Zap2it.com:
"The Real Housewives of New Jersey's" Caroline Manzo is pretty used to controversy, but it's her husband, businessman Albert Manzo, who's finding himself in the middle of a storm right now.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has asked the house husband for an immediate resignation from his post as a Commissioner at the North Jersey District Water Supply saying he abused the public's trust.
"I don't think Governor Christie is personally attacking us," Albert tells Zap2it exclusively. "I just think the guy's got a certain contempt for every agency. He thinks they're all crooked. And we want to sweep everybody out with one big broad brush. But, if you look at our water utility, it's a model for water utilities or any regional commission."
The Governor accuses Albert of misleading the public by claiming that he lived in an apartment at the family's restaurant and banquet hall, The Brownstone, in Paterson, N.J. as opposed to his house located in Franklin Lakes, N.J., which isn't one of the 12 major municipalities the commission serves.
"I had no intention of trying to pull the wool over anybody's eyes," Albert, who is a registered Republican, tells us. "Governor Christie is saying I circumvented senatorial courtesy. Well, senatorial courtesy is an informal, uncodified, internal procedure. There's no such thing as senatorial courtesy. It's not a law."
According to Albert, the only law about residence as it pertains to positions like his is that he "must live in the water supply district."
"So, if I live anywhere in the district that the water is sold or offered, I qualify," he says. "I think he's just looking to find the loopholes to get me out."
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