Editor’s note: As Talbot County moves into the slow summer days of August, the Spy thought it would be a good time to catch up with the members of the Easton Town Council on the year so far. Over the next five weeks, we will be presenting these informal conversations where Council members talk about growth, development, annexation, and other quality of life issues that impact the city and the people they represent.
For those who have met and worked with Easton Town Council member Pete Lesher (Ward 2), it will come as no surprise that in his youth he was not only an active Boy Scout but an Eagle Scout. Ramrod straight, and yet unfailingly polite and courteous, Pete, like many former scouts, has taken the important life lessons of scouting and applied them to his adult life. The most important being public service.
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s curator and historian have spent almost two decades participating in local civic affairs. Starting with serving on the Easton and St. Michaels Historic District Commissions, and later winning elective office as Easton’s Ward 2 representative on the Town Council, Pete has been able to combine his love of local history with his legislative responsibilities.
In his Spy interview, Pete talks about how this passion for the past has served him well in talking about zoning, annexation, and the Talbot Boys monument controversy. He also discusses plans to revitalize Port Street, the importance of public parks in Easton, and the uniqueness of Ward 2.
This video is approximately twelve minutes in length
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