You should read what Leonetti says about Scarfo, he says when it came to murder, Scarfo was in charge. He said in that family,Nicky was the most powerful guy, and he clearly was cause he had the relationship with New York, which is what mattered back then....

The thread was about POWER, not money. Money didn't keep Bruno alive, nor Simone, nor Narducci, and the casinos wouldn't have kept Scarfo alive either. I thought Scarfo was a nobody too, until I started to read a bit more about philly, I think he was always a member in good standing. The whole point of the turmoil in that family was that only a few guys were really getting rich.

I honestly don't see Bruno as being powerful. He was rich and successful, and benefited from being Carlos puppet boss. But his respect deteriorated so apswiftly after Carlo died, one had to wonder if it was there at all to begin with...