This is the second of two profiles on Asheville’s mayoral candidates. See our profile on Kim Roney.
Before Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer ever ran for public office, she advised the people who held it. As an attorney, one of her first jobs was providing legal advice to the North Carolina General Assembly. The experience made her see elected officials differently.
“I guess I had this idea that politicians were like geniuses or something,” she laughed. “And I quickly learned that they really run the gamut and this was an accessible job for someone who was determined to do it.”…