Good post.Amershire_Ed wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 5:52 pm Yeah I couldnt care less whether Pennisi had rackets and was a big earner or not. He’s a straight shooter. He has been on like 40 hours worth of podcasts/YT shows and I’ve heard him brag exactly one time. And that was when LaVecchia asked him about the recruiting process. And Pennisi said he was in a social club one day with a bunch of made guys—DeSantis was there—and they were ruminating over the fact that the family had such a small recruiting base. Apparently one of the guys asked “who is the future of this family?”. And Pennisi said that Mikey DeSantis pointed at him and said “he’s part of the future”. Maybe I’m a sucker but I actually believe that story. Because if Pennisi was going to make that up, he’d have made a bunch of other shit up too. And I just don’t think that’s the case. Would I love for an ex wiseguy to come forward that was part of several rackets bringing in millions? Sure. But Pennisi is *super* explicit about when he’s talking about something he knows first hand, and when he’s talking about something he’s heard 2nd or 3rd hand. And nearly every other ex wiseguy doing press doesn’t make that distinction...OR they exaggerate like crazy.
Im conflicted on Pennisi.
I agree with everything you said, and have been impressed with his humility.
But. The Johnny Sideburns posts on his site, about Cerella making jokes about Vic's dead wife, if there's anything which could get a guy clipped in this day and age it would be that. And he has nothing to gain by relating that one tiny piece of info. nothing. Except, to get Cerella clipped.
So where does that leave us?
I guess Pennisi is like anyone else, with good and bad points. He's not above malice, and he's not prone to lying. He's, like us, somewhere in the middle.