Below is a link to my new Gangster Report site where I have posted a new piece I did on Chickie Ciancaglini's reemergence as a factor in the Philadelphia mafia

www.gangsterreport.com

Is Philly making new members or is it fading away?

Theyve had several making ceremonies throughout the last decade.

Nice article Scott. Seems like Philly is finally getting back on a steady course, minus Borgeisi??? (for however long that may last).

Who do we know that has been made since 2000;

off the top of my head - Sonny Mazzone, Dom Grande, Anthony Borgesi, Joey Electric Servito, Eric Esposito, Damian Canalichio, Anthony Nicodemo, Anthony Staino. Phil Ligambi, Marty Crutch Curro?

I know im forgetting a few

Phil Ligambi must have been long in the tooth when he was made.

Lou Fazzini, albert lanceliotti

Wow!......Choice of any of the 3 top positions?

Hmmmmm! Which one would I take?

I would take Boss BUT, I would also have a Front Boss which he himself, would have a Street Boss....2 layers of insulation, should be enough for his remaining years alive. He would essentially be the Consigliere to law enforcement BUT, the boys inside know who the man is.

Choose door number 1 Chickie! You took your lumps!


I think Gene Gotti thinks he is gonna get the same respect but think NY will not give him anything above capo.

Isn't dom grande also made? And like someone mentioned the young al lance is made..nephew of mikey lance... Grande and al lance are both young, early 30's... Then there's the other group of youngsters who hang around narducci.. Does anyone know if andrew micali is made? The kid who got wrapped up in the borgata case? He was caught on the wiretap with nicodemo when he was talking about lambs and lions on the hill, telling him to tone it down a notch while he himself is saying a bunch of shit he shouldn't be saying on the phone. Thought that was pretty funny.

Is Ligambi still the man?

How would Gene become a capo? Which crew would they give to him?

Also merlino is just fucking asking for the feds to be up his ass his whole life.. He's driving around a fucking buggati veyron now.. Does it get any fucking more flasy than that? Driving around a 2 million dollar car with no income? I would be driving a honda civic if I was him.. But really he is obsessed with his image, nothing but trouble can come from it. I feel bad for his 2 daughters, they're father is going to be doing life in the feds eventually. Just a matter of time. Sad.

Ya i think grande was made alongside mazzone and servido.

The article says Merlino will remain boss. Chickie has his choice of acting boss, underboss or consigliere.

I checked out that car online. All I can say is damn. The interior is more insane than the exterior. How can he drive around a car like that if he can't account for the income?

Who is protecting his butt?

I fucking hate Merlino. He's the flashest high profile mobster yet out of all the high profile mobsters, he has the least money making capabilities. Cult of personality is what he is. He has all these stupid old men funding his extravagant lifestyle. He is a charlatan and a simple minded bully.

Sonny was never made

If he is such a high profile idiot broke ass, then why is he home? when all the other bosses before him are dying in prison? why did he beat the government in court? maybe joey is dumb like a fox. Plus he has survived like 20 fucking hits, dude is a survivor, and in the right way, he is stand up, and he is a stone killer period.

Merlino most likely couldn't even afford to fill up a Buggati Veyron with gas. If he's driving one it more then likely belongs to one of his new mob groupie buddies down south. Or maybe his sugar daddy Stan Stein leased one for him. But i would bet Merlino on his own couldn't even afford the down deposit on a car like that.

You think Joey put up a dime for that restaurant? No Fucking way, he's gonna milk that place dry and eventually bust the place out. Those investors will be sorry they ever met Merlino before long.

Dsbaloo where did you read he had a Buggati Veyron?

lol yeah ok.

Thanks, my mistake, I kind of skimmed it an automatically saw 3 positions. I didn't read it close enough.

Someone who does 30 years for the family deserves more respect than a petty soldier, no?.....He went to jail ranked as a capo.
They may have to bump someone down in the name of respect.
Like how everyone is willing to make room for Chickie?

What will they do with him then? An Acting Associate? Street Associate?

I'll never understand these guys. 80 years old and he wants to go right back in. That's fucking nuts.

Dsbaloo where did you read he had a Buggati Veyron? [/quote]


Saw it parked in his garage.

this old dinosaur peter limone 82 in boston still leads the new England family after doing 30yrs frame job+ getting 25mill from the fbi he jumped rite back in he gets off probation in a couple months for some more mafia shit. his underboss Carmen big cheese gets out next month. think I read chickies wife is dead so all he got left is his mafia kids. wonder if scarfo would give his blessing. whats left for the guy, his money is probably all fucked up maybe he starts collecting his pension from the teamesters but he might have been doing that for acouple decades. million dollar question how longs he on parole or did he rap up and can mingle with anyone. sonny franses kept violateing parole for going near felons he probably would have been acting boss if he could have met with his troops all them years. but his sentence is different from the philly guys. seems like all the young scarfo guys who did them 40 45 yr sentences all mingle together so they must be off parole.

Hahahahahahah Your right Benny some delusional wannabe's with money are probably lose that money and Joey will probably invite them out to dinner meanwhile their houses are getting robbed of all their luxury items. If Merlino had the right machinery he'd probably steal your house

New Nicodeomo Trial dates...

http://www.courts.phila.gov/apps/criminal/namesearch.asp?search=NICODEMO,%20ANTHONY

there gonna do him like long john.

mackinblack your probably rite. merlino don't give a fuck. I would liketo drive a bogati or how you spell on someone elses dime. merlino for city council. no but how does a old guy like that respect the acting boss that blasted his son into outerspace. cant no way. see who hits who first. how do you sleep at nite as a father?

Patience is key. If he wants to move against someone like Joey Merlino, he'll want to take his time with it.

thats melino's skill, when it times to machine gun somebodys car on the freeway, he gets it done, period.