remnants of Cleveland It's a "horizontally structured" network, with maybe Pappalardo being kind of "first among equals" rather than a full-blown boss.
It's cool that a Italian-American crime family is still around in the area, though remnants is nothing more than it'll ever be. I've definitely had a big interest in Pappalardo's remaining crew though
It will fade away completely over the next decade or two. The only reason it's still around is that the handful of guys that are left aren't
that old by Mafia standards.
Wiseguy: I don't think Cleveland even qualifies as a "glorified crew" anymore really. "Crew" makes it sound like they are cohesive unit that regularly works together. I'm not sure what one should call the Cleveland leftovers. A "ghost", maybe?
Yeah, it's still there (sort of), but I doubt for too much longer.
