I have my list of must-read PDX blogs – but I don’t always make time to read the comments when I’m in a hurry or skimming through via my RSS reader. And if you’re like me, you’re missing out on some good stuff as a result.

We’re lucky to have three local blogs where the comments are as entertaining, thought-provoking or newsworthy as the blog posts themselves: Jack Bog’s Blog, Portland Communique, and the new PDX Media Insider. And I’m a voracious reader (and sometime commenter) of all three comment sections – it’s where the best local action’s happening nowadays, in my opinion.

bIX! has been breaking news you later see in Willamette Week or (grudgingly) in The O with his coverage of the PDC Burnside Bridgehead debacle – and even got called out to a duel of sorts during one late-night comment-palooza by now-notorious PDC consultant Than Clevenger. And I’m anticipating a field day of reaction to his latest post about city council hearings about PDC’s future.

One of Jack Bog’s commenters pointed us all at the consulting venture being run by now-suspended PDC employee Tracy M. Smith, while others toss out pointers to other PDX happenings of note.

While both Jack and b!X have participants like Councilman Randy Leonard gracing their comments section, those commenting on PDX Media Insider usually share the ‘anonymous’ moniker (along with the blogger him/herself) to protect their current employment status, one presumes. But they’re a prolific bunch – each post generates dozens of comments, offering up tidbits such as the arrival of a new weather guy from Charlotte and rumors of impending layoffs or resignations (some which subsequently have come to pass.)

Are there other local blogs where the comments are just as interesting as the blog itself? Are there places where the comments make the blog? Let us in on them, will you?