Here's a tid-bit for you guys: Thomas Hardiman, one of Trump's three finalists for the Supreme Court nomination is the - husband of Lori Zappala, who was the daughter of Richard Zappala who is the son of Frank Zappala who was the brother in law to of John Bazzano Sr. Lori is also niece of the former Chief Justice of the PA Supreme Court, Stephen Zappala and cousin of our current District Attorney in Allegheny County, Stephen Jr. Lori's maternal grandfather was killed in a 1937 liquor dispute, by a guy from Detroit.
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I am sure its all legit though very interesting small world.
Ya and so was Jo Jo's nephew who was a Pennsylvania State Senator
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Excuse my ignorance, but whats the Banana Society? I've heard the name like once, I think in John Dickie's book, I could be wrong, but he didn't explain much what it was.
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Im sorry in advance if this has ben said, but when did the Pittsburgh fam get a seat at the commission table? And was the a lot of activity in the Bloomfield, East Liberty and Larimer sections of Pittsburgh?
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AlexfromSouth wrote:Im sorry in advance if this has ben said, but when did the Pittsburgh fam get a seat at the commission table? And was the a lot of activity in the Bloomfield, East Liberty and Larimer sections of Pittsburgh?
Who said the Pittsburgh family had a seat on the commission? The Pittsburgh family was one of the most powerful in the country during the early era. Their leaders held a lot of weight nationally. And yes, all three of those areas were some of the original Italian enclaves in the city along with several other areas.
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"I figure I’m gonna have to do about 6000 years before I get accepted into heaven. And 6000 years is nothing in eternity terms. I can do that standing on my head. It’s like a couple of days here."
AlexfromSouth wrote:Im sorry in advance if this has ben said, but when did the Pittsburgh fam get a seat at the commission table? And was the a lot of activity in the Bloomfield, East Liberty and Larimer sections of Pittsburgh?
Who said the Pittsburgh family had a seat on the commission? The Pittsburgh family was one of the most powerful in the country during the early era. Their leaders had a lot of weight nationally. And yes, all three of those areas were some of the original Italian enclaves in the city along with several other areas.
I dont know Im asking buddy. So the Pitts fam didnt have a commission spot like say new england or chicago? Of course im not talking abouthe the 5 families commission, im talking about nationwide. Get what i mean?
New England never had a seat either. The only families that ever had a seat were the NY 5, Chicago, Buffalo, Philly and Detroit.
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Pogo The Clown wrote:New England never had a seat either. The only families that ever had a seat were the NY 5, Chicago, Buffalo, Philly and Detroit.
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Yep, that's what Capeci said. And Philly and Detroit lost there's with the deaths of Bruno and Zerilli. Buffalo lost there's with the death of Maggadino. And obviously it got to a point where the Commission really only consisted of the NY families with Chicago having less reason to meet with them as time went on.
AlexfromSouth wrote:we must not be thinking of the same thing guys. What about Appalachia and 1966 meeting? There were guys from other fams, no?
Appalachian was a special meeting of leaders around the country and not a formal once-every-5 years actual Commission meeting
Looks like Philly lost theirs a few years before Bruno was killed.
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AlexfromSouth wrote:when did Philidelphia get a seat?
Philly and Detroit got theirs in the early 60s and lost them in the mid 70s along with Buffalo and from the looks of it Chicago.
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AlexfromSouth wrote:when did Philidelphia get a seat?
Philly and Detroit got theirs in the early 60s and lost them in the mid 70s along with Buffalo and from the looks of it Chicago.
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It was in the late 1950s. The FBI found out about it when they bugged the Outfit and overheard Accardo and Giancana discussing Ida and Zerilli. I also think that Gentile could be correct that Cleveland had a seat, but lost it after only a couple of years. Since it was brief, Bonanno may have forgotten about it and Valachi might not have known about it.
very interesting small world.
