Preston Blakely

Welcome everybody to Do You Even Live Here? I'm one of your hosts, Dalton George, and the subject of the episode today is my co-host, Preston Blakely, the mayor of Fletcher.

What's going on, Preston?

What's going on, buddy? I'm excited about this episode.

We know a lot about each other, but I guess our maybe audience doesn't know a whole lot.

I think I have a really interesting family history, too.

That's, you know, really shaped who I am.

And so, you know, I'm ready to jump into anything about Preston, man.

Well, yeah, that's the one topic that, you know,

I'm here with my buddy.

I'm Preston Blakely, the mayor of Fletcher.

And Preston, this is our news episode.

So as we do, I'm going to talk about some of the subjects we'll probably be diving into.

And we'll start by kind of just catching up.

And then we're going to wrap up talking a little bit about the constitutional amendments related to property tax, as well as a famous Indian restaurant in Asheville that you and I have both been to being in the news.

So we've got a packed and fun kind of eclectic news episode.

But first, how are you doing, Preston? What's been going on in your life? I'm doing

I'm one of your hosts.

I'm here with my buddy, Preston Blakely.

What's going on, Preston?

How you doing, buddy? I'm glad to see you again.

I know you've been out of town.

She came out of Don Byer's office, PhD from Georgetown.

One of my favorite things about her is if you Google it, it pops up and says researcher.

It's very cool and professional and was kind of one of the key people that back, if you remember Preston on Earth Day this year, helped us save the Endangered Species Act in Congress.