Buffalo/Ontario Mob Acitivity

[Ivan]

I really need to do something this weekend to celebrate this thread reaching 200 pages.

I'm thinking maybe blackjack at Hooters: The Casino.

[B.]

I really need to do something this weekend to celebrate this thread reaching 200 pages.

I'm thinking maybe blackjack at Hooters: The Casino.

I'm going to book a one way ticket to Buffalo and never come back home.

[B.]

This thread is so long it's now an interactive book and we're all co-authors.

[Angelo Santino]

I reached out to the head of the Rochester site and issued another invite.

[Ivan]

I really need to do something this weekend to celebrate this thread reaching 200 pages.

I'm thinking maybe blackjack at Hooters: The Casino.

I'm going to book a one way ticket to Buffalo and never come back home.

Go to La Nova and meet Todaro. He's super nice considering he's the leader of a crime syndicate that uses murder as an enforcement tool.

[Fughedaboutit]

You know Moscone, you made Black Hand Forum Mafia Discussion History: the first post on a 200 page thread!

Did he make the post from Florida? I heard he beat out 30 other board members for that post.

I messaged him from Florida after clearing it with the Commission.

Boy, this thread is active. But is it viable? I feel like an argument could be made that it's not.

Even though the forum board investigators (FBI) never came out with an official statement, it can be argued that as far as active threads go, and based on the history of other similar threads across the same topic ranges that one can reasonably conclude that is not.

[Wiseguy]

You know Moscone, you made Black Hand Forum Mafia Discussion History: the first post on a 200 page thread!

Did he make the post from Florida? I heard he beat out 30 other board members for that post.

I messaged him from Florida after clearing it with the Commission.

Boy, this thread is active. But is it viable? I feel like an argument could be made that it's not.

Even though the forum board investigators (FBI) never came out with an official statement, it can be argued that as far as active threads go, and based on the history of other similar threads across the same topic ranges that one can reasonably conclude that is not.

How can you say that? As long as there's a post in the thread at least once every 5 years, even just a word or two, that meets the requirement for an active AND viable thread.

[B.]

A thread might be inactive but if it's part of a board that still has an administrator and a handful of members occasionally posting, it's still a board. The Real Deal forum is an example of a defunct board.

[B.]

Listen, I'm not going to say that Hollander posting articles to himself on Gangsters Inc makes for a thriving board, but a board's still a board.

"Hollander, you've made history..." - Dave Amoruso

[Angelo Santino]

A thread might be inactive but if it's part of a board that still has an administrator and a handful of members occasionally posting, it's still a board. The Real Deal forum is an example of a defunct board.

It doesn't become any less of a thread, in fact it can quietly build up views in the background on page 51 escaping scrutiny.

[Angelo Santino]

Listen, I'm not going to say that Hollander posting articles to himself on Gangsters Inc makes for a thriving board, but a board's still a board.

"Hollander, you've made history..." - Dave Amoruso

He's the forum world's Big Billy D'Elia!

[Fughedaboutit]

A thread might be inactive but if it's part of a board that still has an administrator and a handful of members occasionally posting, it's still a board. The Real Deal forum is an example of a defunct board.

It doesn't become any less of a thread, in fact it can quietly build up views in the background on page 51 escaping scrutiny.

This is true, especially when there aren't as many eyes on that board anymore, then the board has a chance to quietly regroup.

[Angelo Santino]

A thread might be inactive but if it's part of a board that still has an administrator and a handful of members occasionally posting, it's still a board. The Real Deal forum is an example of a defunct board.

It doesn't become any less of a thread, in fact it can quietly build up views in the background on page 51 escaping scrutiny.

This is true, especially when there aren't as many eyes on that board anymore, then the board has a chance to quietly regroup.

People argue how GBB is a shell of it's former self and no longer a viable place to post, but across the border in the Film Section there's alot of posters doing their thing that doesn't get noticed. You really need to be from that board to understand it.

[B.]

Couple of things I came across:

- Falzone's nickname was "Nard" and his heritage is from Caltanissetta, like the Todaros. His father was born in Serradifalco like early members in the Buffalo family.

- The Todaros and Panepintos are related through the marriage of Joe Todaro Jr.'s son. The Panepintos came from Valledolmo, Caltanissetta.

The family bosses for around the last 40 years, active or not, all appear to come from Caltanissetta backgrounds, plus the family's first known boss DiCarlo was from Vallelunga and influential member Montana was from Montedoro. Angelo Acquisto, Magaddino's underboss who was demoted in the 1950s, was from Serradifalco as were some other Acquisto loyalists who lost standing. When you look at the big picture, it's been pretty dominated by men from Caltanissetta except for Magaddino's long run, but even then he was followed in leadership, acting or official, by Pieri, Frangiamore, the Todaros, and Falzone, with Panepinto and John Pieri as consiglieres -- all Caltinissetta heritage, with some intermarriage/relation.

A look at social media shows that the relatives of all these people are close to this day even among younger generations, so there is still some degree of community among the Buffalo area people of Caltanissetta backgrounds, specifically families with longstanding ties to the Buffalo family. They all appear legitimate and I only mention this as an observation.

To add to the list, the Nicolettis originally came from Valguarnera Caropepe, which is in Enna province but not far from the above Caltanissetta villages.

[Pogo The Clown]

Listen, I'm not going to say that Hollander posting articles to himself on Gangsters Inc makes for a thriving board, but a board's still a board.

"Hollander, you've made history..." - Dave Amoruso

OK this one cracked me up.


Pogo