{"id":12265,"date":"2026-05-19T01:17:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T05:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=12265"},"modified":"2026-05-19T20:23:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T00:23:41","slug":"video-notice-of-charter-violation-the-case-against-councilor-combes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=12265","title":{"rendered":"Video: Notice of Charter Violation: The Case Against Councilor Combes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Update: 5\/19\/2026 &#8211; Added PDF Documents<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Town Council Meeting 5\/18\/2026 a formal\u00a0notice of charter violation\u00a0filed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonderrynh.gov\/268\/Town-Manager\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.londonderrynh.gov\/268\/Town-Manager\">Shaun Mulholland<\/a>, Londonderry Town Manager,\u00a0against\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonderrynh.gov\/378\/Town-Council\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.londonderrynh.gov\/378\/Town-Council\">Councilor Ted Combes<\/a>. Mr. Mulholland distributed a document to the council according to the document, Combes allegedly bypassed administrative protocols by contacting a town employee to\u00a0undermine the Town Manager\u2019s authority\u00a0and legal directives. These actions are framed as a direct breach of the\u00a0town charter and New Hampshire state law, which prohibit legislative officials from interfering with\u00a0administrative operations. During the meeting, the manager emphasized that such interference constitutes grounds for\u00a0forfeiture of office. The subsequent council discussion reveals a\u00a0tense atmosphere, with some members calling for an\u00a0immediate investigation\u00a0while others requested more time to review the allegations. Ultimately, the discussion captures a significant\u00a0governance conflict\u00a0centered on the legal separation of powers within local municipal leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Notice of Charter Violation: The Case Against Councilor Combes\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ABGPfxqQxB0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TM_Memorandum_05-17-2026.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of TM_Memorandum_05-17-2026.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-22ab6e3a-8621-46d6-9ad9-37faab6efb0f\" href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TM_Memorandum_05-17-2026.pdf\">TM_Memorandum_05-17-2026<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TM_Memorandum_05-17-2026.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-22ab6e3a-8621-46d6-9ad9-37faab6efb0f\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-05-17-MFR_Councilor-Combes_Redacted.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 2026-05-17 MFR_Councilor Combes_Redacted.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1361d873-a40f-405e-8cd7-27d3c583b975\" href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-05-17-MFR_Councilor-Combes_Redacted.pdf\">2026-05-17 MFR_Councilor Combes_Redacted<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-05-17-MFR_Councilor-Combes_Redacted.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1361d873-a40f-405e-8cd7-27d3c583b975\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: 5\/19\/2026 &#8211; Added PDF Documents Town Council Meeting 5\/18\/2026 a formal\u00a0notice of charter violation\u00a0filed by Shaun Mulholland, Londonderry Town Manager,\u00a0against\u00a0Councilor Ted Combes. Mr. Mulholland distributed a document to the council according to the document, Combes allegedly bypassed administrative protocols by contacting a town employee to\u00a0undermine the Town Manager\u2019s authority\u00a0and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12265"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12273,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12265\/revisions\/12273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}