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Meet the New Press Podcast 

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Hour 1              Hour 2

Hour One:    Watch the Schlubcam snippets (ran out of time this week)!

Dale "Chan" Eddy of the Weekend Pundit blogsite rejoins Doug and Skip as a co-host AND talks about his candidancy for the lone Selectman's seat in Gilford as well as advocating for the warrant for the Police Station addition (Meet The New Press endorses both Chan and the warrant article).

Jean Lavin comes in to talk about her run for the Budget Committee and how / why of the reasons she is beginning her political career - other people in government trying to change her life to fit their agendas.  And Jean is not willing to let that happen by simply sitting around - it is time for her to fight back.

Terry Stewart phones in to talk about the even balance of power on the board and being frugal - spending lots; he also defends himself from Phyllis Corrigan's Letter to the Editor demanding a public apology for his "Sweetest of Ladies" comment (she claims it is SEXIST).  Doug adds his comments.

Chan speaks his piece on running for Selectman and 

And of course, Skip is running for relection, too, on two principles - it is always the taxpayers' money and not his to spend lightly, and government exists to serve us and not the other way around.  Frugality means something, and he will continue to act like it does.

Hour Two:    Watch the Schlubcam snippets (ran out of time this week)!

Lisa Merrill from Meredith returns to talk about the results of the Inter-Lakes School Board Town Meeting where her petition warrant to have the School Board meeting was shot down.  We wryly noted that only 78 people showed up for this "Town Meeting" - 1.6% of potential voters (shades of the ShamWow infomercial dude - "hey, you listening, anti-SB guy?  Only 78 voters!")

Dick Hickock, Chairman of the Gilford Budget Committee and running for re-election, comes in to talk about the Budget Committee activities of this year and about "herding cats" due to the diversity of opinions on the board.  He also talks about his contributions and why the voters should vote for him (and we agree that he should be re-elected).

SchlubCam:

Jean Lavin & Chan Eddy explains why they are running.   Part 1   Part 2

Terry Stuart phones in - watch the crew

Chan speaks his mind about running

Lisa Merrill discusses her efforts for video taping the School Board and her run for the Inter-Lakes    Part 1   Part 2

Dick Hickok, Chair of the Gilford Budget Committee, comes in to talk about the BudComm and his bid for re-election.

Break 1    Break 2    Break 3    Break 4    Break 6    After The Show