Tag: Ricardo Luckow
County Commissioners Expediting Forensic Audit Following Treasurer’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Critics
The Beaver County Board of Commissioners is "expediting" a forensic audit into the sale of Friendship Ridge following a lawsuit filed by Treasurer Connie...
Raw Audio: Commissioners’ Work Session Meeting For May 4th, 2016
Here’s raw audio I recorded this morning at the Commissioners’ Public Work Session. The first voice you hear is that of County Financial...
Raw Audio: Commissioners’ Work Session Meeting For April 27th, 2016
Here’s raw audio I recorded this morning at the Commissioners’ Public Work Session.
The main takeaways are a discussion about possibly increasing the...
“Tension” As Commissioners Consider Laying Off An Employee In Their Office
I am told by sources that the Beaver County Board of Commissioners is considering laying off an employee in their office.
The new Republican majority...
County Rehires 22 Retirees As Part-Time Employees – Pays Over $1 Million In Incentives
The Beaver County Board of Commissioners has hired back 22 county retirees as part-time employees to fill positions vacated as a result of the...
Raw Audio: Commissioners’ Work Session Meeting For April 13th, 2016
Here's raw audio I recorded this morning at the Commissioners' Public Work Session. The beep you hear is a brief pause in the...
S&P Downgrades Beaver County’s Credit Rating – Has A “Negative Outlook” Due To “Persistent...
The financial services agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has downgraded Beaver County's credit rating and says there is a one-in-three possibility it may do...
In-Depth: IRS Fined Beaver County Over $26,000 After Payroll Tax Payments For Public Employees...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) fined Beaver County $26,625 last month after a payment it made for employee payroll taxes bounced at the end...
Financial Administrator: County Officials Paid $300,000 Bonus To New Friendship Ridge Owners Without Justification
The previous Beaver County Board of Commissioners paid a $300,000 bonus to the new owners of Friendship Ridge after the sale of the facility...
In-Depth: Officials Say New Friendship Ridge Owners Had “Money Problems” – County “Loaned” Them...
As Beaver County was in the process of closing the sale of the publicly run Friendship Ridge nursing home to the privately owned Comprehensive...
Investigative Report: Money Unilaterally Withdrawn From County Accounts By Treasurer Javens & LaValle...
The amount of money unilaterally withdrawn from county controlled bank accounts by Beaver County Treasurer Connie Javens and former Financial Administrator Vince LaValle tops...
Commissioners Working To Shrink The Size And Scope Of The Sheriff’s Office Over Guy’s...
Beaver County Commissioners Dan Camp and Sandie Egley are at odds with Sheriff Tony Guy, a fellow Republican, over the size and scope of...
Sources: Prior Board Of Commissioners Stopped Investigation Into Friendship Ridge By Outside Law...
The prior Beaver County Board of Commissioners ordered an outside law firm that was looking into allegations of underpayments and other financial improprieties involving...
Investigative Report: Treasurer Javens Withdrew $2.5 Million More From A Second County Account –...
An investigation by the Beaver Countian shows that Beaver County Treasurer Connie Javens withdrew nearly $2.5 million from a second county-owned account at PNC...
Beaver County Board Of Commissioners Appoints Ricardo Luckow As Financial Administrator
The Beaver County Board of Commissioners appointed Ricardo Luckow to be the county's new Financial Administrator today. Luckow replaces Vince LaValle who was...
In-Depth: Beaver County Hid Massive Deficits – Wrote Millions In “Bad Checks” At...
Beaver County ended last year by writing "bad checks" totaling $9.5 million and purportedly getting "an agreement" from Huntington National Bank not to cash...