The Lake Forest Podcast

Skoo Walker and Pete Jansons on the Laker Forest Illinois Podcast discuss Hyper Local Issues

Key Moments

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2:24 Show Start

5:22 Superbowl Commercials

12:14 Things Pete Doesn’t like to do

12:58 Lawn Sign Season

13:15 Lawn Sign Police

14:10 Historic District Prue Signs

14:52 Its Rough Covering Both Sides

16:10 Pete Criticized for being too pro Caucus

16:32 Bad Caucus Leadership

17:52 NostraSkoomus

19:22 If your on the Caucus you must stand by the Caucus Decisions

21:32 Prue Beidler “Where’s Walden” Issue

24:20 Prue Beidler Never Chaired any Committees

25:10 Prue Beidler tells you what you want to hear

25:20 Prue Beidler is Partisan because of her 5000000 donations to the Democratic Party

Prue Beidler says she will preserve the historic district yet voted as an alderman to alter the Historic District in 2013

31:40 How could the Caucus pick Prue Beidler over Cathy Waldeck

32:30 Don’t sweep issues under rug deal with them head on. Everyone has warts.

33:50 Lake Forest Caucus Bylaws down for months podcast 5-5-21 This is what got us into this Issue

34:43 Which warts are worse Prue Beidler or Caucus Leadership?

37:49 Tack Job performance as Alderman

42:50 Randy Tack is a Leader Prue Beidler is a follower

44:03 Looking at the integrity of the candidates

45:37 Who do you want to be the face of Lake Forest Illinois?

46:56 Caucus tagline non-partisan

48:11 Caucus is HR position with few poor choices do to poor work ethic

49:05 Meet Randy!

51:14 Tommy Rees Offensive Coordinator Alabama Football

54:53 Kai Kroeger South Carolina Punter former scout

56:14 Riley Mills Notre Dame former scout

56:29 Lake Forest High School Basketball Shout Outs Rachel Kaus Bella Ranallo aliya Maldonado

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Skoo Walker and Pete Jansons from the Lake Forest Illinois Podcast Discuss Hyper Local Issues dealing with Linking In Lake Forest Illinois

Chapters:

2:28 Start Of show

3:03 Cathy Waldeck

3:43 Paul Hamann

4:39 Poll #2 Update

5:29 Poll #1 vs Poll #2 changes

5:59 City Council Meeting Dr Montgomery $105 Million Referendum

7:45 Turf

8:00 Alderman Pre Meeting Dinner

9:23 Nancy Novit

12:34 Turf Utilization

14:48 Community means you pay for things you may not use

15:48 Even after referendum Lake Forest still has the lowest taxes

17:00 Maintenance Cost for Fields and Cost recovery Strategy

19:48 Tournaments at fields

20:15 Eileen Looby Comments/Kudos

23:24 High Volume Use Spring and Fall

24:48 Tournaments mean extra money for Local Businesses

25:26 Congestion on Deerpath

28:11 Opposing Sides Skoos (old timer ) vs Petes (New Comer)

28:35 NO MORE MAIL

28:47 Prue Beidler Mailers

28:59 Prue Beidler buying Mayoral Election approaching 100k

29:30 Prue Lawn Signs

30:18 Pete Speaks for Pete Skoo Speaks for Skoo regarding issues

30:33 Prue Beidler Transparent and Non Partisan? 500k To Democratic Party

32:32 Prues Fliers say independent Non Partisan?

33:09 Prue Donating Hundreds of Thousand in Donations

34:18 Prue Donating to Lori Lightfoot and Kim Foxx Multiple times

35:00 Prue Cant be Transparent if she wont look you in the eye 

35:42 Petes Beginnings with Caucus

35:54 Lake Forest Caucus Image when Pete Started

36:35 Petes issues with Caucus in Past

36:45 Lake Forest Caucus Executive Committee David Hunt Article in Forest Bluff Magazine

37:15 Tagline all of us or should it be some of us

37:32 David Hunt President Lake Forest Caucus 2 pictures in article 

38:17 Caucus Executive Committee missing the mark coming across as elitist

39:32 Skoos thoughts on article

41:02 Exec Committee labeled as the caucus

41:23 Skoos thoughts on where Caucus Execs missed mark

42:14 What Execs should have done with that article

44:00 Prue Beidlers Tactics She should have been banned for running for mayor

47:06 Skoo and Pete haven't seen any literature from Caucus

55:26 Prue Beidler and "Save Walden" issue

59:40 Prue Beidler Hypocrisy preserving historic areas now when she didnt with walden

1:01:50 Caucus Leadership Issue Needs to be fixed

1:01:58 Ari Mark speaks to Lake Forest Illinois City Council regarding Wildlife Discovery Center

1:06:11 Rob Carmichael Wildlife Discovery Center says good bye

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Superintendent of Schools in District #67 and #115 Dr. Matthew Montgomery was the City Council Spotlight Focus and he presented an update on the District #115 Facilities Bond Referendum

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0:04 Lake Forest City Mayor Intro of Dr. Matthew Montgomery

1:03 Start of Dr Montgomery Presentation

8:31 Financial Implications $500 - $1000 Year depending on home value

10:17 Presentation Over Alderman Questions

City Council Questions

10:40 Jim Preschlack, Third Ward Alderman - What is Operating Budget and Capital Expenditures? Is their Opportunity for Corporate Sponsorship to offset cost? If this Bond doesn't go through what happens?

17:18 Ara Goshgarian, Third Ward Alderman - Will this bond effect the ability to borrow more in the future, 1/3 of LF High School Students have special needs will that be impacted? This isn't your first rodeo?

20:32 How Long is the Bond issued for?

20:53 Are there any other bonds outstanding?

21:21 James E. Morris ("Jed") First Ward Alderman - Where do students go during construction? How Long Will the project take? Impact to Middle Schools #67? Increase Kindergarten classes? What does future Enrollment look like?

24:36 Eileen Looby Weber Fourth Ward Alderman - Cost Per Student and how does that compare to other districts?

27:34 Edward ("Ted") U. Notz, Jr. Second Ward Alderman - Market/Timing when will bond be purchased?

29:04 Melanie K. Rummel Second Ward Alderman - Are these Life Safety Bonds? Why is this expense hitting all at once? (#1 question asked) Why werent they doing these improvements alll along

40:16 Mayor George Pandaleon comments

Dr. Matthew Montgomery

Superintendent of Schools

847-604-7401

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Paul Hamann is an Independent candidate running for Mayor of Lake Forest, Illinois. He Joins Skoo Walker and Pete Jansons on The Lake Forest Podcast to explain why he should be voted in as Mayor of Lake Forest Illinois

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2:09 Show Starts

3:15 Paul Hamann Background

4:18 Why Paul Wants to Run For Mayor

5:40 Paul is 100% profit on his 779 Financial trades

9:04 Questions On Pension Issue

13:15 Clarifying Pension Obligation

14:15 TURF and Pension Issues on how Paul Will work with city staff

16:48 Paull issue with Plastic Turf

17:50 How will Paul will overturn Turf as Mayor

19:10 How will Paul work with city council on Turf?

19:20 April 4 Turf Contract Signing. If it doesn’t get signed then what?

20:44 If Turf Contract not signed how will Paul overturn as Mayor?

23:08 How will Paul Work With Jason Wicha on Turf Issues as Mayor?

23:30 Paul Smiths store tree gate story

24:10 Paul’s #3 Issue Trees

24:44 Franklin Park trees

28:10 How Will Paul Fix Tree issue if he’s Mayor?

31:00 Harry Griffith

32:20 School Referendum

33:18 What can the mayor do?

36:39 Paul’s #4 Issue July 4th Event and Large Budget Bands

41:30 Libertyville Charity Affordable Housing Issue

42:45 Hilltop Center

46:40 Openlands

48:39 Paul tried to get on Caucus

49:41 City Staff can decline Caucus Positions?

50:55 Paul rand for Congress in 2010

51:55 Paul ran against Melanie Rummel in 2017 for Ward 2 Alderman

52:40 How will Paul work with Boards and Commissions

54:02 Paul’s Issues with City Staff

54:40 How will Paul Rectify Issues with City Staff

55:32 Is 3 min enough time for public comments during city council meeting?

59:30 Paul is Willing to serve “Lake Forest Has Always Been Good to me”

1:03:00 Thoughts On Box Lawsuit

1:05:18 Paul’s Prediction who will win Mayor

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Former Alderman of Lake Forest Illinois First Ward Cathy Waldeck joins Skoo Walker and Pete Jansons on the Lake Forest Podcast to discuss her thoughts on working with both Dr Randy Tack and Prue Beidler on the Lake Forest Illinois City Council. Cathy joins Pete at the Lake Forest Podcast Studios on the Red Sofa.

Chapters:

0:00

2:53 Jason Wicha

4:04 Beth Tiffany Service

4:56 Mary Grueb Owner Gerhards getting hate texts from Prue Beidler people

6:21 Cathy Waldeck Interview Start

8:25 Pat and Frank Waldeck 

8:35 Ordinary People

9:12 How Cathy Waldeck got On Planning Commission

9:54 How Cathy Waldeck became Alderman Story

12:11 Lake Forest Illinois Caucus Traits and Values

12:31 Cathy Waldeck Time Serving On Lake Forest Illinois City Council

15:47 How to recognize an agenda driven person

16:30 How to prepare for Caucus Interviews

17:30 Showing Up For Lake forest City Council Voting and not "Sitting Out" Votes

19:08 Cathy Waldeck Experience working with Randy Tack and Prue Beidler

22:03 Things to look at to determine who the better candidate is

24:10 What is a consensus voter?

24:33 Lake Forest Caucus and City Council Letter of Support for Dr Randy Tack for Mayor of Lake Forest

25:22 What Was it like working with Prue Beidler

28:38 What does Caucus Look for?

30:13 Paul Hamman

30:36 Pete Jansons asks Catherine Waldeck for Advice to Change his Thinking

31:16 Was Gender a factor in selection?

35:12Prue Beidler FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) email to Lake Forest Voters and trying to circumvent the Lake Forest Caucus System at the November Meet and Greet

36:00 Cathy Waldeck's feeling being rejected as Caucus candidate for Mayor 2 Times

41:12 Prue Beidler "Email Posse" 

43:00 The Caucus System has done very well for Prue Beidler

43:20 Mary Greub Owner Gerhards being berated by Prue Beidler and Susan Garrett for having Randy Tack for Mayor sign in window

43:38 The 3 things Prue Beidler needs to answer for Pete Jansons to consider her for Mayor

44:00 Prue Beidler Commercials Lobbying Voters in Historic District saying the the Caucus is funded by "insiders" is it fair to look at Prue Beidlers $425,000 Donations to the Democratic Party in Chicago (Kim Fox and Lori Lightfoot) to determine Agenda

45:00 A substantial amount of money

46:03 The Caucus raising funds

46:12 The People donating to the Caucus are Pillars of the Community

47:47 Historically the people that have run against the caucus candidate have been agenda driven people

47:54 Cathy Waldeck is not OK with what Prue Beidler Tried to pull at the Lake Forest Caucus Annual Meeting Meet and Greet

48:27 There is a risk that if the people that support you are agenda driven they will be asking something of you

48:50 Why is the Caucus raising funds ( To combat the Democratic Machine of Susan Garrett and Prue Beidler)

51:47 Unwritten Rules of alderman/mayor recruiting

55:02 Pete Jansons asks Cathy Waldeck for advice on changing his way of thinking

55:37 Joe Oriti

55:43 Randy Tack

56:40 Its more common for communities to communicate through podcasts

58:23 Paul Hamman

#lakeforestillinois #lakeforestpodcast #caseyurlacher

Casey Urlacher The Mayor of Mettawa Illinois Joins Skoo Walker and Pete Jansons on the Lake Forest Podcast. This is a special bonus edition almost 2 hours.

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07:00 Buschmann

15:13 Lawsuit

19:50 Kudos to First responders

45:45 Catherine Lemmer

49:34 Flu

50:54 Senior Housing

52:10 Beth Tiffany Services Info

55:11 Poop

1:00:30 Paul Hamann

1:09:51 Casey Urlacher Interview Start

1:14:21 Ballot Harvesting

1:21:38 Agenda - Should we look at a candidates political contributions?

1:27:54 Gender Politics

Other Topics:

Lake Forest Illinois City Council Meeting in which the Council got to look at the materials that will be used for the Deerpath Park Artificial Field

Prue Beidler's Donations are substantial to the Democratic Party does that mean bias?

Boxers Lawsuit #2 Filed Jan 6 with Next Court Date right around Lake Forest Illinois Mayoral Election in Early May. Interesting timing

First Responders for Lake Forest Saved 55% of the people they helped way above the average elsewhere at 5%. They were recognized at the Lake Forest City Council Meeting

Catherine Lemmer has come out of retirement and will be leading the book marks at Goshen Public Library In Indiana

This Flu is nasty

Beth Tiffany Services will be held at St Mary's 10:00 am 1/21/23

Skoo wants the Poop Bags Picked up in Lake Forest

Pete Jansons spoke with Paul Hamann

Ballot Harvesting is the new norm?

Coach Catanzero From Lake Forest College is the man

#lakeforestillinois #lakeforestpodcast #madoff #netflix 

Lake Forest native Jim Campbell is the Author of "Madoff Talks" the Book that Netflix turned into the #2 Series watched on Netflix. Jim Campbell joins Skoo Walker and Pete Jansons to discuss how his book became a docuseries and updates us what's been going on since he was last on the Lake Forest Podcast

#lakeforestillinois #lakeforestpodcast #lakeforestmayor #randytackformayor Dr. Randy Tack joins Skoo Walker and Pete Jansons on the Lake Forest Podcast to discuss the upcoming Mayoral Election April 4th For The City of Lake Forest Illinois.  https://www.tackformayor.com/Non-partisan. Fiscally responsible. Caucus endorsed. Stanford “Randy” Tack will serve all Lake Forest residents. No hidden agendas, no partisanship.  He is committed to thoughtful stewardship of the city’s critical assets to drive economic development while respecting historic preservation and the city’s unique character.  https://www.tackformayor.com/positionsRandy's Positions Thoughtful stewardship of our critical assets  While the current District 115 Capital Improvement Referendum and the Lake Forest Library Capital Improvement Program are not technically within the purview of the Mayor and the Lake Forest Government taxing authority, I believe we need to maintain these critical assets in our community.  As the Mayor and leader of the City Council I will work closely with these respective board chairs and members to ensure that we maintain our key legacy assets, and also have the difficult conversations around need versus want, to ensure that all Lake Forest taxpayers feel good about the return on investment from these key strategic capital projects.  I promise to take the same approach concerning our vital environment and open spaces, including our Lake Forest Beach, public and private ravine system, historical bridges, roads, and City owned buildings. This is hands-on difficult management and problem solving work, not public private fund raising.  I am uniquely qualified to ensure that this is done efficiently and effectively.  Non-partisan agenda  There is no place for partisan politics within the Lake Forest City Council.  I will ensure our city’s leadership remains focused on doing what is in the long term best interests of Lake Forest, and eschews politicization of issues and various political litmus tests.  I’m committed to keep city government free of political partisanship.  I fully support the Lake Forest Caucus, which has repeatedly fended off initiatives that would bring partisan politics and personal agendas into our local government.   Fiscally responsible  As Mayor I will maintain the city’s AAA bond rating, continue Lake Forest’s record of maintaining exceptionally strong cash reserves to protect the city’s finances against unexpected major expenditures, continue Lake Forest’s record of generating annual operating surpluses and not running deficits, remain committed  to completing the city’s groundbreaking effort to achieve the “flatlining” of Lake Forest’s future pension funding obligations by 2025, and keep Lake Forest Property tax rates the lowest in the northern suburbs.  Economic development while respecting historic preservation and the city’s unique character  I remain steadfast in our efforts to strengthen our East and West business districts and will work to continue to attract new restaurants and other businesses to both business districts.  Maintain a productive working relationship with city staff  The central element in collaboration with the city manager and staff is trust.  The trust required does not come with the title of mayor.  It is based on demonstrated intellectual capacity to understand complex issues, demonstrated performance as an alderman, and demonstrated respect for the skills, abilities, and integrity of the city staff.  Trust is also established by a willingness to speak honestly about issues publicly and privately when appropriate. In the absence of trust, collaboration will be superficial and nonproductive, negating the key functions required of both mayor and city manager and staff.

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Joe Oriti is a member of the Lake Forest Caucus Executive Committee and he joins Skoo Walker and Pete Jansons to discuss the upcoming April 2023 Elections and the slate of candidates which the Lake Forest Illinois Caucus Committee endorsed.

Mayor

Dr. Stanford “Randy” Tack will serve all Lake Forest residents.

No hidden agendas, no partisanship.  He is committed to thoughtful stewardship of the city’s critical assets to drive economic development while respecting historic preservation and the city’s unique character.

Alderman

Ward 1 - Terence (Terry) Mieling

Ward 2 - John Powers

Ward 3 - Ara Goshgarian

Ward 4 - Richard Walther

Joe Oriti Bio: https://www.lakeforestcaucus.com/joe-oriti/

Joe Oriti Email: [email protected]

Joe, his wife Courtney, and 4 children living in Lake Forest since 2015, looks forward to educating them all through Lake Forest’s renowned public school system (districts 67 and 115) and participating in the many programs our community offers.

Joe has nearly 20 years of experience advising corporate clients in strategy, operations, and finance.

Joe is honored to offer his time, skills, and experience in an effort to maintain and improve the many wonderful programs, institutions, and benefits that are available for Lake Forest residents.

Caucus Main Page

https://www.lakeforestcaucus.com/

Register to Volunteer

https://www.lakeforestcaucus.com/profile/register/

Open Positions on the Caucus

https://www.lakeforestcaucus.com/volunteer/positions-in-city-government/

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Skoo Walker and Pete Jansons talk about the goings on in Lake Forest Illinois on the Lake Forest Podcast. Pete Jansons ran into Prue Peidler and Susan Garrett "speaking" with Mary Greub at Gerhards Bakery in lake forest illinois. Pete Jansons asked Prue Beidler to come on the show to discuss the 3 issues that Pete Jansons has with Prue Beidler Running for Mayor of Lake Forest Illinois. 

The 3 issues Pete Jansons has with Prue Beidler Running for Mayor of Lake Forest Illinois:

1 Well Over $250k Donated to Democratic Party outside Lake County including Kim Fox and Lori Lightfoot

2 Playing female card when the caucus was pushing females "all things being equal vote for the female"

3 Going against Caucus system that has benefited her for 25 years.

Pete also spoke with Dr Randy Tack to hear why he should vote for him for Mayor. Pete Jansons also ran into Alderman Jim Preshalck and Ara Goshgarian at the Saturdays at Starbucks "Meet Randy Tack" event.