Where do we start on the subject of Sal DiCiccio’s fibs, flubs and false attacks?
Here’s an easy place to begin to unravel Sal DiCiccio’s hypocrisy: With his claim that he’s a “champion of the taxpayers.” Sal’s been saying that for years. He claims to fight for “the little guy,” and to speak for the public. One classic example comes from the Arizona Republic on June 12, 2013.
The story was headlined “Phoenix supports ethics overhaul.” Quick to pander to the press? District 6’s Sal DiCiccio.
“Transparency is great, but the public demands bans,” Councilman Sal DiCiccio said. “They don’t want to see politicians getting gifts.”
This from a man who has taken hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from zoning lawyers, lobbyists and business executives with business in front of the Phoenix City Council. We guess one man’s “gift” is another man’s “contribution,” huh?
Have some time to check out what we mean? Thumb through DiCiccio’s last campaign finance report, to see for yourself the thousands of dollars he’s taken from special interests and power players. March 2013 DiCiccio Campaign Finance report
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These are all contributions – SMALL ones – from INDIVIDUALS!!! There is a GRAND TOTAL of $1,960 from political campaigns. Let’s see you post this exact same information from YOUR candidate and see where the chips fall!! Hypocrites!!
Thanks for the message, Ben. There is no “your candidate” here, however. There is only our strong opposition to Councilman DiCiccio’s onslaught of lies. Take care.
Couple things.
If you’d like to compare and contrast with other candidates, there is no reason to insist on your opposition dredging up the numbers. It’s public record, look it up yourself, which I did.
Karlene Keogh Parks has accepted $0 from PACs during the entire race.
Sal DiCiccio has accepted thousands from PACs – the $1,960 figure is March alone, which judging by the complete reporting available from the City looks to be a pretty slow month.
Incidentally, I encourage you to read through who those individuals are that are writing checks (and bear in mind the individual dollar amounts are small because of Phoenix city ordinance, not candidate ethics on either side). You’ll notice a few repeat themes. This is true of any candidate’s filings, and it’s always informative. On Sal’s you see lots of developers, and a goodly number of investors, lobbyists, and PR firms – ergo the attack signs you see referencing the same. Sal’s not going around begging twenty bucks from each constituent. He’s hitting up deep pockets in the communities he works for and asking them to max out. Now, if you’re OK with the developers and lobbyists having that kind of influence to the point that Sal really doesn’t do any public fundraising at all, then great, so be it. If you’re not a fan of a candidate calling a handful of deep pockets instead of having to make the rounds to his actual voters, well, then you may want to reconsider your position here. Your call.