Was the Springfield crews explosion Artie Nigro's fuckup?
Partly. 100%. Nigro was far from the sharpest pencil in the box. They had no business elevating a guy like that, who couldn't think properly. It opened the door for complete havoc in Springfield by allowing malcontents like Arillotta to start feeling their oats....So much for the So-called "Rolls Royce" of the underworld. lol
I never understood that move. They had a nice thing going on in Springfield and, for some reason, they whack the capo and turn it into shambles.
There are two things that was weird with this crew :
- According to Arilotta, Al Bruno didn't kick up any money to The Genovese administration. Every year, He would send a van full of italian liquors and product (worth around 25K) to New York for Christmas and that was it.
- When Arilotta was inducted, the Genovese did it behind Al Bruno's back. They didn't tell him and Arilotta didn't reveal it. He said that, at some point, Bruno figured it out but they never talked about it.
