No-Brainer: Lawsuit against Phoenix councilman tossed

Sal DiCiccio
Sal DiCiccio

By Dustin Gardiner | The Arizona Republic

A Maricopa County judge on Monday tossed out a lawsuit filed by three Phoenix residents accusing Councilman Sal DiCiccio of campaign-finance violations related to his creation of a non-profit corporation.

Superior Court Judge Mark Brain took several swipes at the merits of the suit during a hearing, suggesting it had been filed for political reasons. DiCiccio is in the middle of a heated re-election fight for his District 6 City Council seat, and the plaintiffs in the case support his opponent, Karlene Keogh Parks.

“You want me to declare it that he’s doing something illegally so you can wave it around like a bloody flag in the news,” Brain said to the plantiffs’ attorney. “Don’t ya?”

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