by Charlie » Wed Sep 05, 2018 5:47 am
Wiseguy wrote: ↑Sun Mar 04, 2018 4:02 pm
Frank wrote: ↑Sun Mar 04, 2018 2:45 pmYes so do you think Fiumara was a member of the ruling panel that was either misidentified as 3 or added members as they were released or off of supervised release. I ask because from what I remember back the didn't those 2 different reports of a 3 man ruling panel and the rotating panel came out only months apart.
The first one was a June 2009 New York Daily News article identifies that mentioned Benny Mangano, Ernie Muscarella, Barney Bellomo, and Larry Dentico being on a "rotating panel" of recently released senior members running the family. They didnt say they were all then on the panel or had been at the same time, necessarily.
The second one was a September 2009 New York Times article that said Tino Fiumara was on a "three man panel" running the family. I can only assume the rotating had continued, as it had over the past 20+ years, and Fiumara became a part of it at some point. Other than identifying guys who have been on the ruling panel, we never saw a specific number that made up the panel before the article about Fiumara. But that doesn't mean 3 was always the number.
To confuse things a little bit more, let me add that in 2006 the FBI carried Rudolph Santobello as "a member of the administration" ...and since they didn't say "member of a rotating panel" or something to that effect it could indicate he was underboss or consigliere (or acting)...
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[quote=Frank post_id=70932 time=1520199915 user_id=5387]Yes so do you think Fiumara was a member of the ruling panel that was either misidentified as 3 or added members as they were released or off of supervised release. I ask because from what I remember back the didn't those 2 different reports of a 3 man ruling panel and the rotating panel came out only months apart.
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The first one was a June 2009 New York Daily News article identifies that mentioned Benny Mangano, Ernie Muscarella, Barney Bellomo, and Larry Dentico being on a "rotating panel" of recently released senior members running the family. They didnt say they were all then on the panel or had been at the same time, necessarily.
The second one was a September 2009 New York Times article that said Tino Fiumara was on a "three man panel" running the family. I can only assume the rotating had continued, as it had over the past 20+ years, and Fiumara became a part of it at some point. Other than identifying guys who have been on the ruling panel, we never saw a specific number that made up the panel before the article about Fiumara. But that doesn't mean 3 was always the number.
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To confuse things a little bit more, let me add that in 2006 the FBI carried Rudolph Santobello as "a member of the administration" ...and since they didn't say "member of a rotating panel" or something to that effect it could indicate he was underboss or consigliere (or acting)...