HBO’s Best of the Local Blogs — 3/13/06

Bomshel (See Marianne Love’s link below)

* Marianne Love /Slight Detour is fulfilling her role as a self-proclaimed surrogate promoter for a new western sound called Bomshel, which features a young Sandpoint woman, here .

* Bill McCrory /Whitecaps reacts to that letter to the editor from a Spokane police guild muck-a-muck defending the actions of the two cops who looked the other way in the firefighter sex scandal here .

* Greg Lee /Idaho Preps reports that former Lake City High QB Ben Widmeyer is opening eyes in spring football training as he enters his second year at Wofford University here .

* CDADave /Thin air spoofs UI Vandal coach Leonard Perry’s firing here .

*As a sign that he may be growing up, Sam Taylor /Vandal Sense admits he’s finally developing a soft spot for his alma mater, Coeur d’Alene High, where he’ll be Tuesday to sell the current crop of prepsters on the value of UIdaho here . (BTW, Sam, sorry that my schedule didn’t work to spend some time with you today.)

Meanwhile, Bob’s ranting about wingnuts and Milosovec here , Sagebrush Patriot posts a Milosovec piece that probably set Bob off here , and Betsy tells how Dirk Kempthorne signs a bill that would have limited use of campaign funds here .