Calling himself the "temporary head of the family," the younger Fumo advised friends and family that everything must go through him - prescreening for visits, setting up phone calls and any conversation about business.
This was the younger Fumo's second time keeping loyalists abreast of his father's activities. During his father's six-month federal public-corruption trial, the younger Fumo wrote a daily public blog for three days, then made it private.
Fumo was convicted in March of 137 counts of conspiracy, fraud, obstruction of justice and tax violations.
On Monday, Fumo, his fiancée, the younger Fumo and "a couple other friends got together for breakfast and chatted before we headed out for the prison," the son reported.
During the nine-hour ride home, the younger Fumo wrote, "I started wondering how he was and realized I couldn't know. My usual way of contacting him was attached to my belt. I wouldn't know until he contacted me.
"That wasn't a good feeling at all, but all I could do was accept it and move on. What I can't control is not something I need to stress over," he added.
"Luckally [sic], I got a call from Carolyn [Zinni, his father's fiancée] a few hours later," Fumo II wrote regarding his father meeting the South Philly prisoner, whose wife called Zinni on behalf of the ex-senator.
Being cautious, Fumo II wanted to establish ground rules for his dispatches "because this [e-mail] list is large, there is a potential for emails I send to be leaked to others.
"None of my emails are for public release to the press or other parties. They are strictly between you and me," he added.
When reached yesterday by the Daily News, the younger Fumo asked, "Are you on my [e-mail] list?
"It's supposed to be a private e-mail for friends," he added.
"But it's Vince!" this reporter said.
