Casey Coonerty Protti, who has taken over day-to-day management of
Bookshop Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Calif., let us know that on
Tuesday her father, Neal Coonerty, won election for a Santa Cruz County
Supervisor seat with 58% of the vote in a field of four. Because he
received more than 50% of the vote, there will be no runoff election.
Coonerty adds yet another office to his list. He was formerly a Santa Cruz mayor, city councilman and ABA president. His son Ryan, who works at Bookshop Santa Cruz parttime, is a city councilman.
Protti noted that the campaign turned ugly during the final weekend. Two attacks "accused my dad of being in the hands of big developers and supporting big-box stores and Wal-Mart. Given that my dad worked for his entire bookselling career and for over 16 years on the board of the ABA to fight chain stores, it was hard to see or believe. But we stayed positive and the voters stuck with us and he won!"
Protti added: "Now he just needs to see which is harder . . . being in bookselling or public office!"
Coonerty adds yet another office to his list. He was formerly a Santa Cruz mayor, city councilman and ABA president. His son Ryan, who works at Bookshop Santa Cruz parttime, is a city councilman.
Protti noted that the campaign turned ugly during the final weekend. Two attacks "accused my dad of being in the hands of big developers and supporting big-box stores and Wal-Mart. Given that my dad worked for his entire bookselling career and for over 16 years on the board of the ABA to fight chain stores, it was hard to see or believe. But we stayed positive and the voters stuck with us and he won!"
Protti added: "Now he just needs to see which is harder . . . being in bookselling or public office!"