VLVL Ralph Sr.

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> 
> Is Cronkite a Mafiosi?
> http://www.asu.edu/cronkite/


Woooooooooops! Don't buy those Washington Bonds. My wife remembered me
that the Med-Rev place in Miami was actually owned by a Jewish Business
man and that we never bought a house from the Cronkites. We did, back in
the mid-80's, purchase a plot of land from on Duck Key (South of Miami)
from the Cronkites. We started to build a home there but we never
finished. We sold the property in 92 and took a beating. Thank God we
needed the loss. 



> > Ralph at Play in the pool. Gotta love a guy who wears Brooks Brothers
> > trunks and lifts a towel from the Fairmont. Ralph enjoys quality stuff
> > and is still a regular guy. The man likes Peace And Quiet. Is that a
> > crime?
> >
> 
> His peace is bought by the bad luck of others. His wealth is obscene.

Hey, we can't all own Park Place and Boardwalk. Can we? He's Italian,
give him a break. He may look obscene to you but to me (reading the
text) the guy is polite, cultured, tasteful, copasetic even. 


> 
> "This wedding today was costing Ralph more than he'd paid for the house."
> (94.10-11)

Got any daughters, Otto? In Californai and New York it's not all that
uncommon for a father to spend more money on his only daughter than he
paid for his house. Sure, Ralph paid a pretty penny for that house on
the hill, but a big fat Italian wedding ain't exactly cheap. 


> People are being blackmailed, hit and killed. That's what Mafia is about.

Not in the book. Oh, are you talking about the botched "hit" on BV?