I'm more surprised that word of his planned hit on Big Paul didn't leak out. Look at Joe Colombo - He ran to Carlo Gambino and told him about the plans to take him out and Colombo was rewarded and made a boss.
Wonder why someone like DeCiccio or even Joe Piney didnt realize that Paul was a better boss and told him about the hit before it happened. DeCicco or Piney could've been rewarded with a higher position, Piney maybe even as underboss instead of Belloti.
Also, if Jimmy Brown, Tommy Gambino, or Danny Marino were named underboss instead of Billoti, would Gotti had changed his mind about the hit? I bet one of those three wouldve been more respected as UB.
Castellano was on his way to meet with Tommy G at Sparks. It would be ironic if he was going there to name Tommy as the acting boss while Paul was on trial. Remember that Paul was Carlo's acting boss as far back as like '67. Not that Tommy would've been a good boss, but couldn't have been worse than Gotti.
Because BOTH Piney & Frankie Decicco knew Paul would never share with them!!
They saw that he would have continued lining his own pocket and even if he went jail, his puppet Bilotti plus nephew Blinky Tommy would be put into powerful positions. To ensure Paul still had a monopoly of the family rackets
