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A lawyer who represents town administrator of West Boylston says that after an issue a few Trump flag, his client is involved in town's police chief.

In A letter On Thursday, lawyer John Clifford claimed that his client James Ryan had a hearing for the Monday afternoon and the result was already an “planned conclusion”.

Kristina Pedone, the chairman of the West Boylston Select Board, says that these statements are “imprecise”.

“The Select Board has not made a decision, and the hearing on Monday is an opportunity for Mr. Ryan to react to the allegations submitted to him,” Pedone wrote in an e -mail to boston.com.

Clifford asked that the chief of police, Minnich, should take part in the hearing, to research, but said that he had told town's chosen board of directors that he didn’t need to.

In response to this, Pedone said that Ryan's hearing concerns “dealing with a certain situation” and that it just isn’t targeting the chief of police. Therefore, his participation just isn’t vital.

“It is obvious that lawyer Clifford tries to avert the focus from his client,” wrote Pedone.

Since this can be a “personnel matter”, Pedone didn’t give any further comments.

The dispute began when Chief Minnich presented a letter to the chosen board, by which a grievance was accommodated against town administrator, which began the job in January.

Minnich previously informed Boston.com that a flag that President Donald Trump supports was in a gym that was utilized by the officials, a room that was not visible to the general public. When Ryan went on a department, he asked Minnich to remove the flag and call it a violation of civil rights.

Ryan was said to asked one other worker of town to enter the police to verify that the flag had been removed. The worker then took a photograph of a second flag that had been arrange.

Minnich said he found “these actions very worrying” and said it was a “security violation”.

He added: “This is an issue of trust, and if I cannot trust the person I report, I can't get back to work. Either you could have to do something with him or me. ”

Minnich said he planned to use the vacation days until March 2 if his contract is.

Minnich did not immediately answer an application for additional comments on Clifford's letter.

Clifford claims that the boss has made several wrong statements about the incident and questioned his references to his “professionalism” when he told the Select Board “(G) and eliminate him or eliminate it because I don't report back to the guy . ”

Clifford also claims that the board has not examined the allegations and is pursued with an approach “Ready, Fire, Aim” to solve the problem.

The controversy results from Chief Minnich, “his own ego in regards to the interests of his co -officers and town,” wrote Clifford. “After town ended Mr. Ryan on Monday evening, this controversy stays.”

“The residents will proceed to be divided into this topic, but a result might be clear,” continued Clifford. “Chief Minnich can have found that he doesn’t answer anyone, including the choice manager.”

The hearing will happen on Monday in an open meeting at 4 p.m.

Clifford has not returned any request for added information on this topic.