Better than Brooklyn

I was sitting outside Cafe Roma in Beverly Hills last week.  I was enjoying the great day and the people walking by on the sidewalk.  I was thinking about all the guys I used to know.

That day John Franzese Jr was sitting in a courtroom sending his father away to die.

Can I blame John?  No John did what was best for him.  The guy has his own demons and will face more in the future.  Sonny Franzese is exactly where he should be.  The life he lived and the choices he made brought him to that place.  Sonny trusted John after he put him away before.  Sonny had Ori Spado around him when he knew that Ori was an informant for the FBI.

Ori was because of greed and John was because he is an old man and thought he could count on his son.

I wondered about my former friend Eddie Garofalo.  He is still sitting in his cell in Brooklyn. Teddy Persico jr a life long friend he was on the outs with sits in the same place.  This will mark the second time Eddie brought Teddy down.  I am sure Sunday was tough on Eddie, because he has kids.  Teddy has nobody and nothing.  Teddy has done almost 20 years now!  Eddie did 3 months and cried last time.  This marks the longest he has been away.  Will Eddie do the time?  Will he flip?

Tommy Shots Geoli sits.  Ori Spado is there. how long will they get?

The Feds have more in store for the Colombo family!

Sitting outside in Beverly Hills on a sunny day. I am so glad I left that life behind.

Kenji OC

Flipped: A Mobster tells All Kenny Kenji Gallo May 13th

The world changes everyday. Life goes on. The world stays the same for my former friends who are locked up. I wonder how Johnny Goggles Baudanza likes solitary? I bet Eddie Garofalo has slimmed down in MCC Brooklyn. Eddie likes the easy life. The question is how tall will he stand? Will he be like the Rock Sonny Franzese? Sonny's new words I have to die someplace!
Sonny has had no life. Two sons flipped, two daughters are dead and all his siblings are gone. He lost his home and all his clothes. He has a wife who hates him and yells at him. He has been locked down half his life. How is that a good life. The Feds keep charging the Colombo Family. It is not over yet. I bet Frankie Blue Eye's has a lot to say. I think Michael Persico has a lot to worry about. Eddie Garofalo brought me into the Persico's life, He brought in Steve Marcus and there maybe another informant there. What kind of life is that?

This week on May 13th on Discovery Channel they will show my documentary Flipped: A Mobster Tells All, Kenny Kenji Gallo
Then on June 8th The Deadliest Warrior is on Spike TV.

I am amazed at the people who are still drawn to the life. People never see that it is all smoke and mirrors. You have a bunch of guys who cannot make a living and a select few who live it up. The guys on the bottom do the work and end up getting most of the time.
The big question is will Tommy Tits Geoli flip? If he does what can he give the Feds?

Have a great week! Kenji OC

What is the Mafia today?

The Mafia in America today is not what most people picture.  The Television shows and the movies have ingrained an image of the Mafia in our minds.  They are not charming guys in suits who sit around and act funny.  They are not do good Robin hood type figures.  

They are just criminals who are looking after their best interest.  

I like when I go on the BOP website and I check and I see 

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EDWARD ANGELO GAROFALO JR

57501-053

43-White-M

UNKNOWN

BROOKLYN MDC

THEODORE JR PERSICO

38266-019

46-White-M

UNKNOWN

BROOKLYN MDC

MICHAEL JOSEPH PERSICO

03014-748

53-White-M

UNKNOWN

BROOKLYN MDC

 This is a really good thing.  Eddie Garofalo was a two faced guy.  The guy came from money but he just wanted to run in the streets.  He used to fly to the islands when they had an offshore book going.  He was down on Wall street when they were working the pump and dumps.  He went on the lam when he was facing time.  Eddie would blame Danny The Town Drunk Persico for losing their money and getting him busted.  Eddie did get 3 whole months for that!

Eddie did bring me in to the Persicos!  I wonder if Michael Persico knows this yet?

I wore the wire in Eddie truck yard and I got both Eddie and Steve Marcus.  Steve Marcus later flipped and wore a wire.  He got Michael!  There is still so much more to come.  

I used to be around Eddie down on Maiden Lane.

People ask me everyday if I am afraid of the Mafia.  I laugh!  These guys kill their friends in Brooklyn or Staten Island.  I live in the open in California.  I am on Facebook.  I am in Magazines and on TV!  I will soon be on the Deadliest Warrior on Spike TV.

The long arm of the Mafia is a myth.  The purpose of the Mafia is to make money for its members.  Once you go away they do not take care of you. Out of sight out of mind.

So here I am talking about the life from the OC!

Kenji OC out!

There is so much going on in the world of what left of the Mafia! The Feds continue to steam roll over the New York Families. They try to shut down the Chicago machine known as the Outfit.

These groups enjoyed almost 100 years of uninterrupted rule over the underworld. Today these third or fourth generation Wiseguys never even get a chance to breath! The Feds are all over them!

There are a few that could have left the life behind. I decided to give out some awards here on my blog. My first award will go to Theodore "Teddy Do Over" Perico Jr for all the hard work he has put into getting my "This is pretty much the last you have seen of me RICO Award!"

I have some great quotes from Teddy. “If it was up to me, I’d go get a gun and shoot them, or stab them, or beat them up when I seen ‘em,” You can’t fuck with them because you’ve got everything to lose and nothing to gain by getting physical. I can get physical all day long.” Those were Teddy's new words! Now I will give you a few of his best word that I personally recorded!

"I don't need you to clean it. Just give me the gun," "Look, I know how to shoot. Just give me the gun," "How do you keep a pistol with f- -ing dirty bullets in it in the first place?

Those were some of Teddy's greatest quote. I was with Eddie Garafolo at his truck lot on Butler in downtown Brooklyn one day. This was before he moved to his Staten Island truck yard.

Craig Marino, a Persico Cousin and some other Garafolo's were with us at the yard. Teddy called and asked Eddie to send stuff to him in Greenhaven. I was put on the phone because Teddy wanted some pictures of porn stars sent to him. That was the day that Teddy lost his freedom. Yes he never even really was free again. I put the FBI onto his ride home from prison. I gave them his coming home party. I made tapes on the first day he was home. Teddy moved out of his mothers into an apartment and I was there to tape him. I was wearing a wire the day he was freaking out on Carmine in front of his mothers home. Teddy was upset about Carmine bringing dirty pistols to us when we needed them. This was a comedy of errors on so many levels! The pistols were junk, they were rusty, dirty and without the proper ammo. Carmine had no gloves, so Teddy told him to wear his socks on his hands. Eddie Garafolo was right there with us! I would go to the Big R truck lot many times and I made many tapes on Eddie and Teddy while there.

My next award is for the Guys who had it all and then stepped in Poop! The WINNER is Michael Persico!  Michael is a guy who just could not help being pulled into the family.

Carmine The Gimp Persico did all the heavy work so he could have a prosperous family. Soon Michael will join his father and brother in prison.  The Feds will hit him with more cases soon, even while I write this the are working on an indictment.  Frankie Blue eyes gave it up!  This will take care of Michael and Teddy Persico Sr.  The killing of Allie Boi's ex-wife's boyfriend was another waste of family resources.  This should wake up what is left of the family!  They have had illegal leadership for years! Time to take back the Colombo Family and run it as a real crime family not as the Persico's personal fiefdom.  Micheal had it all  the Mafia name, highly successful business, homes and freedom

Enjoy the week!  Kenji OC

I can act like a fool. Teddy Persico Jr 2009

These will go down as Teddy "Do Over" Persico's defining statement on his life! I can act like a fool! This sums up his whole life and this is what most mobsters lack today. Teddy Jr is a throwback to another time. He is a gangster to the core, he lives it and he is willing to do what it takes.
I liked Teddy because he was a hard guy. He was cool. People can talk about Teddy but few knew him. I was one of the first people to see him when he hit the streets after 17 years of lock down. He told me that he need to leave a body on the street so people knew he was back.
The powers that be wanted Teddy to ease back into the world he left behind. They were grooming him for a top slot like his father. This was not for Teddy in fact before he even was released he was already on his way to life in prision. I was already wearing my wire at Big R trucking when it was in downtown Brooklyn at Bonafide. I sent him some pornstar pictures while he was locked up. He was not supposed to get out for another four years! He was released early because they changed the law.
The day he got out he was already being watched and listened to by the law.
I wonder if Teddy is mad at Eddie Garafolo for bringing me in to his life? If it was not for me he may have had a few more years on the street. I love that I can still keep getting these guys!
One day Eddie came to my place on Shore road and his hand was bleeding bad. He had beat up one of his workers for complaining about being paid low wages. I am glad I had my wire running that day. There was one time that was so funny! Eddie was in my place and he had this paper that had Colombo guys and assoicates listed on it. He was amazed that it some new guys on it. I had to keep from laughing because I gave the FBI those guys names.

We know Teddy can do the time. What about Michael Persico and Eddie Garafolo? Michael has the family legacy to uphold. Eddie will let down his wife who is jammed up on this case and their kids. They are all losing assets in this case.
Will Eddie Garafolo stand tall? What will his Uncle Manny do?

How will Michael Persico stand after Frankie Blue Eyes does him in to the Grand Jury?

Kenji OC out here in the sunny OC