Its something that was brought up in another thread that makes me wonder. We know this group, historically (outside of Joe's clique) this wasn't a powerhouse group, earning wise. What exactly were the Di Gregorio/Sciacca/Rastelli faction fighting to obtain control of? Was it the title (boss)? Was it simply, they didn't want to pay tribute?

I say this because, alot of the legitimate power went with Joe, apparently he was still involved in the international drug trade by way of contacts in Canada (surely he still had more pull then Sciacca and Rastelli).

Its just interesting how they went from close-knit, secretive and clannish, to completely unraveling in 10yrs.

Joe must've been cracking them with the tribute for them to think Di gregorio, Sciacca and Rastelli were better choices. we all know how that turned out for them. They did alot of fighting for nothing in my opinion