Sweeeeeet. Cool articles.
I think this may have been answered before but because im a lazy, lazy man...was Chucky Porter full blooded Italian or what? Was his fathers name really Porter or is it anglicised from Portello or something? Was'nt it half-Italian on his mothers side, but related to Genovese or something? I think... ack, i should prolly check.
Anyway, there's a point i want to raise. So many of these half-assed sites, blogs & forum's list an intricate power structure & history that "identifies" all these names.
Alot of it just seem's dubious for sure, but where are they getting it from? They cant really just be making it all up, can they? They have to have some base in fact? Dont they? Im sorry for sounding so naive, but i like to think that people aren't just taking the time to post their own elaborate fiction for the fun of it.
eg;
http://www.topix.com/forum/city/new-kensington-pa/TJ1S4AUB7A233RRGA like the 12th post or something, that dude T-Palozzolo.
http://boards.ign.com/godfather/b8148/132711342/p21 And of course Wikipedia's entry on the Pittsburgh LCN Crime Family.
Now John Bazzano Jr, a Genovese underboss very often listed as the current boss, he died in 2008. Even in '06 when the above was posted, it would seem he was for the most part infirmed & retired. Here's the obit.:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08211/900171-122.stm Another example, a quick search on Thomas "Sonny" Ciancutti, another name often listed as Boss, reveals his most recent arrests to have been in 2000 & 2002,
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=11...pg=2587,3727529 http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_20757.html http://www.americanmafia.com/mob_report/1-7-02_mob_report.html <--down a bit for Pittsburgh
And Mauro Matone, the supposed Capo, i was able to google up an article about a drug arrest. From '93. Column on the left, second one down:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=11...pg=6817,3703508 Thats about it. And these guys are the supposed upper echalon of a "current" Pittsburgh LCN Family. Now, the NY Fmailies can hardly function properly without attracting attention & arrests. Are we to believe all these guys are under the radar, so to speak?
Even guys like Big Head Maselli, Duffy Conley & Johnny Adams, the leftovers, it all seemed to get mopped up in those 2006 charges & investigations. Like Ivy's articles attest to. And this one:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_453831.html Are all these sites really that out of date? Or is it a case of one bad source spreading virally, referenced by everyone too lazy to do a proper search.
Hm. That sounds really hypocritical with the Chucky Porter thing, eh?
And who the fuck is Jerry Chiappenelli? Is someone just playing a joke on some poor dude or what? the Wikipedia entries on 95% of American mobsters is such bullshit.
