Talk:Anthony Anastasio

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Contradictions in the article[edit]

He always wore trademark, custom made wide-lapelled double breasted suit with white tie and white carnation which made up his expensive wardrobe, flashy cars, and Broadway showgirl companions

............. in the picture he is not wearing a white tie ...im not fully convinced the picture is tough tony —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.181.199.6 (talk) 19:42, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The FBI concluded that the fire on the SS Normandie was completely accidental. This is referenced in the Wikipedia article on the SS Normandie. The statement that Anastasio and organized crime is purely speculative. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.87.147.135 (talk) 14:24, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Vague description of situation surrounding Luciano's imprisonment[edit]

The final two sentences of the paragraph describing Anthony Anastasio at the height of his influence could use some clarification.

"When Luciano was incarcerated in Dannemora, it made the Anastasio brothers nervous. His daughter Louise married Colombo crime family mob associate Joseph Cataldo, brother of Dominick Cataldo."

The juxtaposition of the two sentences is odd. Was his daughter's marriage a response to the facts in the prior sentence? Is there a connection between the two? If so, transition words explaining this are needed. If not, then the sentence about the marriage needs to be moved or have it be made explicit that the marriage was just another example of Anastasio's power.

Whether the two sentences make any sense depends on the source of the vague statement that Luciano's incarceration made the brothers "nervous." What were they nervous about? Did they fear that they could also be heading for prison? If so, I don't see what the daughter's marriage had to do with this? If this is the case, an explanation is still needed about their being "nervous." Additionally, the daughter's sentence should be reworded and moved. It should say something along the lines of "Anastasio also had connections to the ________ [family] through his daughter's marriage to ..." or something along those lines that explains what the groom's connection added to Anastasio's power.

Were they instead nervous that Luciano's incarceration weakened their position and might result in an attack or move from some other mobster family? If so, the daughter's marriage might be related, but it's not clear if it helped reduce the nervousness or how it did so. In this case, the sentence about the daughter's marriage could stay where it is and have something added to explain how it helped to treat the brother's nervousness. "His daughter married ... which decreased the chances of an attack[or a move against them] from the groom's family" or "thereby increasing their power and compensating for any perceived weakness resulting from Luciano's incarceration." It would also help if the prior sentence explained the source of the brothers' nervousness. For example "made the brothers nervous about the effect this would have on their rivals," or "made the brothers nervous that their rivals would see them as vulnerable," or something along those lines.

To someone who is already familiar with the connections of these mafia families this clarification may not be needed, but presumably most readers of this article will not know beforehand how the relationships affect the Anastasios power or influence. Ileanadu (talk) 13:14, 6 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]