Damn, PB I didn't know about these guys.
They both capos in the Gambino family and not with Italian heritage? How the hell did they get made, let alone become capos... were they such huge earners? Also I wanted to ask you by message but I'm gonna ask here (I know all those questions you're probably a little annoyed) are there any other non Italians made that you know of? Any of them with the Westside guys?
He says he told everyone to call him " Johnny A" . Then he would beat up anyone who used his name. If they wanted to refer to Alite they were supposed to point to their bicep. Thats kind of a rip off on chin gigante , pointing to their chin. Whatever, i think alite is a mad man to be honest.
And so did Joe Massino by asking people to point to their ear. This is nothing new, I bet it was done by the Italians before Chin anyway.
They were both acting captains. Both massive earners, Campos got made after making all that money with Tore & Richie Martino in the porn scam. Martino got him his button. Merola's name used to be Knapik but changed it to Merola
He's meant to be a very serious guy though, close to Taccetta.
By the way they are half-italian you know. Think you only need to be half Italian to get made.
As for the Westside, I bet they and all the other families have half-Italians. Someone said Conrad Ianniello, who is a captain in the Genovese family, is half German. Not sure how true that is.
