yeah TD from re reading a bunch of old chi tribune, suntimes, LIUNA reports, stier anderson teamster reports, as i said old gbb threads, indictments etc from around this time you get the impression that some were on the cusp of figuring out what was going on post accardo, but never hit it on the head. the crime reporters/authors of material seem caught between status quo how the outfit functioned and almost revealing how things have changed. its very cryptic at times as if the authors had a hard time accepting some of the new information. i found it similar to how the journalists from montreal reveal things about mtl mafia, the info is there but its not always obvious.

to carlisi/marcello. most reports and info have marcello as; capo, street boss, #2 or something of the like in relation to carlisi or even, "second highest ranking outfit member in city." next only at this time to underboss john difronzo, circa 1992. and when both carlisi and marcello are indicted in dec 1992 it was for running a street crew, as we know it today the melrose park crew. i can tell you that for someone that came up reading alot about traditional crime families out of east coast mostly this idea was strange to me at first and hard to accept. but chicago was never setup the same as ny et al. the idea of THE BOSS,carlisi also having his own personal crew that was heavily involved at the street level is not something we see in any other crime family outside maybe montreal.

good points on tornabene, he is the ultimate sleeper and most hard to pin down. but his name continues to come up, even in some of those older reports and articles i mentioned, so some were aware of his presence in the outfit.
? is it fair then with the passage of time to put an end to rumor/speculation that tornabene was a member of chicago heights crew? this is where he is placed most often when being mentioned in 1990s era info. it is my belief and others that by the time tornabene became more involved in outfit affairs, the heights crew ceased to exist making this a non starter. it is also my belief that tornabene was a member of the melrose park crew.