This speech, in it's entirety, is a fucking masterclass in self-serving justification wrapped up snugly in a thin veil of leadership posturing.  Right from the get go, it reeks of someone trying their hardest to rewrite history in their favour, all the while blaming poor decision making on a supposed lack of options rather than their own rank and file misjudgment. 

You wildly lament that the choices available to you were, and are, limited, yet it was you who placed Badwolf in positions of power multiple fucking times; first in your own crew, then in Old City and then in South Philly.  If he was such a fucking liability, why was he continuously promoted and shoehorned into positions of power?  One can only surmise that either your leadership skills are so lacking that you were completely blind to his OBVIOUS flaws, or you were simply complicit in his behaviour until it was no longer convenient for you any more. 

The "bad jokes" angle is hilarious.  Do you really expect us to believe that inappropriate humour was a key factor in his downfall?  Or, as most are aware, just a flimsy excuse to smear someone that you failed to manage properly?  You intimate that his comments "crossed a line" but fail miserably in detailing any actual offenses.  Instead, you leave it vague and open to interpretation, allowing insinuations to do the dirty work.  A real leader strives to provide clarity but your approach seems to thrive on ambiguity and shadowy accusations that literally no one is buying, even your supposed "loyal" members are going to find this one hard to stomach. 

Moving on, let's consider the supposed "leaking" of information.  Once again, no specifics provided, just a freakishly vague assertion that he was careless, sloppy, or, amusingly, too friendly.  Conveniently, there is no mention of exactly what information was leaked, to whom, or how it impacted anything of substance in any way whatsoever.  The audience is simply expected to take your word for it, at face value.  Please.

Then we finally arrive at the grand offense: gambling.  Badwolf asked his associates for money for flights and instead took it to the dice table.  Is this irresponsible?  Most certainly.  However, when we consider that we inhabit a world built on vice and risk, is it the ultimate sin?  Hardly.  Your moral outrage at this comes across less as moral indignation and more as an opportunistic way to get rid of someone you had already decided was expendable. 

The final cherry on this hypocrisy cake is your overly dramatic declaration that Philadelphia "deserves better" and, furthermore, that you are a self proclaimed "Bad Bitch".  As if the hypocrisy cake was not rich enough, the fucking irony here is almost to rich to bear.  If Philadelphia does indeed "deserve better", I would posit that perhaps it deserves leadership that can take accountability instead of constantly shifting the blame onto others.  Perhaps it deserves leadership that does not enable someone's rise only to theatrically dismantle them when it is politically convenient to do so?

At the end of the day, this self serving and narcissistic speech does little to justify your actions and everything to showcase your own failures as a leader.

Badwolf may have had his flaws, but this speech makes one thing clear: SO DO YOU.

Badwolf was the best leader my lineage has ever experienced, and my lineage goes back through many golden eras, such as STAE, Cheesesteak, Grinning Gang, and The Questions of Money.  Badwolf was amazing, a wonderful man.

David, you're clearly a stooge of @FrankCastiglia 

David, you're clearly a stooge of FrankCastiglia, who is playing slowly slowly cautious cautious in his plodding attempt to attain a bold suit.

Much like the soccer team he idolises, his boring style is just that: boring.  It seems Frank had DiceMan murdered for, what?  Asking a question?

Well get used to Questions, Frank, son.  Plenty more are incoming.  You'll need a better goalie

BadWolf flips through the old recipe his nonna left behind. He had been a fairly sick boy the last several days—feeling like he was on death’s door. Now, with just a lot of sniffles and still feeling under the weather, he remembered something that would soothe his soul.

Thumbing through the pages, he stumbles upon:

Fancy Ginger Tea Four Roses Hot Toddy

1 oz Four Roses Bourbon (Small Batch or Single Barrel preferred for richness)

1 cup fresh ginger tea (made by steeping fresh ginger slices in hot water for 5-10 minutes)

1-2 teaspoons honey (adjust for sweetness)

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice (about half a lemon)

1 cinnamon stick

1 lemon wheel (for garnish)

Fresh ginger slices (optional, for extra zest)

Instructions

Prepare Ginger Tea:

Boil 1 cup of water and steep 2-3 thin slices of fresh ginger for 5-10 minutes.

Heat the Bourbon:

In a separate mug, add 1 oz of bourbon.

Gently warm the bourbon by placing the glass in a bowl of hot water for 2-3 minutes, or by lightly heating it in a saucepan (don’t boil!).

Combine Ingredients:

Add the hot ginger tea to the warmed bourbon.

Stir in 1-2 teaspoons of honey (to taste) until it dissolves completely.

Add 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice and stir again.

Drop in the cinnamon stick and allow it to infuse the drink for 2-3 minutes, enhancing the warmth and spice.

Garnish & Serve:

Garnish with a lemon wheel and an optional slice or two of fresh ginger for extra zest and elegance.

Enjoy.

Love from Nonna.

BadWolf gleans over the recipe and starts putting things together. Slowly coughing and sniffling, he grabs his large goblet and slightly tweaks the recipe—just a little more bourbon. Two shots? No, let’s make it a triple.

He sits back at his desk, reading through the transcripts of the speech Cadhla had made against his late p’paw. Sipping from his goblet, he feels the restless soul of p’paw well up inside, itching to get his thoughts out there. Pen drifts to paper, and scribbled thoughts come forth.

"From the start of me leading Philadelphia, I did not have many choices in terms of people to build a city up with. However, choices had to be made, and unfortunately, not all choices were the right ones."

It’s especially telling when you take a gander at the corresponding mails between ol’ LouisFratto and Cadhla—particularly when he was throwing a temper tantrum about not being authed from within when Philly first started taking shape under yourself. Complaining about how he single-handedly kept Philadelphia alive while you slumbered and how he deserved it—nay, demanded it almost…

Choices should not be made half-heartedly or in haste, brushing them off with a simple “whoops, it’s what I was dealt.” Too often, people are used as placeholders—relative nobodies who wouldn’t otherwise be authed or given a position. But what choice do you have, right? If you’re not willing to take the time to find the right people and build a solid foundation, just because you fear leaving an empty seat and angering the mayor, then you’re setting the foundation of your own house in a shallow pile of shit. Over time, the structure will sag and crack.

Frankly, this diminishes the value of what should be called a Crew Leader or any other position of significance. Yet time and time again, we watch these poor souls flop and flail in failure—only for the regime(s) to waffle-stomp them down the drain, making up some half-assed excuse (if any) to justify why they didn’t make the cut. If you are a leader and reading this and find that well what am I supposed to do then look in the mirror, if you are not able to pull competent solid people together then maybe it is not time for you to be in a position. If you choose to go with people that are uncertain then be a true leader and claim that responsibility, that you couldn't train, manage, or lead said person(s) to be what was needed and you yourself failed as well. 

Wolf started as a hand in LouisFratto's crew, and while at first, things went well, frictions became apparent relatively quickly, with bad jokes that frequently crossed the line for several people in Philadelphia. These inappropriate jokes left many wondering if they were jokes at all—or even threats. This in itself is not the end of the world, but it is far from ideal.

To restore peace in Philadelphia, I took BadWolf back into my crew from LouisFratto’s, and we started to rebuild in earnest.

Again, it is comical in the least fashion how this is the choice of mortar to build the shoddy case here. The only jokes being referred to were, again, two issues with LouisFratto—to which the conversations were shared with you and several others. Lest the transcripts be posted here of your very own words?,

It's not that bad from what I'm reading.

I don't see anything wrong.

For quick reference, for anyone who doesn't know the "jokes", LouisFratto initially removed BadWolf as Right Hand after some banter in a café. A joke was made about shooting him. Little did ol’ BadWolf know that poor LouisFratto was, for lack of better words, a sensitive tit.

Comments exchanged, he stated he couldn't trust BadWolf, and he put MissDaisy as Right Hand, saying he needed more time to get to know the oh so scary Wolf. Funny, though—he had literally just been saying that he did not trust MissDaisy. That she wasn't new, etc., etc...excusing the facts of their later fall out later because he couldn't be with her best guess…drammmalama…

The second issue? Possibly a little insensitive comment to some, but not out of malice—just mere messing with him But again, his panties were wadded up. He and the late MissDaisy began threatening to shoot my late p’paw, and that was when the regime quickly stepped in with calls and such. To their words, they told her to remove me from his family to keep ol’ BadWolf safe.

Thus, p'paw joined Cadhla for a brief period until LouisFratto managed to unknot his knickers, forgiveness was had, and merry old jokes that same night was had.

Fickle, big, sensitive-headed lass that he is—which raises the question of how serious it really was to be fine mere hours later.

So that's out of the way, and no real issues with anyone else within Philadelphia. I mean, how could I, when the majority were quiet or incogging for that matter?

"I decided to give BadWolf an opportunity to move his crew to South Philly, Philadelphia.

All seemed to be fine again until I heard that information given to BadWolf was leaked to other people—information he should have kept to himself. Whether there was malice or he was just being sloppy or overly friendly with people, I cannot say.

Besides that, those jokes continued, now rubbing other leaders in the world the wrong way. Bad jokes are one thing. Leaking information is another."

Again, back to the jokes. Well, we sure would like to know what jokes, beyond what was mentioned, rubbed other leaders the wrong way so It can be said louder with a proud chest—because nothing has ever been said with malice or hate.

It’s a joke, not a dick—stop choking on it. Love you, whoever you are.

BadWolf rims his finger around the goblet and takes a swig as he twirls the pen, thoughts of the matter continuing to consume his mind.

Regarding the more serious allegation of loose lips and not being trustworthy, BadWolf racked his mind for hours on end and drew a blank on the matter. So it must be some super-duper top-secret psyop subliminal message he was given because nothing's ringing a bell here.

Only thing he was told "don't tell nobody” in conversation was when dear old Spikey’poo came to to explain what had happened to Grandpappy around the time he took auth.

Of course, this was going to be verified to see the level of smoke being blown up one's ass, and sure enough, several ranking members—who are no longer part of the regime—verified it.

Beyond this little super-duper secret info? Drawing a blank.

But alas, oh well. Accusations can be written by the victor with no proof or verification. It is what it is. This fur is not ruffled much on this matter.

The final straw came during our recent efforts to address the rogue actions of Giovanni_Lucchesi when BadWolf requested money from his members to pay for private flights. BadWolf then repaid this gesture by taking that money straight to the dice table. This can be verified, and it is completely unacceptable.

Ah yes, the statement so conveniently brought to attention by Siena, an ex-member now aiding the rogue. Funny how you claim, "This can be verified." You see, that’s the problem with people…they love to jump to conclusions and shove nonsense into their mouths before understanding anything. At the very least, you could ask questions… communicate, like a respectful leader nay adult would. But all too often, people assume they know everything, cast judgment, and act high and mighty when in reality, they’re just ignorant fools controlled by impulse and unverified information,

"I HAVE ZeEeEE TAPES!!!"

What’s truly abhorrent here is that not a single message was sent to me or Cadhla about this so-called issue, something that could have been discussed and resolved.

Attached below is a transcript shared by the late Siena of The Wolf Pack from internal mails and the casino, whom dropped from said crew and felt justified by then helping the rogue.

To: Siena

From: BadWolf

Sent: Jan 28, '25 16:54

Subject: Rogue Situation

Mass Mail to Crew Members of BadWolf

If you can fly, return to Philly.

Kill anyone who is unsponsored.

Keep your shot timers open.

Other than that, I’d appreciate it if you could be around until this is cleared up.

If you have extra money or credits, please send what you can to me—private flights get expensive.

Stay safe.

 

The Private Flights in Question:

19:19 <Dealer> BadWolf accepted House's Tops dice bet. House rolled 765, and BadWolf rolled 75. House won $5,000,000.

19:19 <Dealer> BadWolf accepted House's Tops dice bet. House rolled 173, and BadWolf rolled 258. BadWolf won $5,000,000.

19:19 <Dealer> BadWolf accepted House's Tops dice bet. House rolled 816, and BadWolf rolled 794. House won $10,000,000.

19:19 <Dealer> BadWolf accepted House's Tops dice bet. House rolled 88, and BadWolf rolled 21. House won $10,000,000.

19:19 <Dealer> BadWolf accepted House's Tops dice bet. House rolled 634, and BadWolf rolled 512. House won $10,000,000.

19:19 <Dealer> BadWolf accepted House's Tops dice bet. House rolled 288, and BadWolf rolled 831. BadWolf won $10,000,000.

19:19 <Dealer> BadWolf accepted House's Tops dice bet. House rolled 959, and BadWolf rolled 76. House won $20,000,000.

This could of been addressed sooner but never got the chance. It’s mildly amusing but mostly ignorant to have to sit here justifying BadWolfs actions regarding this situation. Normally, It would be best to let some impulsive person believe whatever they wanted. However, since this is one of the supposed "thin straws" being used to argue for his removal, let me clarify a few things.

It's no secret that his, for lack of a better term, a #DiceDegenerate. However, the accusations leveled against are both distasteful and misleading. Yes, a message was sent out requesting money to assist with operations because, frankly, private flights are a financial burden. However, from that request, received exactly $4,000,000 from elle, the right hand—and that money was immediately used for private a flight. Nothing else. No one else’s money was used for gambling.

The rest of the money involved? That was personal money, which obtained by selling credits at a substantial loss, dumping CA drugs at garbage prices, and then taking a arguable risk with dice to generate extra funding and offset my expected expenses and provide more captial.

For years, disciplined about keeping crew donations completely separate from personal gambling, loans, or any non-crew-related financial endeavors. In fact, typically rake 20% of my crew donations into personal stash, which usually funnel into credits. The rest? It goes toward city bodyguards, crew bodyguards, competitions, and rewarding people in a variety of ways or kicking up to godfathers. 

This accusation leaves a bad taste with the mouth. As someone who has given away hundreds of millions to whatever family or regime thats been working with, or gifted credits in main, or even presents to newly authed leaders. It’s honestly genuinely insulting to the character to be accused of misusing crew funds especially as a reason for my removal as someone who takes great pride especially when in leadership.

The only reason even had to request money in the first place is that THIS REGIME for the past year and a half has been a financial black hole, to say the VERY least, with constant rogues, botched takedowns, and an absurd turnover rate for crews among multiple other reasons, And let’s not forget the last time Joe was a Godfather and broke the damn market place, causing a massive financial loss upon one of my deaths. Thanks, Uncle Joe (lmao). Despite this, well over a billion in cash can be traced down to assistance beyond that as gifts and donations within this said regime of the last 2 years alone not as needed gloating or any vein bullshit but just pure generosity, So to spit on ones bloodline as being a degenerate greedy fuck taking advantage of his family? 

So what is this really about? A slanderous attack on thy name, making it seem like some gambling addict who can’t control himself and thus deserved a bullet is absurd.

Adding to This Picture...

This morning, I received another telegram from BadWolf:

To: Cadhla

From: BadWolf

Sent: Jan 31, '25 17:34

Subject:

"You got 10m I can bum?"

Under normal circumstances, this wouldn’t even raise an eyebrow. But considering the narrative being spun here, suddenly this is proof of something shady? Taking every detail into account, I no longer see this as someone fit to represent South Philly. The bond of trust has been broken.

But let’s be clear here if ANYONE had bothered to communicate that there seemed to be a view on things instead of jumping to conclusions, this entire situation could have been resolved. After years of working together, one would have thought that mutual respect and understanding existed.

Excluding the informal way of asking, he operated under the assumption that years of camaraderie and familiarity meant super in-depth details and explanations were not needed. For whatever it matters since you want to also use this as a reason the actual reason requested that 10 million was to cover private flights to New York and Detroit so he could complete some long-overdue business and finally secure my 45th unit achievement least it be known that my own godmother and long time friend would use something so dumb to put a nail in his coffin and flaunt it as an excuse

BadWolf hand began to cramp at the long letter being penned but he could feel that more needed to be wrote so he sipped on his drink and took a long sigh, cracked his fingers and picked back up the pen.

Im not gonna lie and say this loss was not painful because it was genuinely not from someone he would have seen it coming from, because our bloodlines have intermingled and rooted for each other for many years,and have defended you in private conversations and in public conversations when many have talked ill of you and bashed you, have defended your bloodline a many times when others accused your blood of being spineless and that betrayal of your city and own families always comes to be. Yet here it comes to pass yet one more time. 

Other random thoughts on the matter and your standing.

You claim to be a bad bitch, yet you have no actual control of your city, walter wasn't your auth he was sent from outside. LouisFrato wasn’t your auth, he bitched until you caved to auth him. BadWolf wasn't your auth, as stated by several others he was backed and supported by the regime to be set up (yes I have zee tapezzz) let alone you get even sneeze or take a shit without some double validation that powers above are in agreement.

You claim to be a bad bitch but yet you weren't filled in on any actions taken in the removal of people from your own city or so you claimed. When authed the choice of hands had to be run by others outside of you. When we've had multiple communications when things like rogues happened you were often ignored or ran off upset. 

You claim to be a bad bitch yet most recent rogue issue you were told that you were not in charge and that what you told was bullshit (yes i have zee tapes)

find it hard to show you respect now, and maybe some of this was a little harsh but your actions and communication has left a scar and stain between our bond. Call it what you want but that's where we find ourselves, the quote unquote decision laid at your feet proclaimed by others that it was your decision and your side of the statement claiming this is a decision agreed and came to by the whole. 

No matter, the proclaimed public slandering is what's being addressed and there will be no going quietly into the good night on that matter.

TL;DR

The Jokes: Thin attempt to pad the reasoning, only jokes of issue were with LouisFrato. Per Cadahlas words. Things did not seem that bad to make amends with LouisFrato, he did and everything was settled. No other jokes or issues beyond that am he was aware of.

Leaking Information: No idea what you're talking about, He wasn't important enough to be trusted with information.

Gambling: He used my own personal money not crew money. Understandable how it may look not knowing this and one can understand how the crew member got upset but jumping to conclusions and such is bad leadership and nothing was brought to my attention about the matter.

Is Cadahla a bad bitch?: She’s told in the most recent fopaux that she's not even in charge by the regime.

BadWolf twirls the pen pretty much out of ink at this point, downing the rest of the reviving miracle concoction he takes the penned-down note and walks to the nearby cafe’ where Cadahla had made her announcement props up the soap box and begins reading it all aloud to any that would listen to his P’Paws final opinions on the matter…if only that brent guy had offered p’paw a life of immortality has a vampire the thought ran across his mind before the speech.

Also addressing other floating rumors and statements. 

1.) He was killed because of RonMael and other potential incogs in his family. He was questioned about RonMaels bloodline and shared any evidence of the person he had said he was. Interest from there died out. Nothing seemed off or in bad faith to him from him, but if this is somewhat true guess we are supposed to just murder anyone and everyone 

2.) He was harboring MrDiabolik, assuming since we are somewhat friends or because I've been in his family. That more people in my crew were potentially rogues and they were waiting to see if he would self-purge his own members. 2 of which were RonMael and Gasborn. Either way, if that is reasoning and nothing was brought to attention for reasoning other than just existing when obvious measures are definitely taken to assure to the best of ones ability that they are relatively ok, then we are at a crossroads of danger, don't know how we are gonna come back from in this community if the perception is to kill all your members or you will be killed.

3.) His death was slated from a month ago. He was approached roughly a month ago saying Cadalah was sent a purge list and that he would be dead by the end of the month, Was to include Craven and SpacePole as well as the message simply being, “internal clean up”. Put it off as merely just rumor mill shit stirring because a lot of that goes on. Yet here we are, almost immediately after it's learned that my gun can hit Capped. Coincidence… possibly…maybe… not one for rumors. You can say similar shit and be right 50/50 but here we are.

BadWolf sat back and looked at the pages written and sighed at the state of things, he drowned him self in the rest of his miracle In a mug gathered his himself and set out to the nearby streets wheref Cadahla had given her speech, he grabbed a soapbox from near and began reading allowed his thoughts on the matter to any who would listen, did he believe it would change things, or that something would come of this, no. It's merely the principle of the matter that stikes at the chords for BadWolfs blood.