by stubbs » Mon Feb 21, 2022 4:04 pm
Total speculation here, but my guess is the Gambinos wanted to make Iavarone for some reason, but they couldn’t due to protocol, so they used the Los Angeles family as a proxy.
Tommy Gambino is described as the boss of the LA family, and he’s obviously close to the Gambino family’s current leadership in NYC through blood, being Rosario Gambino’s son. His uncle John Gambino was also a huge heavyweight with the Binos and was often described as the reason Frank Cali was able to rise to the Gambinos administration.
I doubt the LA family has any active rackets, but given Tommy’s close relationship to the Gambino family, it’s not hard to believe they keep in close contact given that he’s related to many of them by blood. Since he’s the boss, he can still make new members whether he has active street rackets or not.
Ontario has been described as historically belonging to the Buffalo family in terms of LCN territory, even if Buffalo likely hasn’t had the strength or manpower in several decades to exercise actual control over the province.
However, even if today the Buffalo family is weak, that doesn’t mean another LCN family can just come into their territory and make new members without permission. Assuming my theory is true, the Gambinos wanted to make Iavarone and reached out to Tommy Gambino to get Iavarone a button in Los Angeles to avoid violating protocol by not having Iavarone made wih Buffalo. The Buffalo family seems to be close to the Bonannos, especially given the recent history of Violi (Buffalo family) being at a Bonanno making ceremony in Ontario.
Todaro was probably pissed as his family is supposed to have control over Ontario, at least in terms of American LCN families. So, the LA family making someone without his permission violates that protocol. The reason the Gambinos would want someone in Ontario made could be as simple as to counter the Bonannos recent additions of new members in the province. This would be why they would use the LA family as a proxy, so as to hide their true intentions in the region. Or, they may have wanted to do business with Iavarone but couldn’t unless he was first made an “amico nostra” or whatever.
Also, just guessing based on all the news stories, but it seems like Iavarone was killed as part of the Violi-Musitanos war, not due to any protocol violation. I think the Musitanos had Iavarone killed due to being close to the Violis as payback for Angelo Musitano’s murder, but I could be wrong. I think Iavarone’s brother is the real powerhouse on the street in Hamilton, so he could’ve been killed brother-for-brother as Pat Musitano was powerful in the streets but Angelo had apparently left he life behind.
Total speculation here, but my guess is the Gambinos wanted to make Iavarone for some reason, but they couldn’t due to protocol, so they used the Los Angeles family as a proxy.
Tommy Gambino is described as the boss of the LA family, and he’s obviously close to the Gambino family’s current leadership in NYC through blood, being Rosario Gambino’s son. His uncle John Gambino was also a huge heavyweight with the Binos and was often described as the reason Frank Cali was able to rise to the Gambinos administration.
I doubt the LA family has any active rackets, but given Tommy’s close relationship to the Gambino family, it’s not hard to believe they keep in close contact given that he’s related to many of them by blood. Since he’s the boss, he can still make new members whether he has active street rackets or not.
Ontario has been described as historically belonging to the Buffalo family in terms of LCN territory, even if Buffalo likely hasn’t had the strength or manpower in several decades to exercise actual control over the province.
However, even if today the Buffalo family is weak, that doesn’t mean another LCN family can just come into their territory and make new members without permission. Assuming my theory is true, the Gambinos wanted to make Iavarone and reached out to Tommy Gambino to get Iavarone a button in Los Angeles to avoid violating protocol by not having Iavarone made wih Buffalo. The Buffalo family seems to be close to the Bonannos, especially given the recent history of Violi (Buffalo family) being at a Bonanno making ceremony in Ontario.
Todaro was probably pissed as his family is supposed to have control over Ontario, at least in terms of American LCN families. So, the LA family making someone without his permission violates that protocol. The reason the Gambinos would want someone in Ontario made could be as simple as to counter the Bonannos recent additions of new members in the province. This would be why they would use the LA family as a proxy, so as to hide their true intentions in the region. Or, they may have wanted to do business with Iavarone but couldn’t unless he was first made an “amico nostra” or whatever.
Also, just guessing based on all the news stories, but it seems like Iavarone was killed as part of the Violi-Musitanos war, not due to any protocol violation. I think the Musitanos had Iavarone killed due to being close to the Violis as payback for Angelo Musitano’s murder, but I could be wrong. I think Iavarone’s brother is the real powerhouse on the street in Hamilton, so he could’ve been killed brother-for-brother as Pat Musitano was powerful in the streets but Angelo had apparently left he life behind.