Wes Pelletier: It’s important to have a council that can take action
Every month Liz Trice interviews a community member for The West End News. This month Liz caught up with Wes Pelletier. He’s the new District 2 city councilor for Portland’s West End, Parkside, St. John -Valley Streets, and Oakdale/USM neighborhoods.
Tell me a little about yourself.
I grew up in Richmond and Topsham, studied English at UMaine Orono, then moved to Portland about ten years ago. I’ve been involved in politics since middle school, when I canvassed for Howard Dean. In 2017, I joined DSA, where I got into leadership and learned how to be an organizer, run meetings, and deal with all sorts of administrative overhead. In my day job, I’m a software engineer with a company based out of Scarborough.
What made you decide to run for office?…