The Lake Forest Podcast

The Lake Forest Podcast

By Pete JansonsSociety & Culture
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The Lake Forest Podcast episodes

  • Lake Forest Illinois City Manager Jason Wicha Lack of Transparency and Cancel Culture

    #jasonwicha #citymanagerlakeforestillinois #lakeforestpodcast #lakeforestillinois  @EnjoyLakeForest 
    Pete Jansons fights for transparency on the lake Forest Illinois Podcast as he discusses how the city manager of Lake Forest Illinois tells our elected officials like george pandaleon to not come on the lake forest Illinois podcast to speak to our viewers
    Main show https://youtu.be/-jq-xKZwOHA

    1 min
  • Lake Forest Podcast Cancellation Road Show

    #lakeforestpodcast #lakeforestillinois
    Pete Jansons, Joe Weiss and Rick Lesser from the Lake Forest Illinois Podcast to a drive around Lake Forest Illinois to talk about issues affecting the town
    Key Moments:
    0:001:51 Start
    2:00 Lake Bluff Ranked Top Secret Beach?
    3:03 Show Itinerary. Lake forest 101, Cancel Culture in Lake Forest Illinois with Jason Wicha.
    4:40 Can you podcast hands free and drive?
    5:45 Lake Forest 101 Cathy Czerniak Tour and Halas Hall
    6:35 Conway Farms Development
    7:00 Knolwood?
    7:45 Westminister Project, and Skoo Walker Incident
    8:40 Cathy Czerniak "Lake Forest is not a Museum"
    10:58 Outliers complaining
    11:35 Woodlands Tennis Courts
    12:19 Disagreement on Special Use Permits
    13:48 Marcare Drive
    15:00 Schaumburg
    15:28 Central Business District Lake Forest Illinois Block The Box and Prue Beidler
    16:42 Block the Box people
    17:16 Mr T and Art Miller
    17:27 Buckthorn
    17:56 Cathy Czerniak Can't come on the lake forest podcast because of Jason Wicha City Manager of Lake Forest Illinois
    19:36 Message Discipline
    21:03 Elected Officials of Lake Forest have been told by Jason Wicha to not come on the Lake Forest Illinois Podcast
    21:23 Someone calls Jason Wicha to cancel guests on the lake forest podcast. That is Cancel Culture.
    23:48 Dan Dorfman Chicago Tribune
    24:55 Superintendent District 67 and 115 Matt Montgomery gets raise after raising our taxes
    26:37 Lake County, Mettaa Officials have no problem coming on the Lake Forest Podcast. Why do the Lake Forest Illinois Officials like Jason Wicha have a problem?
    27:16 Prue Beidler Strategy on Lake Forest Illinois Mayoral election
    28:17 Politics are involved in Cancel Culture in Lake Forest Illinois
    28:40 Lake Forest Illinois High School Principal Erin Lenart
    29:24 Lake Forest Illinois Schools Communications Manager Melissa Oakley
    29:34 Data Breach in District 67 Schools in Lake forest Illinois
    31:00 Matt Montgomery Interview
    31:36 Lake Forest Podcast is doing the cancelling now
    32:29 Larry King Reference
    32:58 Superintendent Matt Montgomery only came on the lake forest podcast if he could get something out of it like the 105 Million Referendum
    33:43 Shout Out To Lake Forest Illinois Sanitation Guys!
    34:00 The Dump
    34:23 SWANK
    36:00 Lake Bluff Dump is a Social Activity
    36:43 Pete Jansons message to Lake Forest Illinois City Manager Jason Wicha
    36:57 Jason Wicha if you don't want to come on the Lake Forest Illinois Podcast, that's fine but please stop telling others that they cannot come on
    37:03 Joe Weiss Elephant In Room is The Lake Forest Illinois Podcast a Conservative/Republican Political Podcast?
    37:28 Reference to Democratic Lake County Clerk Anthony Vega coming on the show
    37:32 Reference to Democratic Mayor Of North Chicago leon Rockingham coming on the show
    38:00 Larry King Live for Lake Forest is The Lake Forest Podcast
    38:08 Conspiracy theories because of Jason Wicha's actions as well as his history of voting Democratic in Primaries
    39:18 Who has the stones to battle against the cancel culture of Lake Forest Illinois?
    39:19 Parents Care of Lake Forest Lake Bluff
    40:23 The Political middle is getting lost
    41:07 If Susan Garrett and Prue Beidler would have come on the Lake Forest Podcast they would have beaten Randy Tack in the Lake Forest Illinois election
    42:06 Superintendent Matt Montgomery, Jason Wicha George Pandaleon open invite from Joe Weiss to come on the Lake Forest Illinois Podcast
    42:44 The lake Forest Illinois School Board Members from district 67 and 115 should come on the show

    49 min
  • Get Ready to Be Blown Away: Rick Amos Discusses Music and Fireworks! Friends of Parks and Rec

    #lakeforestpodcast #lakeforestillinois #4thofjuly #music

    Friends of Parks and Recreation Board Member Rick Amos joins Joe Weiss, Rick Lesser and Pete Jansons on the Lake Forest Podcast to inform us all on the 4 events they sponsor each year starting with the 4th of July FireworksPlease Donate: https://lfparksandrec.com/friends-foundation-support
    Key Moments:
    0:001:51 Rick Amos
    2:23 What is Lake Forest Illinois Friends of Parks and Recreation?
    3:34 4 Events Hosted Each Year
    3:39 Fred Jackson Golf Outing
    3:51 4th of July
    4:22 Where does the donations go?
    7:38 Deerpath Park Fireworks changes?
    8:27 Wynona Judd
    10:47 Lake Bluff parade and Lake Forest Illinois Fireworks
    12:34 2022 Refunds
    15:25 Rain Insurance
    16:00 Paul Hamman Issue on Overspending for bands
    18:40 Lake Forest beach opening
    25:17 Left Bank Hot Dog Wagon at the beach?
    26:39 Tree Lighting
    29:14 Stretching out the Tree Lighting ceremony day
    30:56 Aint the Music Business Fun?
    31:36 Thank you @Lake Forest Bank and @Wintrust
    36:32 Fields Auto Group

    41 min
  • Lake Forest Day with Commander Neil Lynch American Legion McKinlock Post 264 Lake Forest

    Commander Neil Lynch from the American Legion McKinlock Post 264 in Lake Forest came by to tell Skoo Walker and Pete Jansons all about Lake Forest  Day celebration on Tues August 3rd and Wed August 4th, 2021.

    They need our help! Volunteers are needed for the Beer, Food, and Corn Tents!!! Call Commander Neil at 904-710-0195 or visit the lakeforestday.com site to register as a volunteer (more info below)

    • Raffles $5 and $100 all money goes to giving back to the community ie Scholarships to 60045 and 60045 residents
    • Rides
    • Food
    • Parade
    • Flags go up throughout town (need help with that too!!!)

      • The success of Lake Forest Day is dependent upon Volunteers. Please consider donating 1 or 2 hours of your time to help! We also welcome organizations to volunteer as a group. You will be meeting new friends and having some fun too. Volunteer with us today!


      If you reading this, I know that you want to help. Here are some of ways that you can help:

      • Assist in safely staging floats/bands/entries for the Parade on Wednesday AM (needed 2 1/2 hours before the Parade).
      • Assist in setting up judges table and podium (needed one hour before the Parade).
      • Be a Parade Judge (needed for two hours)
      • Safely processes vehicles/bands and personnel away from the end of the Parade route (needed for two hours)
      • Sell Raffle tickets with you and/or your spouse (one/two hours shifts)
      • Load/unload truck (needed for one hour)
      • One hour selling tickets in the a Carnival Booths (needed for one/two hours shifts)
      • Website design, content and pictures

        • https://www.lakeforestday.com/

        https://americanlegionlakeforest.org/

        Have an idea for a topic or guest? [email protected]


        27 min
      • Data Breach in District 67: What REALLY Happened??

        #lakeforestpodcast #lakeforestillinois #lakeforestschools

        Jeff Brincat and Frank McCormick from Lake Forest Illinois and Lake Bluff Illinois Parents Care come on the Lake Forest Illinois Podcast Schools Edition to break the news of the Data Breach that occurred in District 67 Lake Forest Lake Bluff Illinois Led by Superintendent Matt Montgomery, Communications Leader Melissa Oakley and School Board President Anne Geraghty Helms. This is a short clip where Jeff Brincat narrows down what happened
        Main Clip: https://youtu.be/xo-H9qF6KAA

        1 min
      • ***Breaking News Lake Forest Illinois Schools Data Breach***

        #lakeforestpodcast #lakeforestillinois #lakeforestschools
        Jeff Brincat and Frank McCormick from Lake Forest Illinois and Lake Bluff Illinois Parents Care come on the Lake Forest Illinois Podcast Schools Edition to break the news of the Data Breach that occurred in District 67 Lake Forest Lake Bluff Illinois Led by Superintendent Matt Montgomery, Communications Leader Melissa Oakley and School Board President Anne Geraghty Helms.
        0:001:48 Show Start
        4:17 School Vouchers? For/Against?
        8:27 Montgomery Selling Referendum
        12:18 School Budgets have Increased over 24% in last 4 years
        16:30 Negative Consequences
        17:10 what happened with the Emails and the 504 Plan?
        21:20 melissa Oakley Responsible for this data breach?
        21:48 Private emails are being used by School District for business communication?
        22:05 Montgomery has not acknowledged the pain they have put families through
        22:16 Swept Under Rug?
        23:10 In The Corporate World Someone Would have been fired
        24:00 Melissa Oakley to blame for this Date Brach in School District 67?
        23:53 Matt Zindron email asking for us to delete the data breach
        24:21 Policy changed email by Matt Zindron
        25:16 Superintendent Matt Montgomery to blame?
        26:49 School Board 67 To Blame?
        27:33 This isn’t the first time a data breach has happened with this leadership
        30:44 Melissa Oakley is better at propaganda than transparency ?
        32:23 Somebody needs to be fired for this
        34:40 Parents Care is up to 20,000 followers on Facebook
        35:20 Should someone be fired for this yes or no??
        36:06 Private emails being used for district communications?
        36:58 Same thing that happened with Hillary email??
        3730 Who is to Blame? Melissa Oakley, Matt Montgomery and the School Board President

        43 min
      • Unveiling the Game-Changing Power of Chat GPT in Music: You Won't Believe What Comes Next!

        #lakeforestpodcast #lakeforestillinois #lakeforestcollege #americanidol2023 #chatgpt #ai #music

        Recent @lakeforestcollege Graduate Brendan Walter Coughlin Jr joins Pete Jansons on the Lake Forest Podcast to talk about his very productive time while going to school in Lake Forest Illinois. Brendan was a member of the Lake Forest College Hokey Team, a recent @AmericanIdol contestant and mixologist at The Lantern of Lake Forest. In this clip from the show Brendan and Pete discuss how ChatGPT could affect the music industry
        https://www.tiktok.com/@brendanwaltermusic

        8 min
      • Interview with American Idol Contestant Brendan Walter Coughlin Jr

        #lakeforestpodcast #lakeforestillinois #lakeforestcollege #americanidol2023

        Recent  @lakeforestcollege  Graduate Brendan Walter Coughlin Jr joins Pete Jansons on the Lake Forest Podcast to talk about his very productive time while going to school in Lake Forest Illinois. Brendan was a member of the Lake Forest College Hokey Team, a recent  @AmericanIdol  contestant and mixologist at The Lantern of Lake Forest.

        https://www.tiktok.com/@brendanwaltermusic

        35 min

      About The Lake Forest Podcast

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