The Lake Forest Podcast

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Shauntel Leeson Founder of Money Talk Viewpoint Podcast joins Joe Weiss, Rick Lesser, and Pete Jansons on The Lake Forest Podcast to talk about her Podcast Money Talk Viewpoint as well as her thoughts on Curriculum that should be taught in our schools

Key Moments:

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1:57 Show Start

4:29 Shout Out To Jennifer Leeson in Paris!

5:49 Shauntel Leeson Background

9:00 Volunteer for the Lake Forest Caucus

9:53 What should the schools be teaching to our kids today?

14:00 Why isn't Personal Finance a mandatory course in High School?

14:50 The Lake Forest Bubble

15:20 Don't look down on tradesmen

16:44 Bill Griffin

18:20 Every Job is Necessary

19:00 Lake Forest High School Should add these classes

19:49 Kids need Life Skills taught in school

20:28 Mental Health

21:20 HRV Breathing Skills

22:18 Day Traders

24:24 Is it the Parent or Teachers Responsible

25:30 Local Government

25:50 Guidance Counselor Issue at Lake Forest High School

32:00 bud Light

32:40 Mary at Gerhards

33:44 Jewel Shopping Carts

39:53 Social Security

42:07 401k match

44:00 Money Talk Viewpoint Podcast

44:40 How did Shauntel Leeson Learn about the Caucus?

45:37 Chat GPT AI

47:00 How is the economy?

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Lake County Clerk Anthony Vega comes on the Lake Forest Illinois Podcast with Skoo Walker, Joe Weiss and Pete Jansons to discuss what happened with the voting locations for the people in Ward 3 of Lake Forest Illinois having to vote in Vernon Hills

https://www.lakecountyil.gov/161/County-ClerkElections

Key Moments:

2:07 Show Start

2:31 Lake forest Podcast Gave grief to Vega for Christ Church Voting location change

3:20 Joe Weiss take

5:29 Clerk Vega gives his side of what happened

7:30 weeks to book 100 polling locations

8:50 Redistricting was biggest issue especially #201

10:10 Pete Take

10:40 Joe Weiss lives in 3rd ward and how he found out about polling change

14:23 FOIA Issue

16:40 What can we do to fix for the future?

17:20 Lake Forest City Clerk Margaret Boyer

19:53 Democrat/Republican

23:58 Skoo’s Old Timer Take

25:00 Vega tells how things have changed for voting in last 20 years

26:22 Lake Forest City Clerk Biddy Boyer

27:03 Vega came from Sherrifs office

28:10 Rick Lesser Question

30:20 Mail In Ballots

32:27 Sign clean up

33:35 Beidler Campaign dropped

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Skoo Walker, Joe Weiss, Rick Lesser and Pete Jansons talk about the Lake Forest Illinois Mayoral Race On The Lake Forest Podcast in which Randy Tack rose victorious over Paul Hamann and Prue Beidler

Key Moments in the show:

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2:07 Show Start

2:35 Randy Speech

7:03 Skoo Thoughts

8:09 Joe Weiss Thoughts

9:19 Rick Lesser Thoughts

10:00 Paul Hamann

12:15 Receipts?

14:00 Parents Care

15:00 New Mayor Chicago

17:56 Caucus Corrections Skoo Thoughts

23:29 Joe Weiss Thoughts on Caucus

24:35 The Process

25:00 Rick Lesser Right Person not Right Gender

26:35 Mail In Ballots

27:00 Anthony “Oy Vey” Vega Lake County Clerk

28:10 Christ Church

33:50 Absentee Ballots

34:47 Will Sue and Prue Sue?

38:05 Prue Called to Concede

38:50 Post Feelings

39:20 Ricks Thoughts on Suing

40:00 Can the Caucus be beat?

41:50 Bylaws Issue

3 26 #lakeforestillinois #lakeforestpodcast #tackformayor

Skoo Walker, Joe Weiss, Rick Lesser and Pete Jansons discuss the Mayoral Election and Rate the best candidates based on the following criteria:

1) Running a city council meeting

2) Integrity – does what they say they will do

3) Agenda – influences other than what’s best for Lake Forest

4) Experience in leadership

5) Development

6) Public Safety

Heads up 3rd ward early vote as Christ church will not be your place to vote it will be White Deer Run or Knollwood Fire Station here is the link to voting map

https://cms9files.revize.com/cityoflakeforestil/Document_center/News/Voting%20Location%202023.pdf

Key Moments:

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2:38 Show Start

3:23 Ward 3 Voting in Vernon Hills or Knollwood

5:10 Lake County Clerk Vega Screwed up, Christ Church Early Voting is Key

8:58 Easter/Voting/Christ Church

14:28 Someone locally needs to be accountable

15:00 Rate the Mayoral Candidates

16:30 Job Functions of Mayor

17:50 Who is best choice to run a City Council Meeting?

23:20 Tribune agrees time to drop the caucus voting issue and work on who the best candidate is

25:05 Who has the most Integrity?

28:00 Jamie Moorhead Attacks

30:40 Jamie Moorhead/Pete Jansons Relationship

32:20 Which candidate doesn’t have an Agenda?

35:18 Is it Prue Beidler’s Agenda or Susan Garrett’s agenda?

40:00 Who Ranks the Best in Leadership Qualities

52:40 Who is the best candiate for Lake Forest Development?

55:10 Development Issues

1:01:56 Who is best candidate for Public Safety?

1:09:00 Serial Killer?

1:11:47 Email from William William Anderson

1:16:00 Mary Greub and Gerhards I Voted Cookie

1:17:25 Prue email not liking boring government

While City Hall is an early voting site, you cannot vote at City Hall on Election Day. Depending on your address and precinct, you’re assigned to a nearby polling site. For personalized voter information, visit LakeVoterPower.Info.

Update from the Lake County Clerk’s Office: Residents that voted at Christ Church for the November 2022 General Election have a different polling place for the April Consolidated General Election. Christ Church is not a voting site for this election

• Precinct 201 – White Deer Run (250 W Greggs Pkwy, Vernon Hills, IL 60061)

• Precinct 247 – Knollwood Fire Station (14 N Skokie Hwy, Lake Bluff, IL 60044)

• Precinct 250 – Gorton Community Center (400 E Illinois Rd, Lake Forest, IL 60045)

• Precinct 395 – Lake Forest West Side Train Station (911 Telegraph Rd, Lake Forest, IL 60045)