Tag: Joe Spanik
Exclusive Report: The Men And Money Behind The Sale Of Friendship Ridge
The Beaver Countian can now exclusively report that a group of wealthy health care tycoons, lead by a Brooklyn-based nursing home magnate named Benjamin...
Commissioner Nichols Says Sheriff Is Playing A Game Of Bait & Switch With Part-Time...
Beaver County Sheriff George David has ignored a final demand by the Board of Commissioners to stop working his part-time deputies the equivalent of...
County Officials Report Contributions In Latest Campaign Finance Reports
While political insiders are currently focusing on the municipal elections taking place next Tuesday, last week's filing deadline for campaign finance reports also gave...
Highest Bid Proposal For Friendship Ridge Tops $33 Million
A total of five companies have submitted official bid proposals for the purchase of Friendship Ridge. The highest of those proposals topped $33...
Labor Lives! Nurses Take To The Streets Over Contract Proposals
A crowd of nearly 200 nurses and their supporters took the streets of Beaver yesterday, following a rally held at the courthouse over stalled...
County Layoffs On Hold After Union And Veterans’ Groups Object
County Commissioners have delayed for at least a week a series of layoffs which would have affected the county's Veterans Affairs Office. The...
County Layoffs Could Cripple Veterans’ Services – Union To Take On Treasurer Javens
The SEIU is preparing to take on Treasurer Connie Javens, as the County has announced layoffs which could cripple the Veterans Affairs Office.
The controversy...
Commissioners Split On Policy That Would Limit Employees’ Access To The Press
Commissioner Dennis Nichols has instructed the county's law department to research the crafting of a policy that would prevent public employees from speaking to...
With Commissioner Amadio Away Nichols Blocks Agreement For Friendship Ridge Workers
A series of resolutions to extend the county's contracts with SEIU represented employees at Friendship Ridge failed to pass during the public meeting of...
Sources: County HR Director Silenced After Voicing Concerns About Hiring New Deputies
Beaver County Human Resources Director Rick Darbut was ordered not to speak to the media last week, after issuing a memo to Commissioners raising...
The Minority Rules
It was just a couple of years ago now, when the popular Republican Commissioner Charlie Camp decided against running for reelection. A man...
Commissioners Approve The Hiring Of Three More Deputies Just After “Cost Cutting Layoffs”
The Beaver County Board of Commissioners has approved the hiring of three new Deputies in the Beaver County Sheriff's Office. The move comes...
County To Conduct Review Of Protocols After Sheriff’s Office’s Response To 911 Call
The Beaver County Sheriff's Office is being criticized for their response to a 911 call made from a county park last weekend. Now,...
Commissioners Raise Concerns About New Surveillance System
Beaver County Commissioners have raised concerns about a new video surveillance system being installed in the courthouse, after learning it will enable anyone with...
Commissioners Preparing For The Possibility Of Selling Friendship Ridge
County Commissioners have scheduled a meeting with a sales broker, as dozens of workers from Friendship Ridge gathered at their public meeting yesterday, expressing...
Commissioners Divided On Friendship Ridge As Workers Protest Privatization
Commissioner Dennis Nichols believes the time has come to sell Friendship Ridge to a private entity. Commissioner Joe Spanik is convinced the facility...
Commissioners Vote To Dump Engineering Firm As Spanik Returns Donation
County Commissioners have unanimously voted to terminate a contract with an engineering firm that they had unanimously voted to hire just two months ago.
The...
Commissioner Spanik To Return Campaign Donation
Commissioner Joe Spanik will return a campaign donation he received from a man associated with an engineering firm contracted to do work at Friendship...
Commissioners Vote To Hire Firm At The Center Of “Pay For Play” Controversies
The subsidiary of a New Jersey based engineering firm at the center of political controversies for over a decade, has been hired by Beaver...
Commissioner’s Campaign Finance Report Reveals Membership In Freemasonry
A campaign finance report filed with the Bureau of Elections by Commissioner Tony Amadio reveals him to be a member of the Freemasons. ...