The commission related info from Capeci was interesting. I didn't know that cities were removed from the commission upon the death of the don. I can see how that could happen with the small Buffalo region, but not with Philly and Detroit.
And I'm curious as to why New Jersey and Boston never had seats, even when they were at their peak.
Perhaps their seat had as much to do with the connections between the bosses themselves and not just the family they represented. By 1977, the Commission's national influence was in decline and there may have been no interest in having Detroit replace Zerilli. In fact, a later Teamster case against the mob said the Detroit family eventually became represented by the Genovese family. As did Philadelphia once Bruno was killed. And it's not like Philly was going to have a seat with all the chaos that followed that.
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