Last week, the former manager of the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority’s Materials Recycling Facility was arrested for stealing over $510,000 worth of recyclables from ECUA and allegedly funneling the proceeds to a…
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Buzz: DeSantis holds out for a Republican to fill ECUA seat
Sources have shared that Gov. Ron DeSantis is insisting the replacement to fill the District 3 seat on the Emerald Coast Utility Board must be a Republican. The seat became vacant last…
Buzz: Meet new ECUA director
PENSACOLA–Sources have shared that Rebecca Shelton, P.E., is on track to be the next executive director of the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority. Shelton is currently the deputy director of facilities operations for…
Perkins leads in ECUA D4 race
According to an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 420 likely republican district 4 Escambia County voters, ECUA board member Dales Perkins holds a strong lead to keep his seat with 41.2 percent of…
Grand jury report on ECUA sealed
The Office of the State Attorney announced today that an Escambia County Grand Jury has completed its review into complaints and allegations involving the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority. Based upon this review,…
Buzz: ECUA board members appearing before grand jury
Emerald Coast Utility Authority Board members have scrambled this week to get legal representative as they have been called to appear before a county grand jury. Last month, the News Journal reported…
ECUA problem well pops up in lawsuit
The Emerald Coast Utility Authority filed Friday a federal lawsuit against 3M Company, Tyco Fire Products LP, Chemguard Inc., Buckeye Fire Equipment Company, National Foam Inc. and 49 “John Doe” defendants who…
Update: ECUA board member agrees to attend drinking water town hall
ECUA board member Larry Walker will be attending tonight’s town hall on drinking water. Organizer Teresa Hill called Inweekly this morning and said Walker had contacted her late Tuesday night about attending….
ECUA declines invite to town hall on drinking water
The Emerald Coast Utility Authority will not have a representative at tonight’s “What’s in Our Water?” town hall that will be held 6-8 p.m. at E.S. Cobb Resource Center, 601 E Mallory…
Mayor apologizes for recycling debacle
During an interview on NewsRadio 1620 yesterday, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward apologized for the recycling debacle that was uncovered earlier this month. He also intimated that he wasn’t aware the city had…
Mayor Hayward dodges question regarding recycling
The Pensacola News Journal tried to get Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward to say if he believes the city should have notified the public that it was taking its recyclables to the landfill….
Request for injunction against ECUA tanks denied
Judge James Fensom of the Florida 14th Judicial Circuit denied yesterday an emergency injunction to halt the construction of the ECUA emergency wastewater storage tank. Residents of the North Hill and Long…