HBO’s Best of the Local Blogs — 5/24/06

Cartoon: Jim Tibbs/Grants Pass, Ore.

*In Whitecaps, Bill McCrory asks: “Did the City’s failure to enforce its residential zoning ordinances facilitate the violence at the Lord’s House last weekend?” Bill’s at his best here .

* Betsy Russell was on hand with camera to cover the Demo Election Day Plus One hugfest on the capitol steps here .

* JBelle /The ‘Kan EWA remembers Father Joe Small from Missoula, Mont., here .

* CDADave sez that the kids on skateboards stealing coins outta the water fountains downtown may be a mixed blessing for park dwellers here .

* Stebbijo Unzipped sez there really is a topless carwash in Moscow, Idaho, and she has film to prove it here .

Meanwhile, Bayview Herb pinpoints the only losers in yesterday’s elections here , Idaho Native is surprised by how well the girls on her scavenger hunt team performed here , and Marianne voted with her thumb and forefinger pinching her nose yesterday here .