PNJ reporter Jamie Page reported on his blog that husband of Commissioner Marie Young’s longtime aide has been operating an illegal sand borrow pit, construction and demolition debris pit for at least two years.
The pit’s owner, Anthony Green, is the husband of Aretta Green, who is Young’s commission aide. Code Enforcement Special Master Robert Beasley issued a cease and desist order on Tuesday requiring the GFD Sand Pit off Blossom Trail to stop all activity.
Escambia County commissioners voted at its July 7 meeting to ask the Sheriff’s Office to assist County Code Enforcement to enforce the order that Green apparently ignored, according to Commissioner Wilson Robertson.
The vote was 4-0 in favor, with Commissioner Marie Young abstaining from voting. This wasn’t the first time Green operated without a license. According to Page, he was cited for the same thing in 2008.
Why didn’t Young vote in favor of the motion? She has no personal interest in the pit.
We have the husband of an commissioner’s aide blatantly and repeatedly ignoring the law. Tony Green has been known to flaunt his connections with Young in making business deals. The commissioner whose aide is paid more than any another commission aide refuses to vote to enforce the cease and desist order.
Commissioner Young needs a new aide. District 3 needs a new commissioner.