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Re: The Outfit still strikes fear in Chicago?
[Re: LittleNicky]
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01/15/15 06:58 PM
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I was talking to a couple from Chicago the other day who would of been in their late 20s on holiday down here. They didn't even realize there was still a mafia in
Chicago lol. Doubt that would of been the case 30 years ago. Actually it's always been the case here. Post-Giancana, the major Chicago news publications have gone out of their way time & time again to not cover the local Mafia. It's odd but it's the way it is. The reasoning could be speculated upon ad nauseum, but the Mafia culture here isn't like the east coast. Outside of the Mooney/Accardo era, the Outfit has never been a flashy/enticing entity. It's ugly, cold, tight-lipped, clannish, and culturally it's a very gritty/nasty in comparison with it's east coast counterparts. Guys like John Gotti and that wigger kid Joe Merlino, even someone like Basciano wouldn't have ever made near the top in Chicago. Seriously, what is worth reporting in chicago? Name something tat occured in the last five to ten years. It's hard to report on something when there is no story there. Not much. The most you are likely to read about is low level street stuff from Outfit "related" people, and let's face it, given the organizations prominence in the last generation, there are a lot of professional or quasi professional criminals who of course have "ties" in one way or another to Outfit related people. Honestly there hasn't been anything of substance or that you would regard as an impressive criminal scam or corruption in a very long time. Maybe Handhart. I mean, the way it is now, if someone told you there were a few old guys who ran brothels and a bit of bookmaking, I'm not sure anyone would really care. It's about as criminally enterprising as running a cash only business!
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Re: The Outfit still strikes fear in Chicago?
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Re: The Outfit still strikes fear in Chicago?
[Re: LittleNicky]
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I was talking to a couple from Chicago the other day who would of been in their late 20s on holiday down here. They didn't even realize there was still a mafia in
Chicago lol. Doubt that would of been the case 30 years ago. Actually it's always been the case here. Post-Giancana, the major Chicago news publications have gone out of their way time & time again to not cover the local Mafia. It's odd but it's the way it is. The reasoning could be speculated upon ad nauseum, but the Mafia culture here isn't like the east coast. Outside of the Mooney/Accardo era, the Outfit has never been a flashy/enticing entity. It's ugly, cold, tight-lipped, clannish, and culturally it's a very gritty/nasty in comparison with it's east coast counterparts. Guys like John Gotti and that wigger kid Joe Merlino, even someone like Basciano wouldn't have ever made near the top in Chicago. Seriously, what is worth reporting in chicago? Name something tat occured in the last five to ten years. It's hard to report on something when there is no story there. I'm talking even during the 60s/70s. The Giancana era was covered more by national/international publications more than it was by local Chicago publications.
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Re: The Outfit still strikes fear in Chicago?
[Re: HuronSocialAthletic]
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I was talking to a couple from Chicago the other day who would of been in their late 20s on holiday down here. They didn't even realize there was still a mafia in
Chicago lol. Doubt that would of been the case 30 years ago. Actually it's always been the case here. Post-Giancana, the major Chicago news publications have gone out of their way time & time again to not cover the local Mafia. It's odd but it's the way it is. The reasoning could be speculated upon ad nauseum, but the Mafia culture here isn't like the east coast. Outside of the Mooney/Accardo era, the Outfit has never been a flashy/enticing entity. It's ugly, cold, tight-lipped, clannish, and culturally it's a very gritty/nasty in comparison with it's east coast counterparts. Guys like John Gotti and that wigger kid Joe Merlino, even someone like Basciano wouldn't have ever made near the top in Chicago. Seriously, what is worth reporting in chicago? Name something tat occured in the last five to ten years. It's hard to report on something when there is no story there. I'm talking even during the 60s/70s. The Giancana era was covered more by national/international publications more than it was by local Chicago publications. everybody saw how giancana's flashiness ended people look the other way in cook/will/dupage,etc counties
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