Selectmen hijack informational meeting

Tonight's informational meeting has suddenly turned into a "Special Select Board Meeting - Informational Meeting for Town Meeting Articles" thereby hijacking the meeting. 
I've heard it multiple times that the Select Board was going to bar M.B. Neisner from moderating tonight's informational meeting. This would seem to be an apparent tactic to seize control of a meeting and create a bias for the sitting select board members one of whom is running for re-election. The Selectboard  is not impartial in her case and in presenting their budget. For them to control the meeting is questionable at best and sleazy at worst.
I've heard that there is some legal mumbo jumbo they can use stating that since this is an informational meeting no moderator is needed.  All meetings need a moderator they're just stacking the deck in their favor because one of them will moderate and it better not be the candidate running for re-election.
In fact I bet they'll try to nix any statements by the candidates and just make it about the articles on the ballot.
We've had a moderator for all three informational meetings since we went to Australian ballot.
The town moderator is an elected position.