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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Adele Aletti understands the importance of what it takes to run a small business, which explains why she was sporting a Barack Obama T-shirt outside a polling precinct at the Brannon Center on Election Day. "
He's the guy and I need to support who I believe in," said Coletti, owner of Gone Bonkers! on Flagler Avenue and a strong advocate for the merchants of New Smyrna Beach.
Aletti thinks the McCain-Palin mantra of Obama taxing the little guy out of business is ludicrous, especially since many make less than the $250,000-and-up threshold targeted by Obama for tax increases.
"If I had take-home of $200,000 a year, I'd be dancing at City Hall. Your net is nowhere near that," said Aletti, 58.
She held court at her sport-utility vehicle, with a large Obama-Biden sign on the rear window. Aletti said she wanted to show support after she cast her vote and to wave to other voters in hopes they, too, were Obama supporters. Several hours later, her prayers, and those of millions, were answered with Obama's overwhelming victory.
NSBNEWS.net phto by Sera King. Cutline: New Smyrna Beach merchant Adele Aletti, owner of Gone Bonkers! on Flagler Avenue, shows her support for Barack Obama prior to the closing of the polls on Election Day.