Hear me out: (Top and middle) About 50 people attended the redistricting hearing at A-B Tech, including Athena Blakely (bottom). She worries that the new maps will limit her ability to advocate for her autistic children because they would live in the 11th District and she would live in the 10th, even though they all live in Asheville. Cecil Bothwell (left) and Lindsey Simerly (right) listen to her tell her story. photos by Jonathan Welch