Originally Posted By: StonePark
This is getting way off topic. The point is this: People chatter about the Chicago Outfit on this site and others like it is still the 1960’s. Well, it is 2013, and the “traditional” Outfit is streamlined to the point where it bears little resemblance to its former self. As I originally said, thirty “made guys” is an accurate, if not charitable, estimate. Personally, I think talking about made guys and how many of them there are is missing the point, as per the title of this thread. What is interesting and disturbing to me is that the Outfit is even able to exist at all after Family Secrets. That should have been the end of it, but it will continue and inevitably evolve because the local, city, and state governments entail its existence. The two entities have a reciprocal relationship. That might not be very romantic, but that is the way it is.


Discussing neighborhood gossip about who is made and who is running things in Elmwood Park or Grand Avenue is not being a "fanboy." Please stop these self-decided myth busting crusades...why not just ignore people you feel over-hype the Outfit and move on? You are on an OC forum. Of course people exaggerate. IF you are a recovering alcoholic, you probably shouldn't browse the liquor store and get mad at the owner for "tempting you."