{"id":12653,"date":"2026-08-18T06:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=12653"},"modified":"2026-08-18T06:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:04:08","slug":"bob-slater-a-plea-for-unified-governance-in-londonderry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=12653","title":{"rendered":"Bob Slater, A Plea for Unified Governance in Londonderry!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\/18\/2026 after a 5 hour Town Council Meeting, resident and School Board Chairman Bob Slater had this to say during public comment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bob Slater urges the\u00a0Londonderry Town Council\u00a0to adopt more\u00a0transparent and collaborative practices. Slater emphasizes that\u00a0information must be shared equally\u00a0among all five elected members to prevent any individual&#8217;s voice from being suppressed. By drawing on personal experiences from the school board, Slater argues that\u00a0centralizing power\u00a0or withholding legal advice undermines the\u00a0democratic process\u00a0and the oaths taken by the councilors. The narrative highlights that\u00a0effective governance\u00a0requires civility and preparedness, which would result in more efficient meetings and better outcomes for the community. Ultimately, Slater appeals for\u00a0mutual respect and unity, suggesting that the council can only serve the public interest when they\u00a0act as a cohesive body\u00a0rather than a fractured group.<\/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=\"Screen Recording 2026 08 18 054240\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w3FAxzqgqwg?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8\/18\/2026 after a 5 hour Town Council Meeting, resident and School Board Chairman Bob Slater had this to say during public comment. Bob Slater urges the\u00a0Londonderry Town Council\u00a0to adopt more\u00a0transparent and collaborative practices. Slater emphasizes that\u00a0information must be shared equally\u00a0among all five elected members to prevent any individual&#8217;s voice from&#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_feature_clip_id":0,"_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-12653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12653","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=12653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12654,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12653\/revisions\/12654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}