ANOTHER BEAVER COUNTY STRIKE DEADLINE IS LOOMING. 250 COUNTY WORKERS – INCLUDING THOSE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND 9-1-1 DISPATCHERS – COULD BE ON THE PICKET LINES NEXT WEDNESDAY IF A DEAL ISN’T REACHED. AL SMITH AND JOE MANN – WHO ARE BOTH WITH THE S-E-I-U AND REPRESENT THE WORKERS – APPEARED ON TELEFORUM THIS MORNING WITH MIKE ROMIGH. MANN SAID THAT HE’S NEVER SEEN SUCH POOR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS ON THE COUNTY’S BEHALF AS HE HAS IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION. THE BEAVER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WERE INVITED TO COME ON THE PROGRAM AS WELL TODAY…BUT THEY DECLINED THE OFFER. NO NEGOTIATIONS ARE SCHEDULED.