DA, I appreciate the creative work you put into this theory. It's what I meant when I said that you're really getting into the spirit of this board. But, I just don't know where to put Altobello in the 20 years from '59 to '79--or before. Or, why he allied himself with Zasa and turned on Michael.
I would say some interim period, some other guy was in charge of NY. Perhaps he was a Captain underneath this person and let us say in the mid 1960s took over. As for why he allied himself with Zasa, that is clearer in the film: Zasa was needed as a cover to take out Michael; Luchessi and Altobello had been planning it for a while - Remember, when Vincent courts them, they said if he'd come forward sooner, they wouldn't have needed Joey. Joey Zasa was a "patsy." As to why turn on Michael? Greed, for one. Secondly because Michael occupied the position as head of the Commission and Michael being alive kept Altobello from that.
