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Sal DiCiccio |
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DiCiccio was an
extremist Republican District 6 representative on the Phoenix City
Council. Appointed to the seat on
February 10, 2009, to serve a partial term after
former District 6 representative Greg Stanton was
elected as mayor. DiCiccio was elected to a full
term in November 2009. He previously represented
District 6 from 1994 to 2002. DiCiccio won a new
term in the general election on August 29, 2017. |
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MCAO, Phoenix
PD
Facing New Legal
Claims For Bogus
Protest Gang Case |
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"Dozens of police
protesters falsely
charged by officers
and prosecutors have
filed three new
legal claims against
the City of Phoenix
and Maricopa County
Attorney’s Office
officials." [...]
Another notice of
claim targets the
City of Phoenix and
councilman Sal
DiCiccio for
text messages he
sent MCAO regarding
ongoing protest
cases. On
February 12, 2021,
MCAO dismissed the
gang charges against
protesters following
a week of intense
scrutiny because of
ABC15’s reporting.
The claim alleges
that DiCiccio sent
the following text
message to MCAO
Director of
Investigations Tom
Van Dorn the next
day. “I didn’t want
to text you on a
Saturday,” the
message states. “But
my phone has been
ringing off the hook
all morning from the
police regarding
those dropped
charges. Maybe we
can talk later this
week to figure out
with [sic] the
status is and why we
got those charges
dropped. One of the
questions they had
is can we re-file
and what was needed.
It’s coming mostly
from the Police
union guys and some
of the upper
management guys.” |
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Mar. 14, 2022 |
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Phoenix City
Councilman Calls NBA
Players Protesting
Police Shooting
'Whiny
Bitches' |
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Aug. 27, 2020 |
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Sal DiCiccio Keeps Banning Critics On Facebook, Violating The First Amendment |
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Phoenix City Councilman Sal
DiCiccio keeps blocking people on his public
Facebook page whose viewpoints he disagrees with,
stopping them from participating in discussions on
his page. But federal courts long have ruled that
when government officials suppress critical
commentary on their public social media pages, they
are violating the First Amendment. |
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Jul. 31, 2019 |
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Records: Sal DiCiccio Went To Council Office 29 Days In 2018 |
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Jul. 30, 2019 |
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Phoenix Councilman Says Police Protesters Are ‘Anarchists’ |
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"At least one city official in Phoenix says there was nothing wrong with the police holding a family at gunpoint in a video of an encounter that protestors have called excessive force" |
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Jun. 21, 2019 |
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Phoenix Councilman Defends Cops Who Threatened To Kill A Black Family Over A Doll |
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The Phoenix police department
is under fire after their officers, who still work
for the notoriously corrupt department, threatened
to kill a Black family over a doll possibly being
stolen from a store. Community members have been
protesting and now City Councilman Sal DiCiccio had
a temper tantrum because of a constitutional right
to peacefully demonstrate. On Wednesday,
DiCiccio
whined that the police aren’t happy and said it’s
not nice to call them racists before he dropped this
gem: “You are anarchists and you are out to destroy
the city.” |
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Jun. 20, 2019 |
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Council Member Sal DiCiccio Distances Himself From Patriot Movement AZ |
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May. 2, 2019 |
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Phoenix Mayor, Councilwomen: DiCiccio Uses 'Scorched-Earth Tactics, Bullying |
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Dec. 21, 2018 |
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Can't Get Phoenix City Council Support? Sal DiCiccio May
Have Found A Way
Around Them |
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The conservative city
councilman is attempting to legislate via referenda
what he couldn't do on the Phoenix City Council. |
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Dec. 4, 2018 |
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Sal DiCiccio's Latest Power Grab Fell Apart - But The Fight's Not Over |
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Aug. 2, 2018 |
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Sal DiCiccio Is Using Light Rail And The City Manager To Make A Power Grab |
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Jun. 20, 2018 |
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Phoenix Councilman Sal DiCiccio Sues The City,
Subpoenas Fellow
Council Members |
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Jun. 8, 2018 |
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Tweetstorm: Phoenix
Councilman Sal DiCiccio Goes Off The Rails On Light
Rail Fare-Jumping |
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Jun.1, 2018 |
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Phoenix Will Add Rainbow Crosswalks To Celebrate LGBT Community |
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"The
City Council voted
unanimously (with
council members
Sal DiCiccio
and
Jim Waring absent)" |
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Apr. 25, 2018 |
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Sal DiCiccio Loses Vote On Phoenix Police Petition But Claims Victory |
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Sep. 16, 2017 |
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DiCiccio Borrows A
Campaign Strategy From
Trump: Baseless Attacks On
Reporters |
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Jul. 12, 2017 |
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the most part, it looks like
the upcoming Phoenix City
Council election in August
should be pretty boring.
Three of the council members
looking to keep their seats
— Kate Gallego,
Jim Waring,
and Laura Pastor — are
running unopposed. |
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over in District 6, things
have gotten nasty — to the
point where incumbent Sal
DiCiccio is now attacking
Arizona Republic reporter
Dustin Gardiner for,
basically, doing his job. |
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DiCiccio, who represents the
affluent east side of
Phoenix, including Arcadia
and Ahwatukee, is an
outspoken conservative who
works as a real estate
developer. He's being
challenged by Kevin
Patterson, a progressive
Democrat who works as the
executive development
director for Banner Health. |
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Patterson touts endorsements
from groups like Equality
Arizona and Planned
Parenthood Advocates of
Arizona.
DiCiccio tweets
about "making America great
again" and recently argued
that the family of an
unarmed black man fatally
shot by police officers
shouldn't be awarded a
settlement from the city,
because it would set a bad
precedent. You get the
picture." |
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Phoenix Councilman DiCiccio Blocks Constituents On Twitter |
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Jul. 11, 2017 |
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Phoenix Councilman Sal DiCiccio Accused Of 'Intimidation' In Phoenix Council Race |
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Jun. 30, 2017 |
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Mayor Stanton Accuses Phoenix Councilman Of Interfering With Arizona Attorney General Investigation |
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May 23, 2017 |
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Phoenix Councilman Defends Vote Against Sanctuary City |
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Mar. 13, 2017 |
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Sal DiCiccio Called 'Hypocritical' On Phoenix Pension |
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Oct. 8, 2014 |
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Stanton, Council Ask Governor To Veto S.B. 1062 |
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Feb. 25, 2014 |
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Greg Stanton and the City
Council voted this afternoon
to ask Gov.
Jan Brewer to
veto S.B. 1062,
ill-conceived legislation
that would provide new legal
protections to those who
actively discriminate
against members of the LGBT
community. The Council urged
a veto with an 8 to 1 vote.
Councilman Sal DiCiccio was
the only council member to
support the bill. |
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“Phoenix is an open,
tolerant and inclusive
community that respects the
rights of every person,”
said Stanton. “I’m proud
that the City Council spoke
with a strong and united
voice that this bill is
wrong, and must be vetoed.
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March 2013, the Phoenix City
Council passed a human
rights ordinance that made
it unlawful to deny a person
employment, housing or
public accommodation on the
basis of sexual
orientation.” As a result,
Phoenix is now regarded as
one of the most accepting
cities in the United States
of LGBT individuals. In
November, Phoenix was named
as one of only 25 cities to
earn a perfect score on the
Human Rights Campaign’s
Municipal Equality Index,
and one of only eight
“All-Star” cities to earn a
perfect score without a
supportive state
anti-discrimination law. |
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Phoenix’s equality index
score of 100 is the perfect
score in the state. The next
seven largest cities in
Arizona earned an average
score of 42, and the
national average is 57. |
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1062 is a direct response to
Phoenix’s
anti-discrimination
ordinance. Those pushing for
S.B. 1062 to become law are
the same who vehemently
opposed Phoenix’s ordinance,
suggesting that human rights
measures infringe on
“religious freedom,” and
that protecting members of
the LGBT community would
hurt children. |
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Phoenix heard the same
messages of intolerance last
year.
DiCiccio said that
Phoenix’s non-discrimination
ordinance was “extremist and
radical for Phoenix.”
After Stanton and the City
Council passed the
ordinance,
Cathi Herrod and the
Center for Arizona Policy
said, “Make no mistake, the
actions by the Council last
night severely limit the
religious freedom rights of
everyone in the city of
Phoenix. . . [T]he Bathroom
Bill has serious negative
implications for the safety
of women and children.” |
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Herrod suggested that to
combat Phoenix’s law, her
supporters would pursue
action at the State
Legislature – and S.B. 1062
is the result. |
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Earlier today, the chief
executive officer of
American Airlines wrote the
governor to ask her to veto
the bill, warning that,
“There is genuine concern
throughout the business
community that this bill, if
signed into law, would
jeopardize all that has been
accomplished so far.”
[Source: “Governor of
Arizona Is Pressed to Veto
Bill,” New York Times, Feb.
25, 2014] |
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Greater Phoenix Economic
Council Chairman James
Lundy, who also serves as
CEO of Alliance Bank of
Arizona, and Barry Broome,
GPEC’s president and CEO,
quickly called for a veto.
In a letter to the
Governor’s Office, they
wrote, “We have already been
contacted by four companies
we are working on with the
Arizona Commerce Authority
who will look to locate
elsewhere if this
legislation is signed.”
[Source: “Business
opposition to Arizona’s
religion bill continues to
mount,” Arizona Republic,
Feb. 24, 2014] |
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total of 83 companies,
including “several major
hotel chains, tourism
groups, corporate giants
like AT&T and other
technology companies” signed
on to a letter originally
sent by the Arizona
Technology Council late last
week. [Source: “Apple, 83
others, join anti-SB1062
chorus,” Arizona Capitol
Times, Feb. 24, 2014] |
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the present political
environment existed in 1995,
I would never have come here
to grow a business,” wrote
Jonah Shacknai, the founder
and former CEO of Medicis,
in an op-ed in today’s
Arizona Republic. “Senate
Bill 1062, the latest farce
by the state Legislature to
legalize discrimination
against gay patrons of
businesses, is manifestly
offensive to an element of
our nation’s population’s
lawfully exercising sexual
preference.” |
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Others who support a veto
include, among many others,
the Arizona Chamber of
Commerce, the Greater
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce,
the Southern Arizona
Leadership Council, the
Arizona Lodging & Tourism
Association, and U.S. Sens.
John McCain and
Jeff Flake." |
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Arizona Community Press – OP-ED: Who Is Paying Sal DiCiccio? |
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Sep. 6, 2013 |
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Desperate Sal DiCiccio Ramps Up The Spam |
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Aug. 1, 2013 |
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Councilman Sal DiCiccio Makes Call For Lobbying, Ethical Reforms Despite His Lobbyist Ties And Campaign Irregularities |
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Jun. 26, 2013 |
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Funny Business
Alleged In Phoenix Election |
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Jun. 24, 2013 |
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DiCiccio And Herrod Work To Flush Anti-Discrimination Efforts Down The Toilet |
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Feb. 22, 2013 |
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Councilman Sal
DiCiccio Could Make
A Mint If A Freeway
Extension Goes
Through – But His
Neighborhood Hates
The Idea |
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"For months, as
Phoenix City
Councilman Sal
DiCiccio stockpiled
his campaign war
chest with thousands
of dollars from
developers and their
representatives, the
big question at City
Hall was whether
he'd use his
position on the
Council to benefit
his donors." |
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Oct. 22, 2009 |
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