Mulberry , I couldn't agree more with your comment . Scarfo , amuso and casso ruled with total fear and intimidation , they killed people for the slightest infraction , the guys were frightened to death and it caused paranoia so they ran to the Feds with open arms ( al d'arco ) when scarfo killed salvy testa it was all over for him , casso and amuso should have been whacked when they killed tony ducks chosen successor buddy luongo , it would have saved them a whole lot of trouble . As for the colombos they are more like a blood family than a mob family , everyone is related directly or indirectly to persico . How can he be in touch with what's going on , on the street , he has been locked up for 24 years , but nobody can wrestle control from him , look what happened when Vic orena tried . Even now tge administration is partly made up of persico relatives . His brother teddy was released last week so he prob has a place on it , Andy Russo is his acting boss and cousin and Thomas farese his consigliere is related also . In my opinion , bill cutolo would have made a great boss , he was greatly feared and respected , he also was a massive earner for the family . Hence why the persicos made him underboss so they could get him close enough to kill him , until carmine steps down or is forced to the colombos will always be unstable . Yeah gotti made mistakes wen he moved his operations to the ravenite and making his captains meet there every Tuesday for all the world to see , but he did no more damage to the mob than amuso , casso , scarfo , persico , massino, vitale . The list could go on and on