{"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&#8217;s 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.&nbsp;Ducey asked her to resign at a council meeting Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m appalled when people take the public trust and use it for their own benefit,&#8221; said Ducey. &#8220;I\u2019m hoping that she resigns immediately and not even wastes the housing authority\u2019s time to do a hearing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Watson stole from the &#8220;most vulnerable,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The housing authority&#8217;s 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&#8217;s 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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