by OcSleeper » Tue May 03, 2022 11:28 am
I can't find anything from Capeci except him referring to Teddy as the heir apparent.
From the detention memo
In mid-November 2020, the Colombo family leadership met at a restaurant in Brooklyn. Law enforcement officers surveilling the meeting observed Racketeering Defendants Russo, Castellazzo, DiMatteo, Ferrara and Vincent Ricciardo attending the meeting. During the meeting, it was decided that Russo would continue to serve as family boss and that Persico would take over the leadership after Russo and upon his completion of federal supervised release.
Since it's already been decided I think Teddy will still become Boss. It's not like he's looking at life here so there's no reason to change the plans, especially with the rest of the admin under indictment as well as half the Capos.
We assume nepotism played a role in the decision for Teddy to become Boss, which I'm sure it somewhat did. But there are people who support it like Uvino, who couldn't wait for him to take over. Probably safe to assume Ricciardo shares the same opinion.
Later during the conversation, Uvino explained that when Persico took over control of the crime family, Vincent Ricciardo, he and others in Vincent Ricciardo’s crew would have an easier time in handling the Labor Union and Health Fund:
CC-1: That upstairs is not gonna try to change things on him?
You know, they’ve done it before, where they tell him to
back off, do this, don’t do this.
UVINO: Listen it’s too far gone now.
CC-1: Yea, and I said to him, what protection do we have if the
other guy takes over?
UVINO: Listen once they see, once they see money, they’ll be
fine. Who Teddy?
CC-1: Yea.
UVINO: Listen, when he takes? It’s smooth sailing, I was out, he
came out with me the other night, we went out to Body
English together, forget it, the guy’s the best, fucking, I
was talking, the guy is the best guy in the world to deal
with . . .
I can't find anything from Capeci except him referring to Teddy as the heir apparent.
From the detention memo
[quote]In mid-November 2020, the Colombo family leadership met at a restaurant in Brooklyn. Law enforcement officers surveilling the meeting observed Racketeering Defendants Russo, Castellazzo, DiMatteo, Ferrara and Vincent Ricciardo attending the meeting. During the meeting, it was decided that Russo would continue to serve as family boss and that Persico would take over the leadership after Russo and upon his completion of federal supervised release. [/quote]
Since it's already been decided I think Teddy will still become Boss. It's not like he's looking at life here so there's no reason to change the plans, especially with the rest of the admin under indictment as well as half the Capos.
We assume nepotism played a role in the decision for Teddy to become Boss, which I'm sure it somewhat did. But there are people who support it like Uvino, who couldn't wait for him to take over. Probably safe to assume Ricciardo shares the same opinion.
[quote]Later during the conversation, Uvino explained that when Persico took over control of the crime family, Vincent Ricciardo, he and others in Vincent Ricciardo’s crew would have an easier time in handling the Labor Union and Health Fund:
[b]CC-1:[/b] That upstairs is not gonna try to change things on him?
You know, they’ve done it before, where they tell him to
back off, do this, don’t do this.
[b]UVINO:[/b] Listen it’s too far gone now.
[b]CC-1:[/b] Yea, and I said to him, what protection do we have if the
other guy takes over?
[b]UVINO:[/b] Listen once they see, once they see money, they’ll be
fine. Who Teddy?
[b]CC-1:[/b] Yea.
[b]UVINO:[/b] Listen, when he takes? It’s smooth sailing, I was out, he
came out with me the other night, we went out to Body
English together, forget it, the guy’s the best, fucking, I
was talking, the guy is the best guy in the world to deal
with . . .[/quote]