by AlexfromSouth » Tue Jan 24, 2017 3:22 am
HairyKnuckles wrote:Wiseguy wrote:Rocco wrote:If you guys are confused. Think about how confused a Soldier in the Bonanno family must have been during this time period ..lol It safe to say that once Massino flipped ..Basciano would no longer be acting boss. NOt because he was in prison but because he was given the title by Massino who was a rat. So after that you start from scratch. People made power plays for Official Boss. There can be no more "acting Boss" because you don't have an official boss. Safe to say that Mancuso made the power play took over as boss. Everyone else like Sal or Vinny TV were just street bosses for the guy in charge. Street bosses don't last long. Mancuso would need to switch his street bosses to keep LE from snatching them up quickly. Just me two cents.
The argument about Basciano's illegitimatacy as acting boss aside (because Massino flipped),
there certainly can be an acting boss without an official boss. There doesn't necessarily need to be an official boss in prison, incapacitated, etc. It can be a situation where a family simply hasn't appointed an official boss yet. For example, Danny Leo was Genovese acting boss after Gigante died.
Absolutely. Carmine Tramunti was acting boss for a couple of years before they made him official. That had to do with the terrible shape the Luccheses were in at the time. All the top guys were in jail, in poor health conditions or did not have the desire to step up. As we have seen in some cases, the Commission had to approve a new boss. It´s possible they were not able to meet and approve Tramunti until later. In the case of Mancuso, Montegna, Badalamenti (all acting bosses but at different times) it´s possible the Bonannos had decided to make Basciano official boss if he was to be acquitted in his raketeering trial. But because he was sentenced to life, Basciano becoming official boss never materialized.
I thougt that the commission appointed Tony Corallo as far back as 1966, not for a reason of the terrible state of the fam but in reason that he was the best man for the job. As for Gribbs being the official boss, is allways thought that when Corallo came home from his jail time became the official boss around 1970, is that not true?
[quote="HairyKnuckles"][quote="Wiseguy"][quote="Rocco"]If you guys are confused. Think about how confused a Soldier in the Bonanno family must have been during this time period ..lol It safe to say that once Massino flipped ..Basciano would no longer be acting boss. NOt because he was in prison but because he was given the title by Massino who was a rat. So after that you start from scratch. People made power plays for Official Boss. There can be no more "acting Boss" because you don't have an official boss. Safe to say that Mancuso made the power play took over as boss. Everyone else like Sal or Vinny TV were just street bosses for the guy in charge. Street bosses don't last long. Mancuso would need to switch his street bosses to keep LE from snatching them up quickly. Just me two cents.[/quote]
The argument about Basciano's illegitimatacy as acting boss aside (because Massino flipped), [b]there certainly can be an acting boss without an official boss. There doesn't necessarily need to be an official boss in prison, incapacitated, etc. It can be a situation where a family simply hasn't appointed an official boss yet[/b]. For example, Danny Leo was Genovese acting boss after Gigante died.[/quote]
[b]Absolutely.[/b] Carmine Tramunti was acting boss for a couple of years before they made him official. That had to do with the terrible shape the Luccheses were in at the time. All the top guys were in jail, in poor health conditions or did not have the desire to step up. As we have seen in some cases, the Commission had to approve a new boss. It´s possible they were not able to meet and approve Tramunti until later. In the case of Mancuso, Montegna, Badalamenti (all acting bosses but at different times) it´s possible the Bonannos had decided to make Basciano official boss if he was to be acquitted in his raketeering trial. But because he was sentenced to life, Basciano becoming official boss never materialized.[/quote]
I thougt that the commission appointed Tony Corallo as far back as 1966, not for a reason of the terrible state of the fam but in reason that he was the best man for the job. As for Gribbs being the official boss, is allways thought that when Corallo came home from his jail time became the official boss around 1970, is that not true?