{"id":10925,"date":"2017-05-10T00:02:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T04:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=10925"},"modified":"2017-05-10T03:23:23","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T07:23:23","slug":"ducey-brick-housing-authority-director-should-resign-meeting-set-for-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2017\/05\/ducey-brick-housing-authority-director-should-resign-meeting-set-for-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducey: Brick Housing Authority Director Should Resign; Meeting Set for Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4106\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/watson_housing.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4106\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/watson_housing.png\" alt=\"Alesia Watson (right), executive director of the Housing Authority of the Township of Brick.\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/watson_housing.png 600w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/watson_housing-400x217.png 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/watson_housing-150x81.png 150w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/watson_housing-500x271.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alesia Watson (right), executive director of the Housing Authority of the Township of Brick.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Brick Mayor John Ducey said Tuesday that Alesia Watson, the township\u2019s housing authority director who, on Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/2017\/05\/developing-brick-housing-authority-director-admits-embezzling-funds\/\">admitted embezzling funds<\/a> from the Ocean City Housing Authority, should resign.<\/p>\n<p>Watson served as executive director of both authorities under a shared services agreement. After admitting in court that she used federal funds to purchase prepaid MasterCards for herself, Watson is facing a year in prison.\u00a0Ducey asked her to resign at a council meeting Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m appalled when people take the public trust and use it for their own benefit,\u201d said Ducey. \u201cI\u2019m hoping that she resigns immediately and not even wastes the housing authority\u2019s time to do a hearing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watson stole from the \u201cmost vulnerable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The housing authority\u2019s Board of Commissioners has scheduled a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Friday night to discuss the matter, Ducey said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2017\/05\/ducey-brick-housing-authority-director-should-resign-meeting-set-for-friday\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brick Mayor John Ducey said Tuesday that Alesia Watson, the township\u2019s housing authority director who, on Monday, admitted embezzling funds from the Ocean City Housing Authority, should resign. Watson served as executive director of both authorities under a shared services agreement. 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