Now he’s got Paulie as a partner. Any problems with EURO access, he goes to Paulie. Trouble with a soundings, to Paulie. Trouble with Watches, Warnings, Mappy, he calls Paulie. But now he has to pay Paulie every week no matter what. “Models look bad? **** you, pay me. Oh, had a fire at NCEP? **** you, pay me. The place got hit by lightning? **** you, pay me.”
We had a serious problem with H20. This was really a touchy thing. Tommy killed a made met guy over at LWX. Batts was part of the Gambino Cyclone crew and considered untouchable. Before you touched a made Met you needed a good reason. You had to get an okay or you’d get whacked.