Front boss not finding out what? Anthony Salerno is probably the most famous example of a front boss, Carmine Galante was a fake boss, as was Funzi Tieri, Carmine Tramunti. There's been several who acted in a boss capacity, but were never THE MAN, if you know what I mean.
To be completely honest, I've always felt the concept of a "front boss" is somewhat overrated. If everyone in New York knew Salerno was a front boss, how good of a front boss could he have been? I think what really existed was a pattern of delegation and collaboration in decision-making between several high-ranking individuals in the family.
Pete Savino's account in *The Five Families* comes to mind. When he was called in to account for the Shorty Spero murder, he met with Salerno, Gigante, *and* Tieri at the same time, and Savino wasn't even a made man. Similarly, Salerno was caught on tape grousing to Corallo about being overruled by "Ben" (retired boss Phil Lombardo) and "downtown" (Gigante).
Re: Examples of front bosses?
[Re: LurkerGuy]
#1010486 04/27/2101:03 AM04/27/2101:03 AM
Well if Salerno was overruled by Lombardo and Gigante then he was just a front boss, not to mention front bosses among other things helped Gigante stay out of prison for decades. So apparently there is a point to front bosses. What a ridiculous comment 🙄
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Re: Examples of front bosses?
[Re: DillyDolly]
#1010504 04/27/2109:48 AM04/27/2109:48 AM
He was overruled on a decision he thought he had latitude to make independently. I'm not saying Salerno was really the boss or on Gigante's level, but he had a considerable amount of power and influence in the family and the ability to make decisions on non life-or-death matters.
What are the benefits of being a front boss? I can't understand why a person would take the heat that comes with the position despite any benefits. Both Salerno and Tieri had a lot of pressure on them, it seems it started the second they took a boss spot.
Re: Examples of front bosses?
[Re: jace]
#1010510 04/27/2112:50 PM04/27/2112:50 PM
Both Tieri and Salerno had long, prosperous mob careers before their eventual downfall, which didn't come until they were already old and didn't give a fuck. And of course they had considerable clout even though they weren't the official bosses.