{"id":2408523,"date":"2025-03-02T07:45:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T12:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/city-manager-harasses-police-chief-over-trump-flag-ends-up-learning-painful-lesson-in-local-politics\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T07:47:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T12:47:48","slug":"city-manager-harasses-police-chief-over-trump-flag-ends-up-learning-painful-lesson-in-local-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/city-manager-harasses-police-chief-over-trump-flag-ends-up-learning-painful-lesson-in-local-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"City Manager Harasses Police Chief Over Trump Flag, Ends Up Learning Painful Lesson in Local Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcity-manager-harasses-police-chief-over-trump-flag-ends-up-learning-painful-lesson-in-local-politics%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2408523&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In West \u200dBoylston, Massachusetts, Town Administrator James Ryan \u2062was dismissed following a conflict with\u2062 Police\u2064 Chief Dennis Minnich regarding a Trump\u2064 flag displayed inside the police gym facility. Ryan ordered the removal of the flag after seeing it, and \u200conce\u2062 it was taken down, he sent someone to verify its removal. This led Minnich to file a complaint about unauthorized personnel accessing the\u2063 facility. The town&#8217;s \u200cselect board voted 4-1 to fire Ryan, which his attorney contested, claiming the decision was based solely on \u200cMinnich&#8217;s allegations and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-supreme-court-states-quarantine-and-isolation-orders-unconstitutional\/\" title=\"New York Supreme Court: State&#039;s Quarantine and Isolation Orders Unconstitutional\">lacked due process<\/a>.The incident sparked divided opinions among local residents,with some expressing disappointment in the police chief&#8217;s\u2062 conduct,while others criticized Ryan&#8217;s focus on political issues rather than community \u200bimprovement. \u200cThe situation reflects \u200ba broader political\u200d climate,suggesting that outdated political\u200b tensions are at odds with \u200bcurrent \u200bcivic values in 2025.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-pinocchios-even-legacy-media-calling-out-white-house-on-defund-the-police-lie\/\" title=\"\u2018Three Pinocchios\u2019: Even Legacy Media Calling Out White House On \u2018Defund The Police\u2019 Lie\">local government leader<\/a> in West Boylston, Massachusetts, lost his job after sparring with the police chief over a flag honoring President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The incident stemmed from West Boylston Town Administrator James Ryan spotting a Trump flag inside the police gym facility, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcboston.com\/news\/politics\/west-boylston-fires-town-administrator-amid-police-station-trump-flag-conflict\/3640710\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WBTS-CD<\/a> in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan then confronted West Boylston <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-begins-shaking-reading-note-urgently-dismisses-hearing-apparent-bombshell-evidence-arrives-cop-killing-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Police<\/a> Chief Dennis Minnich, ordering him to take down the flag.<\/p>\n<p>After Minnich complied, the town administrator reportedly sent someone to confirm that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-oregon-lib-rages-guys-american-flag-cap-mocks-dead-mother-demands-call-sweetheart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flag<\/a> had been removed, prompting Minnich to file a complaint over Ryan sending unauthorized personnel into the facility.<\/p>\n<p>The select board of West Boylston voted by a decisive four-to-one margin to dismiss Ryan.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>John Clifford, an attorney for the fired town administrator, said in a statement that the meeting was &ldquo;not a hearing, as the outcome is a foregone conclusion.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He accused the board of firing his client &ldquo;based solely on Chief Minnich&rsquo;s allegations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I asked that Chief Minnich be present at this event to testify in support of his allegations and to be cross-examined,&rdquo; Clifford said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am informed Chief Minnich will not be produced as a witness, presumably because he has refused to do so and because the Select Board is unwilling to direct him to be there,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Clifford further asserted that &ldquo;rather than discuss his concerns with the Town Administrator or seek a legal opinion as to whether it was appropriate to have such material in a public building, Chief Minnich elected to turn this into a political circus, embarrassing himself and West Boylston in the process.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Residents of West Boylston were divided over the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Lessa Ashwell told WBTS, she is &ldquo;really incredibly disappointed and embarrassed by the behavior of the police chief.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But Barbara Cardarelli countered that &ldquo;there are better things Mr. Ryan can do to enrich our community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s worth noting that West Boylston is not even a particularly Republican area.<\/p>\n<p>Trump received about 40.6 percent of the vote, falling significantly behind now-former Vice President Kamala Harris, who received 55.5 percent, according to&nbsp;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www..com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/11\/07\/worcester-county-town-by-town-election-results\/76109339007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Worcester  &amp; Gazette<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/country-celebrates-natl-law-enforcement-appreciation-day\/\" title=\"Country celebrates Nat\u2019l Law Enforcement Appreciation Day\">local police department<\/a> clearly has an affinity for the returning commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing that Massachusetts deals with self<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">-induced public safety issues worsened<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mass-deportations-begin-deep-blue-sanctuary-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sanctuary<\/a> policies and soft-on-crime prosecutors, it&rsquo;s not hard to see why.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, the fact that Ryan rather than Minnich lost his job over this scuffle shows that the politics of 2015 have no place in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Trump won, meaning that wokeness and cancel culture lost.<\/p>\n<p>Time to let the Boys in Blue fly the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fired-government-employees-mar-yosemite-national-park-disgraceful-display\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">banner<\/a> of the &ldquo;Orange Man.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! ( opts[inputs[i]]=document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"' + inputs[i] + '\"]' ).value ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .required-message' ).style.display='block'; \t\t\t\t\t\treturn; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction input[type=\"submit\"]' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).src=firefly_loading_gif_url; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='inline-block';  \t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( 'ma subbing' );  \t\t\t\t\tif( firefly_post_id ) opts['post_id']=firefly_post_id;  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Send the data using post with element id name and name2*\/ \t\t\t\t\tvar posting=jQuery.post( firefly_ajax_url, opts );  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Alerts the results *\/ \t\t\t\t\tposting.done( function( response ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif( response.success ) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( response.data ); \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-confirm' ).style.display='block';  \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdataLayer.push( { 'event': 'submit-correction' } ); \t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> \t     \t\t\t\t\t\t     \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script>console.log(\"ad slot (BA1)\")<\/script> \t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<style> \t\t\t \t\t\t.insticator-unit.type-commenting{margin: 0 10px 25px 10px}@media screen and (max-width:1060px){#div-insticator-ad-cmt-1, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-2, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-3, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-4{margin: 0 auto 25px auto !important;}}#div-insticator-ad-cmt-1, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-2, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-3, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-4{height: 280px !important; width: 336px !important} \t\t<\/style>\n<div class=\"insticator-unit type-commenting\">\n<div class=\"insticator-ads\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\t\t\tif ( ! getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tInsticator.ad.loadAd(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-1\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tInsticator.ad.loadAd(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-2\"); \t\t\t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-1\").remove() \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-2\").remove() \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t<\/script> \t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"insticator-ads additional\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\t\t\tif ( ! getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tInsticator.ad.loadAd(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-3\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tInsticator.ad.loadAd(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-4\"); \t\t\t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-3\").remove() \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-4\").remove() \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t<\/script> \t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local government official in West Boylston, Massachusetts, was dismissed after a dispute with the police chief regarding a flag supporting President Donald Trump. The issue arose when Town Administrator James Ryan noticed the Trump flag in the police gym and ordered Police Chief Dennis Minnich to remove it. After Minnich complied, Ryan sent someone to verify its removal, leading Minnich to file a complaint about unauthorized personnel entering the facility. The West Boylston select board voted four-to-one to terminate Ryan&#8217;s employment. Ryan&#8217;s attorney claimed that the meeting was not a fair hearing and accused the board of acting solely on Minnich\u2019s allegations without allowing him to testify. Community opinions were mixed; some residents expressed disappointment in the police chief&#8217;s actions while others felt that Ryan should focus on more constructive community efforts. Notably, Trump received only 40.6% of votes in this area during elections, indicating it is not strongly Republican-leaning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2408524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Trump-Flag.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[51372,37990,32956,40737],"class_list":["post-2408523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-city-manager","tag-local-politics","tag-police-chief","tag-trump-flag"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Trump-Flag.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2408523"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2408527,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408523\/revisions\/2408527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2408524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2408523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2408523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2408523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}