He's a twerp. Coddled little brat. And George Borgesi looks like he belongs on the side of a milk cartonChucky wrote:C'mon JCB, Merlino's not a gangster?

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He's a twerp. Coddled little brat. And George Borgesi looks like he belongs on the side of a milk cartonChucky wrote:C'mon JCB, Merlino's not a gangster?
You won't get me to defend old Georgie boyJCB1977 wrote:He's a twerp. Coddled little brat. And George Borgesi looks like he belongs on the side of a milk cartonChucky wrote:C'mon JCB, Merlino's not a gangster?
LMAO ! Borgesi does look like one of the little rascals !JCB1977 wrote:He's a twerp. Coddled little brat. And George Borgesi looks like he belongs on the side of a milk cartonChucky wrote:C'mon JCB, Merlino's not a gangster?
There is a first for everything ! I am pretty sure he plead out to the Armed Car Robbery way back when.moneyman wrote:Has Merlino ever plead out?
There are "plenty" of Youngstown/Pittsburgh guys that my family or I didn't particularly care for. I call Merlino a brat because he grew up privileged as the son of Chucky Merlino. He didn't have to survive on the street like his old man, he was coddled. Furthermore, his constant disrespect of LCN rules and what transpired in the 1990's was ballsy, I'll give him that...but utterly disrespctful to a "once" proud organization. His constant pictures with no shirt on...CMON MAN, he's a 5'5 shrimp who would get his ass beat in a street fight. Plus, he's close to Borgesi who belongs on the side of a milk carton.Chucky wrote:You won't get me to defend old Georgie boyJCB1977 wrote:He's a twerp. Coddled little brat. And George Borgesi looks like he belongs on the side of a milk cartonChucky wrote:C'mon JCB, Merlino's not a gangster?, he's a lethal fuck though, a true menace.
I'm just curious why you think Merlino is a "brat" and a "twerp" when you speak about these Pittsburgh and Ohio guys like they're the end all, be all.
NY appointed Stanfa and Stanfa had NY's support. Having a street war in the 1990's put local cops, state police and the Feds up the asses of LCN across the country because of his shenanigans. While I applaud your admiration for a 5'5 circus midget, he disrespected everything that LCN stood for...keeping it quiet, taking care of business in a less public way and for smiling at the cameras, enjoying the press taking photos of Geno's Cafe softball team...and now the little guy will be spending most of the rest of his life in lock up...see how loyal his wife is thenChucky wrote:You say disrespect for the rules, what rules did he break? All of that shit in the 90s could have been avoided had Piccolo just stepped aside and allow Ciancaglini & Merlino to run the show.
Plus, at Merlino's age in the 1990's, he wasn't even close to being boss material...he was a young punk who has never ran a crime family anywhere near being successful. He is in charge of a gang, not a family. Those days ended by the mid 1980's in Philly. Like I stated earlier, he wouldn't have made Captain in any NYC family or the OutfitJCB1977 wrote:NY appointed Stanfa and Stanfa had NY's support. Having a street war in the 1990's put local cops, state police and the Feds up the asses of LCN across the country because of his shenanigans. While I applaud your admiration for a 5'5 circus midget, he disrespected everything that LCN stood for...keeping it quiet, taking care of business in a less public way and for smiling at the cameras, enjoying the press taking photos of Geno's Cafe softball team...and now the little guy will be spending most of the rest of his life in lock up...see how loyal his wife is thenChucky wrote:You say disrespect for the rules, what rules did he break? All of that shit in the 90s could have been avoided had Piccolo just stepped aside and allow Ciancaglini & Merlino to run the show.
Stanfa was a clown, so were the were morons he surrounded himself with, the guy had no business running anything other than having support from the Gambinos. By the time he showed up, Ciancaglini and Merlino had sealed off the street tax and were pumping a lot of coke into South Philly. Stanfa had a bunch of low level Riccobene guys around him, he was making waiters and former cops because Mikey & Joey had the guys needed to put things back together, and the competent guys like Joe Mouse, Lucibello and Turchi used him for a button and jumped into Merlino's camp once they were made. He was in way over his head. NY support meant nothing by the early 90s anyhow, all the bosses up there were going down or were on the run. And the feds didn't need Merlino to add heat to LCN, that was happening anyway.JCB1977 wrote:NY appointed Stanfa and Stanfa had NY's support. Having a street war in the 1990's put local cops, state police and the Feds up the asses of LCN across the country because of his shenanigans. While I applaud your admiration for a 5'5 circus midget, he disrespected everything that LCN stood for...keeping it quiet, taking care of business in a less public way and for smiling at the cameras, enjoying the press taking photos of Geno's Cafe softball team...and now the little guy will be spending most of the rest of his life in lock up...see how loyal his wife is thenChucky wrote:You say disrespect for the rules, what rules did he break? All of that shit in the 90s could have been avoided had Piccolo just stepped aside and allow Ciancaglini & Merlino to run the show.