Hi father Mario the Pious was a thug, oldest son Andy is a thug, and youngest son Chrissy is a thug. Its a family thing.
Gov. Mario said that the use of the word “Mafia” was a smear against Italian-Americans. He apparently had some ties to the NY families though I can’t cite a specific instance (my work on an Organized Crimes Task Force targeting the NY Families - Gottis, Gambinos; Gigantes (NJ), and associated chapters (Chicago, Las Vegas, possibly St. Louis - the Syrian brothers, and Florida didn’t mention specific politicians though Byron York’s April 1997 article “Let’s Be Friends: A Mob-Controlled Union Delivers the Goods for Bill”, does give details about the Clintons and Democrat Party getting LIUNA/COIA money ($3 Mill) for federal job training money ($33M). Att. Gen. Janet Reno quashed the over 200 indictment charges against this union which would have led to the govt taking it over as well as seizing all its assets, worth multiple millions.
The whole story has never been told about how the Democrat Party and the Mafia helped each other (in NYC, NJ, poss. Philadelphia, Chicago, Vegas - Harry Reid n’est pas?, Florida and possibly Nancy Pelosi’s father and brother - mayors, Tommy Jr and Tommy III in Baltimore).