Wake-Up Call: Thursday, June 19, 2008

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With the PolitickerNH.com Wake-Up Call e-mailed to your inbox, phone, Blackberry or PDA first thing in the morning, you can get a rundown of New Hampshire's top political headlines. Sign up to get the Wake-Up Call delivered every morning.

GOP recruits candidate to run against Fuller Clark

New Hampshire Republican recruited a candidate to run against state Sen. Martha Fuller Clark (D-Portsmouth), which will mean that both parties will have a candidate in all state Senate districts. (PolitickerNH.com, James Pindell)

Link: http://www.politickernh.com/jamespindell/2035/gop-recruits-candidate-run...

Guinta: City left out of loop on bus service

MANCHESTER – Mayor Frank Guinta expects to meet with state Department of Transportation officials today to discuss what can be done to ensure a "meaningful level of (bus) service" between Manchester and Boston. (Union Leader, Gary Rayno)

Link: http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?articleId=d681aafe-511d-4681-9d4...

John DiStaso's Granite Status: Taxes drives candidacy

What drove Kathryn Forry, 67, a retired school teacher and education program coordinator from Jaffrey, to run for governor in a primary against ultra-popular two-term incumbent John Lynch?

Taxes. (Union Leader, John DiStaso)

Link: http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?articleId=029e6ad3-43ad-4b6b-879...

Lynch: $459m wish list will be whittled

CONCORD – Heads of state departments yesterday took the first steps toward winning approval for a wide range of construction projects, from classrooms and prisons to new roofs and sprinkler systems. (Union Leader, Tom Fahey)

Link: http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?articleId=53073082-5f10-4f1c-b6f...

N.H. agencies seek $339m in capital spending

CONCORD – A new women's prison and repairs to buildings on state university system campuses are among $339 million in requests for the next general-fund public works budget. (Nashua Telegraph, AP)

Link: http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080619/NEWS0...

McCain airs new global warming ad in New Hampshire

CONCORD — A new women's prison and repairs to buildings on state university system campuses are among $339 million in requests for the next general-fund public works budget. (Seacoast Online, AP)

Link: http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080618/NEWS/8...

Tight budget year ahead in Sandown

SANDOWN — Department heads have been put on notice that it's going to be a tight year for budgets.

While the budgeting process won't start until early August, the Budget Committee has sent a letter to all department heads saying the goal is to hold the budget at or below the cost-of-living increase, anticipated to be around 2.5 percent. (Eagle Tribune, Penny Williams)

Link: http://www.eagletribune.com/punewsnh/local_story_170032825.html

Dover officials to determine next week how to fill Ward 1 vacancy

DOVER — City officials are waiting to determine the details about filling the vacancy of the Ward 1 City Council seat following the death of City Councilor Robert Keays on Monday.

City Manager Mike Joyal said the city will wait until next week to decide exactly how the vacancy will be handled out of respect for both Keays and his family. (Fosters, Leslie Modica)

Link: http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080618/GJNEWS_01/632...

Hodes has seized on mail privileges

Rep. Paul Hodes has spent more than $235,000 in taxpayer money to print and send mass mailers across his district in the first half of this year, an amount that tops what all but a fraction of congressmen have spent on such mail in recent years. All told, in less than two years in Congress, Hodes has sent out more than a million pieces of mass mail. (Concord Monitor, Lauren Dorgan)

Link: http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080619/FRONTP...

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