Mark McDonald reports for the Philadelphia Daily News. Excerpt:
DID CITY Councilman Rick Mariano refer to residents of Irish descent in the 31st Ward in Kensington as “trailer-park Irish trash?”
Councilman Frank DiCicco is so sure of it, he’s taking a Daily News-sponsored lie-detector test today to prove it.
DiCicco says Mariano made the remark during a meeting with Mayor Street, Councilman Darrell Clarke and others.
Mariano denies it. Clarke says he never heard the comment. A mayoral source said Street had not heard the comment either.
Still, DiCicco is so sure of himself that he’ll be strapped to a polygraph today. The test will be administered by Nate Gordon of the Keystone Intelligence Network.