I wish we really knew when and where. Also who was at the commission meeting in 1981 or so when they took the bonanno vote. That's a major thing and we never even heard a thing threw all the confidential informant on the streets in 82. Who was the leading charge persico big paul chin. Tony ducks.... carmine galante must have went to a few meetings when he was acting boss in 76 77. The other bosses wouldn't have given him the power to induct almost 100 new members into that family in 76 to 77
Don't know who took the lead to have the Bonannos thrown off. It is true that with Joe Bonanno's departure in 1969, his family lost a lot of influence, prestige and rackets within the Commission as his name carried a lot of weight. I've even heard they were removed from the panel twice: once during the Banana Wars, and the 2nd time was Donnie Brasco. In any case, infighting, high attrition and junk dealing were also big factors into why they lost their seat. Others say they were stripped of their seat from 1964 to 1991, but that's questionable given that they inducted new members between 1976 and 1984 before the rolls were closed on Commission orders. Plus, during the Donnie Brasco operation, they really had to seek approval from the other bosses in order to set up shop in Milwaukee, as they were being represented by Chicago at the time.
I am wondering if Chicago still has its Commission seat, and who now represents Buffalo, Detroit, St Louis, KCMO, and New Jersey on the Commission.
