Vacari, real quick, then we'll get back to the Trump bashing.
Why did the commission even bother recognizing the west coast families when they clearly didn't want to do business with them? It's obvious they preferred the Jewish gangsters like Siegel and Coen to represent them out west. I know in Roselli's book he talks about vouching for Dragna. Why? It seems that recognizing the west coast families and officially making them part of the national syndicate was as far as their respect went. Beyond that, they seemed to view the west coast families as an annoyance.
I made the mistake of buying that Lanza book. There's like no information about him. Most of the book was about well known mob stuff elsewhere around the country. Did Lanza ever do anything mob related? Same for San Jose.
we're getting off topic again,but is the Lanza book really that bad? it received some negative reviews on amazon. i read the beginning,so far what ive read is fascinating and well researched,with lots of historic factoids,and tidbits i havent seen anywhere else. the arthur also interjects her own personality into the book,which is fun. even though i'll admit i didn't learn a lot about lanza yet, there's some good info on the history of o.c. in SF.
