Originally Posted By: gangstereport
paul caused his own problems and his own death he has no one to blame but himself choosing biletti as his chosen acting boss was suicidal

he became out of touch with the streets and thats what matters i find it funny that some people have this idea that the westside was/is some sort of white collar experts the majority of the family like the other five familys are street guys the westside just had more white collar guys

These guys are gangsters half of them have no idea how to run there own companies they come up from the street half of these guys are dumb


paul should have never backed the westside aswell when he had that capo in the bronx killed. He let gotti rise no sympathy for paul none he became greedy and out of touch and like i said choosing biletti caused his own death


I think people refer to the Genovese family as a whole. As a whole, they are more sophisticated. Not just more careful, more secretive, and better organized, but more sophisticated in terms of being more involved in labor unions and legitimate business compared to the other families. Of course, that doesn't mean every last member is a savvy, white collar millionaire. But again, speaking as a whole, Genovese members are also said to be wealthier than the other families.


Originally Posted By: SonnyBlackstein
Originally Posted By: gangstereport
paul caused his own problems and his own death he has no one to blame but himself choosing biletti as his chosen acting boss was suicidal

he became out of touch with the streets and thats what matters

....like i said choosing biletti caused his own death


WRONG.

The singular cause of Pauls death was the Gotti's crew involvement in trafficking H and the Ruggerio tapes proving this.
This would've been Ange, Gene etc's death warrant, probably John's too (or at the least his demotion and/or shelving).

That's why Paul was hit.

Gotti HAD to hit Paul. Or he was next.

That's the reason Paul was killed.
Not Bilotti. Not 'removed from the streets'. Not the upstate capo hit by the Westside.
Gotti's crew moving H is why Paul was hit.



I would argue how others had come to perceive Castellano, like with his greed, aloofness, giving up his capo to the Genovese, etc played a part in certain guys like Gravano, DeCicco and others joining Gotti in the plot. Gravano said as much in his book.


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