john gotti apparently had reservations about giving martino his button
Where'd you get that from, Dom?
In one of the Gotti tapes you hear him say "I like the Richies, I want guys that done more than killing," or something to that effect. And the Richie he was referring to was Richie Martino
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If anything, recognizing the smarts in Richie was one of Gotti's better moves. That's my two cents, anyway
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