Lefty and The Ant

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March 5th, 2010 at 10:11:19 AM permalink

AZDuffman

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Quote: DennyGriffin
AZ,

I think you're giving a very accurate description of Lefty. A real no-nonsense kind of guy. No dead wood tolerated. And you're right, we've got an abundance of Franks lol. But Cullotta and Rosenthal were similar in their management styles - they both demanded competence and performance.

I was contacted by Connie last night seeking my opinion on her writing a book about working for Lefty and the Mob in general. I encouraged her to go for it.

And here's an announcement for a Blog Talk Radio show on Saturday:

Former Mobster Frank Cullotta, retired Metro detective Louie DeTiberiis and I, will be part of a panel on the Simon Barrett Show on Blog Talk Radio tomorrow to discuss crime in Las Vegas and the Mob days.

The show starts at noon Pacific - three pm Eastern. The annoncement and additional show info are at:
http://www.bloggernews.net/123972

Tell Connie I'll end up buying a copy. Will that show be streamed or better yet archived?

"The Roman Empire wasn't planned, but neither did it 'just happen.'"

March 5th, 2010 at 10:28:26 AM permalink

Mosca

Member since: Dec 14, 2009
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I love reading about these guys, too, but I try to be careful to not romanticize them; I don't think anyone here has given me the impression that they do, but it irks me to see young guys who romanticize Tony Montana from Scarface. I've run into some of those types of guys here locally, and frankly they scare the daylights out of me, make my hair stand on end, even when they're being friendly.

NO KILL I

March 5th, 2010 at 11:43:13 AM permalink

AZDuffman

Member since: Nov 2, 2009
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Quote: Mosca
I love reading about these guys, too, but I try to be careful to not romanticize them; I don't think anyone here has given me the impression that they do, but it irks me to see young guys who romanticize Tony Montana from Scarface. I've run into some of those types of guys here locally, and frankly they scare the daylights out of me, make my hair stand on end, even when they're being friendly.

It is about being interested in how they made it. Tony Montana was a movie charachter so people who romanticize him for real are a little off. I love his charachter in the film, however. As far as Rosenthal goes the guy was connected, no one disputes that. But he still made some very good business decisions as far as running the casino went. And he still commanded respect. So you need to look at how it was done and see if you can do it for good.

One thing I have heard from people that worked there then is they preferred the outfit to the corporations. They said the outfit treated employees far better as long as you didn't steal. God help you if you got caught doing that.

"The Roman Empire wasn't planned, but neither did it 'just happen.'"

March 5th, 2010 at 11:58:30 AM permalink
DennyGriffin Member since: Mar 4, 2010 Threads: 0 Posts: 5	It will be both streamed and archived. Denny

March 5th, 2010 at 12:15:33 PM permalink

Mosca

Member since: Dec 14, 2009
Threads: 63
Posts: 1457

Quote: AZDuffman
Quote: Mosca
I love reading about these guys, too, but I try to be careful to not romanticize them; I don't think anyone here has given me the impression that they do, but it irks me to see young guys who romanticize Tony Montana from Scarface. I've run into some of those types of guys here locally, and frankly they scare the daylights out of me, make my hair stand on end, even when they're being friendly.

It is about being interested in how they made it. Tony Montana was a movie charachter so people who romanticize him for real are a little off. I love his charachter in the film, however. As far as Rosenthal goes the guy was connected, no one disputes that. But he still made some very good business decisions as far as running the casino went. And he still commanded respect. So you need to look at how it was done and see if you can do it for good.

One thing I have heard from people that worked there then is they preferred the outfit to the corporations. They said the outfit treated employees far better as long as you didn't steal. God help you if you got caught doing that.

I understand. I'd give examples, but a lot of the people I'd name, I live among.

I just wrote a whole lot more, but thought the better of it and hit delete.

NO KILL I

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