion-dollar deal in the making. Then we suggested they just scratch out the names of those execs, and give us the rest. Well, that just wouldn't work either.

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