Best of the Local Blogs — 1/31/06

I know I’m becoming a broken record about this, but Doug Fredericks’ photos are sheer artwork. Here’s one called “Sunny Morning” from 2005.

*Put your hands together for Herb Huseland /Bay Views, who has completed his first year of blogging Monday, an impressive feat not to be taken lightly, here .

* Betsy Russell /Eye On Boise is on a blog roll today, posting re: Phil Reberger’s denial that he’s not a lobbyist here , state Rep. Jim Clark’s comments that he’s not pushing property tax relief to hurt children here , and an interesting bill among the 31 calling for property tax relief that could help millionaires here .

* Cis /From A Simple Mind explains why she’s going to pass on President Bush’s State of the Union speech tonight here .

* Sam Taylor /Vandal Sense, former news editor of the UI Argonaut, has returned to reporting, which he loves but it’s not conducive to school work here .

* Bill McCrory /Whitecaps takes former Spokane Police Chief Roger Bragdon to task for misrepresenting crime-response figures prior to that big public-safety tax vote in November here .

Also: Granati explains why you should be careful with Wal*Mart carts here , CDADave brags about scooping CNN here , and Patches reports on her broken tail here .