Former Beaver County Commissioner Dennis Nichols is speaking out, and responding to accusations from the present board of commissioners and financial officer that the former board didn’t  manage county finances very well, which they say contributed to a potential 17-million-dollar deficit. Nichols that’s not true, that he and former commissioners chairman Tony Amadio and former commissioner Joe Spanik managed are not guilty of mismanagement. Nichols – who recently changed his party affiliation to Democrat – is running for State Representative in the 15th District.