whens the last time a lucchese or genovese was made and you read about it a day or so later

Sorry if I disturb the discussion, but since the thread is about Mancuso, a question: why do you think they have been so lenient with him when he got convicted for the Pinzolo hit? After that horrible murder of his wife for futile reasons (for which he unexplainably did only 10 years), how could he avoid a life sentence without turning informant, considering he was a second offender with a murder charge?

yeah but again they only know what they can read in these books , which granted i read too but i know to take them with a serious grain of salt, if you read Joe Bonnanos book you would think he was a boy scout leader, and from my understanding they were able to make giys to replace people just not expand becuase again I know guys who were made before 77 but it def wasnt when they were kids in the 50s lol

Lol! Right, like he never made an illegitimate dollar in his life.

Frank is a made guy? Didn't think he would be a bananno..

Yeah he told me about his cousin.

Hope he doesn't look on here. Lol

Yeah his cousin does pull serious wait always around the top guy,
usually i can keep up with youPizza but you finally lost me with the guy in Tuckahoe i mean i have a few guesses but not sure lol

ok thats what i figured but thats surprising because of how close his cousin is with the top guy

There are rats walking the streets today and not getting hit. I wouldn't worry about what's written about on an obscure message board .

Heck, PB, that's the very argument I've long used for why the local neighborhood guys who happen to have heard something have absolutely no reason to hint or say they know something but not expand any further.

I know what you mean, Ivy. And not to pat myself on the back, but I've defended you as a researcher and historian ad nauseam over the years. And I've also stated that most of the barroom gossip posted by SOME locals is just that: gossip.

But if you're referring to me, the only way I can explain it is that there's a line that I just won't cross. It's as simple as that. It has nothing to do with fear of reprisal. Some people here know me personally, and for whoever may be reading anonymously, it's honestly not too hard to figure out who I am. I've been more than honest about my 25 years with Local 813, and a bunch of other stuff.

I've been called everything from a dry snitch to a bullshit artist over the years by my critics. When they finally gave up on discrediting my information, they decided to brand me a rat instead. Most recently by this Scarpo fraud who has gotten very chummy with our old pal Cornuto/Mexican Heritage lately. They're men without a country who found each other. And I've forgotten more about that life than either of them will ever know.

I'm no rat. But if I post some innocuous stuff here, most of it's ancient history. And the bottom line is, I never got my finger pricked or took any oath, either. I don't pretend to be anything I'm not. And that's that.

I don't think you fear reprisal. Like you said, we're just posting on an obscure message board. And the fact that I do consider you credible is why I wish you would expound further. Why have "a line" at all? Like you said, you never took an oath and, as far as I know, there's no such thing as internet Omerta. In my opinion, there's nothing any of us can post here that will have any real impact on the actual world or those we talk about. So the more info the merrier, I say. But to each his own I guess.

Besides...If he decides to have a line he doesn't want to cross...who are you to tell him not to have that?

He is somebody who only makes a friendly suggestion. What kind of position is this: "who do you think you are?" etc

I too would like to know more information, but nobody forces Pizzaboy to tell what he doesn't want to tell, but we have the right to be curious.

Was mike nose part of the purple gang?

He's from eharlem friendly with prisco.