Conflict of interest?
Before the interview took place, Selectman Keith Silvia announced that he had to recuse himself from the selection process due to a conflict of interest. Silvia’s wife, Anne, is an employee of the town and, if Graves was selected, she would work directly beneath her.
Selectman Daniel Freitas later said he found it peculiar that Silvia’s conflict of interest wasn’t brought up by counsel or the screening committee until now, several months and in the final stages of the TA appointment process.
That left only two of the three selectmen to continue the process, which did constitute a quorum.