Politics: Recent Episodes
The LakeForestPodcast
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lakeforestpodcast #lakeforestillinois Joe Weiss, Rick Lesser and Pete Jansons discuss hyperlocal topics on The Lake Forest Podcast Key Moments: 0:00 Pre Show 1:10 Show Start 1:40 Happy Birthday Rick Lesser 2:57 Dan Dorfman Covering Everything from Morton Grove to Lake Forest Illinois Its hard to be local 3:57 Hometown Coffee in Lake Forest Illinois 6:20 Sophia's Outing after Randy Tack Swearing In 9:14 Elizabeth Holeb Finance Leader Lake Forest Illinois 9:26 Cathy Czerniak 10:37 Jewel Shopping Cart Corral Update 13:00 Panhandlers Free Speech 14:51 Hello to Cathy loyal listener clueing us in on Robert Hunter Panhandler 20:00 Superintendent Schools District 67 and 115 Matt Montgomery gets raise while cutting staff 20:49 Montgomery took money out of our pockets and put it into his and cut teacher aids 21:56 Lake Forest Podcast helped Montgomery do this 23:16 Why did they tear up Montgomery's contract? 24:05 What's Montgomery going to say? 25:25 Jeff Brincat and Philippe Melin say School Boards raised pay by 18% so there is no strike? 26:46 We got screwed 27:16 Cutting the Library aids and other 20k people 29:05 We need and have good teachers at the Lake Forest Schools 31:29 School Board is Heavily influenced by its employees 31:50 Matt Montgomery sits in the middle of the school board members? 35:00 Haw can we Trust Matt Montgomery? 35:36 Why didn't voters come out 42:20 Term Limits Vince Vega 42:57 Lake Forest Caucus Old new Meeting 44:10 43 on Lake Forest Caucus Committee should it be reduced 49:08 Lake Forest Podcast got thanked 49:54 Cancel Culture is now swinging back other way 50:30 John Walker Lake Forest College Rugby Coach 50:57 Steve Sarauer Hockey Director and Varsity Hockey Head Coach Lake Forest High School and Winter Club 51:55 Jackie Slaats Lake Forest College 52:20 Coach Cat Lake Forest College 53:33 Casey Urlacher
https://youtu.be/6gB1-rhql9g
lakeforestpodcast #lakeforestillinois #elections Joe Weiss and Pete Jansons discuss the Letter of Transparency that Pete Jansons sent to John Trkla, as well as the Patch regarding the expectations of the Lake Forest Illinois Podcast 0:00 1:42 Show Start Coach Steve 2:12 Pete's letter of transparency 3:12 Prue Beidler Letter 3:27 Executive Caucus vote passed 2-1 5:05 Election Deniers of Lake Forest Illinois 8:35 Reese Karras " I live in a pretentious Chicago suburb" 10:41 Anthony Vega Clerk of Lake county 17:37 Randy Tack 19:09 May 1 Randy Tack Swearing in May 1 2023
https://youtu.be/iCmt16knAI8
lakeforestpodcast #lakeforestillinois #lakeforestschools Here is a clip of the Public Comments from 4/25/23 Lake Forest Illinois District #67 School Election People are upset that a $105 Million Referendum was passed and Superintendent Matthew Montgomery is cutting Teacher and Library Assistants
https://youtu.be/mxGpR4pKwnY
lakeforestillinois #lakeforestpodcast #transparancy Skoo Walker and Pete Jansons discuss the latest issues happening in Lake forest Illinois on the Lake Forest Podcast Key Moments: 0:00 2:05 Show Start 3:50 Bad Actors during the Lake Forest Illinois Mayoral Race 4:47 David Hunt's superior Leadership of The Lake Forest Caucus 5:47 Skoo Lightbulb idea "Be More Transparent" 6:52 Mt Transparency John Trkla 9:06 People from the Island Of Misfit Toys 11:11 Shout Out To Grace! 11:34 Duffer Story 13:47 Monica on questionable Library Books 14:31 Catherine Lemmer last Library Director talking about questionable books 14:50 Kaye Grabbe New Director of Lake Forest Library 15:25 Sky The Bunny Guy at Lantern 16:20 Knollwood Brunch Easter 18:08 Why is there no place to put carts away at The Jewel's 24:11 Jim Swarthout 32:16 Looking for an editor or publisher for our Lake Forest Newspaper 33:00 Skoo's favorite drink Bud Light? 37:40 Lake Forest Beach about to open treat the employees nice! 39:10 Afix your City Sticker to your windshield 41:30 We need food trucks at Lake Forest Beach 42:49 Mayor Elect Tack got alcohol at the beach now we need the bar open! 52:00 Vendors will subsidize cost at beach? 54:34 Randy Tack Stairs 56:44 Congrats Joe Oriti 57:29 Congrats to Coach Cat Lacrosse Team Coach of Year! 58:36 Highland Park Bike Lane? Lake Forest for Transparency https://lf4transparency.com/about-us Thank You to the following people that have shed so much light and transparancy to Lake Forest Illinois Laura and Bud Angelus, Kristin Armstrong, Morag and Kevin Bishop, Dick Bories, Maggie and Tim Coleman, Lisa and Kevin Connelly, Maura and Reed Dailey, Susan and Richard J. Daly, Sally and Tim Downey, Robert Franksen, John D Fitzpatrick, Mary Jane Friedrich, Hon. Susan and Scott Garrett, Jennifer and Michael Karras, Eric and Valerie Kuby, Susie and Kevin Kullby, Beth Laufenberg, Lesley and Mike Lardino, Rommy Lopat, Laura Luce, Jamie Moorehead, Carmen Pasquesi, Melanie Rummel, Suzanne Sands, James Shearron, Katie Skinner, Kelley and Tom Sweeney, Laura and Jeff Torosian, Lori Fewster-Thuente, John Trkla, Jennifer Turner
https://youtu.be/gP7lCMPdVGo
lakeforestillinois #lakeforestpodcast Skoo Walker and Pete Jansons recap the hectic week that was in Lake Forest Illinois on the Lake Forest Podcast Here are the key moments: 11:00 Bad Actors Need To Be banned From Future City Roles 12:23 Nancy Novitt Non Supporter 14:38 Jamie Moorhead should be banned 14:54 Mary Greub Gerhards 15:20 Oakwood Cleaners and Lily Alexander 15:55 Skoo thoughts on Jamie Moorhead 21:18 Challenging to volunteer 22:50 Lake Forest Newspaper needs Publisher/Editor 23:50 shovel Ceremony parks department now with Samitations 24:46 Ara Goshgarian 25:15 John Powers 25:25 Rick Amos 26:34 Dr Montgomery 105 Million Hard Hat 27:16 Lake Forest High School Walk Out 27:55 mental Health 28:40 Golf Masters 29:19 Netflix Golf Show 30:17 Thanks City Workers Joshua Huckers for getting signs down 30:43 Helen Shout out 32:00 Skoo Lacross call
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https://youtu.be/TP43gk9_CZY
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
https://youtu.be/0uu3xrXnxZU
Key Moments in the show: 0:00 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
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: 0:00 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)
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Skoo Walker and Pete Jansons get together on the Lake Forest Illinois Podcast to talk about hyperlocal issues
Here are the Key Moments from the show:
0:00 2:42 Show Start 2:54 Lake Forest South Naples 5:44 Gerhards 6:23 Petes Vest 7:30 David Hunt Email 15:02 Dumb/Dumber/Kermit 20:10 Mail In Voting Unboxing 24:21 Joe Weiss/Rick Lesser 26:00 Melanie Rummel Baggage for Prue Beidler 27:46 Skoo Called it last year Aldermanv Alderman 29:38 Non Issues 31:00 It’s up to everyone 32:00 Small Community Newspaper 36:13 Final Thoughts on FLA 37:40 What are the next issues for Lake forest after election? Central Business District, Mental Health at LFHS 39:40 Lake Forest Post Office 43:14 Schools Issue Mental Health 45:20 Thank You Naples! 46:00 Tucker is new Cohost
https://youtu.be/0bOtPyBMYeI
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Dr. William M Griffin is running for one of the two open spots for the Board of Trustees of the College of Lake County. He Joins Skoo Walker and Pete Jansons on the Lake Forest Podcast to talk about why he is the top choice.
https://youtu.be/y2x0LXmI7jc
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Dr. Randy Tack is the Lake Forest Illinois Caucus Endorsed Candidate for Mayor of Lake Forest Illinois and he joins Skoo Walker, Joe Weiss, Rick Lesser and Pete Jansons on the Lake Forest Podcast to discuss his thoughts on the League Of Women Voter Discussion.
Key Moments: 0:00 2:35 Show Start 4:08 Randy Interview 5:38 What happened to the questions at the debate? Leaf blowers? 7:18 Dr Tack Leaf Blower Thoughts 8:44 Leaf Blowers Skoo Walker 9:50 Joe Weiss Statewide ban Leaf Blower story 11:18 Role of Government Local Levels 12:20 West Side Train Issue not asked? 14:23 Debate Rules, Moderator 15:30 Development STB Issue formally dead 17:38 Public Safety and Prue Beidler 18:42 Prue Beidler agreed with all of Randy's Points 20:10 Is the League of Women's Debate the proper Format to educate the public. Is it Outdated? 24:06 Rick Lesser Thoughts on Debate 25:37 Joe Weiss thoughts on how debate should be changed 26:18 The Decline of local media 28:37 Skoo Walker wanted his hour back from being at the debate 29:19 Prue Beidler acknowledge that the Caucus is Fine and the City is Fine not problems 30:17 What should have been asked at the debate? 31:33 Public Safety Issue Randy Tack talking about lack of prosecutions 34:10 If you want to learn more about Randy Watch these videos 37:40 We don't want Lake Forest Illinois to turn into Highland Park Illinois 38:20 Rick Lesser says that there is a lot of turnover in Lake County Attorney General Office because of Eric Rhinehart not prosecuting 40:50 Political Donations not asked about 44:50 Randy Tack gives his thoughts on how the debate could be changed for the better 46:13 Randy Tack says PFA's and sports fields shoudl have been asked about 49:40 No train issue asked about 53:06 These local elections have the most impact on your life 53:50 Lake Forest Illinois Government Runs smoothly 54:30 Lake Forrester Newspaper has nothing on election in it 56:15 Good government is boring, if you like boring youll love Randy Tack
Want to learn even more about Randy? Here are the videos referenced in the show:
Fireside Chat With Randy Tack: https://youtu.be/6oO8VUms3PA Randy Tack Interview: https://youtu.be/OabfKHkAtck Lake Forest for Transparency
https://youtu.be/3kQSBjNOBIU
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Joe Weiss is a Newcomer to Lake Forest Illinois and Joe Shares His Initial Thoughts On The Mayoral Election So Far. Joe Weiss is the one that corrected Pete Jansons on Prue Beidler's Democratic Campaign Contributions. Pete said it was 400k. It is 400k locally but looking at https://www.fec.gov/ Joe Weiss pointed out the donations are well over 1 Million Dollars Lake Forest for Transparency Key Points: 0:00 0:11 Intro 2:31 Start of Show 4:03 How did Pete Jansons meet Joe Weiss? 5:29 Joe Weiss Background 10:18 Richard Uihlein 10:45 Kim Foxx Pay To Play with Prue Beidler’s Daughter In Law 12:40 There is only one resident in Lake Forest That Donated To Kim Foxx and that was Prue Beidler 13:16 Prue Beidler’s explanation regarding Partisan Donations Especially Chicago and Cook County Kim Foxx 14:25 Ask any cop their thoughts on Kim Foxx 15:30 Mayor has limited power 16:03 Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering has no power yet turned the city into Democratic Partisan 16:40 Prue Beidler Talking out of both sides of her mouth 17:06 Prue Beidler Worse case scenario as mayor of Lake Forest Illinois 19:41 Cathy Waldeck 20:00 If Prue wins there will be city council resignations? 20:48 Prue Beidler elevated costs of mayoral race 23:20 Kudos to Prue Beidler 24:47 Prue No response to issues against her 25:10 The Honorable Susan Garrett threatens Lake Forest Small Businesses with Boycotts if they don’t take down Randy Tack Signs 26:56 Boycotts don’t work 28:16 Gerhard’s Susan Garrett and Prue Beidler 30:16 Skoo has never see these types of threats before in Lake Forest Elections 31:49 Prue gives praises to Randy Tack as Alderman 32:50 Randy Tack was a far better Alderman that Prue Beidler 34:10 Prue lied to the Caucus 35:00 Prue issue of lack of female candidates 35:30 Judy Baar Topinka 35:40 If Prue Beidler wants more women in leadership why did she pay for Blago over Topinka? 40:26 Is it true Prue and Sue? 41:40 Prue invited many times to explain herself on the Lake Forest Podcast 42:38 Railroad non issue 44:00 Prue Beidler leading the League of Women Voters march is that a conflict? Lol 47:32 League of women voter debate link 50:00 Prue Beidler’s Visions 51:40 Mayor/Alderman/Board selection issue 52:32 Nancy Novitt 54:30 Phil Arouca 54:56 David Hunt 55:00 If Prue Beidler wins will she take over caucus? 56:40 What should voters be looking out for? 57:15 Joe Weiss thoughts a Lake Forest Illinois Newcomer 57:45 Randy Tack For Mayor 59:19 Digital 4 Dems is Prue Beidler’s web people 1:04:00 Don’t underestimate what can happen if Prue Beidler is Mayor Look at Highland Park 1:09:49 How do we get more people to go out and vote? 1:13:43 Susan Garrett and Prue Beidler Privilege parking at the Lantern 1:16:04 Prue Beidler’s list of issue she has to answer 1:17:25 Prue Beidler and Susan garrett rap
https://youtu.be/_aqLlwhCKU0
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Parents Care Lake Forest Lake Bluff Members Phillippe Melin and Jeff Brincat come on the Lake Forest Podcast with Skoo Walker and Pete Jansons to answer the question: What is Parents Care?
Key Moments: 0:00 2:19 Show Start 3:20 Lets Do Better Contested Election 4:50 Prue Beidler and Susan Garrett berating Lake Forest Illinois Small Business 5:19 Pete Jansons and Philippe Melin had a rocky start to their relationship 7:13 Jeff Brincat, His Dad and Son being honored at Sox Park for their Service to our Country 8:34 Jeff Brincat Background 10:19 Joanna Marshall 10:47 Getting politics out of the way 13:25 Independent thinking 15:10 Relationship with Frances McCormick 18:25 Parents Care Story 22:50 School News Coverage is less than it was in the past 24:25 Pete Jansons getting flack for Dr Montgomery Interview 27:00 What other things should people know about the Referendum 27:56 Parents Care is more than just the referendum 30:40 School Scores went down because of pandemic? 40:00 What else should people vote on? 43:00 Drivers Ed Voucher Example to reduce cost 45:10 What did the School Board push back in 2006? 47:46 How do we correct issue so Referendum isn't needed again in 20 years 1:01:10 Is Parents Care a Non Profit/Profit Local/National Entity?
https://youtu.be/EUHxKgIHw9g
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Dr. Matthew Montgomery Superintendent of Schools K-12 District 67, District 115 @lakeforestschoolsvideocont141 Lake Forest Illinois Came On The Lake Forest Podcast With Skoo Walker and Pete Jansons to Discuss the $105 Million Referendum Coming Up April 4, 2023
Key Moments 0:00 4:06 Dr Montgomery’s Career 5:45 Turf Impact 6:25 Dealing With Objections To Referendum 8:18 Why Now? Why Wasn’t This Budgeted And Spread Out? 13:52 City Council Presentation 14:10 Why Referendum Vs In House? What Happens If It’s Voted Down? 16:26 Enrollment Projections 20:37 Bulk Of Upgrading Is In The Old Building 21:00 Threshold 21:30 Debt Service Extension 22:20 “What If” Referendum Turned Down Twice? 22:51 Skoo Older House Example 23:56 Blue Ribbon School 25:55 Dr Montgomery Blog Post Re School Board 26:45 Shared Expenses 28:30 79/Month per Household And Taxes Will Still Be Lowest In Lake Co. 29:13 In A Community Sometimes You Pay For Things You Don’t Use 32:10 Sponsorship Opportunity For Extras 33:00 FAQ/Tours 34:32 LFHS Referendum Video https://www.lakeforestschools.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=1275
The Superintendent’s office is responsible for overseeing the efficient operation of Lake Forest Community High School District 115 and Lake Forest Elementary School District 67. The Superintendent is the Districts' chief executive officer, reporting directly to the Boards of Education, and is responsible for the administration and management of the Districts' schools, educational programs, fiscal matters, and all matters related to personnel in accordance with Board of Education policies, directives, and state and federal law.
Dr. Matthew L. Montgomery began his career at Waterloo Local School District in Atwater, Ohio as a science teacher, and later, as principal of Waterloo Middle School and Waterloo High School. After working in the school buildings, he became the Superintendent of Waterloo Local School District in July 2013 and focused heavily on enhancing STEM curriculum. The position of Superintendent of Waterloo Local School District led Dr. Montgomery to Revere Local School District in Bath, OH where he served as Superintendent beginning in July 2015. There, he successfully led the development of a five-year strategic plan, created the “Vision of a Minuteman” in partnership with the community, and increased the District’s state ranking on the Ohio School Report Card Performance Index.
https://youtu.be/aEf404oq92U
https://youtu.be/D7-kYd61yEc
Why are there so many issues with the Lake Forest Illinois City Council? It all starts with Alderman Melanie Rummel and the Lake Forest Caucus who put her there.
What happened at the City Council Meeting? Skoo and Pete discuss the New Lake Forest Caucus Committee and Its Auto-Pilot Executive Board Does Lake Forest Want a Public Pool? What happened at the City Council Meeting?
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Jonathan "Jon" Harlow is running for Lake County Sheriff and he stopped by for a quick chat with Pete to introduce himself and what he stands for. "Public Safety over Politics"
https://www.facebook.com/JonHarlowForSheriff
Meet him in person and sign the petition to put him on the ballot:
Feb 18 7:30pm at Sundance Saloon with Bella Cain playing!! https://theoriginalsundancesaloon.com/events
Feb 25, 6-9 pm at Northshore Sports Club https://www.northshoresportsclub.com/
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Pete Jansons first heard about Joe Severino when Joe spoke up at the last #115 School Board Meeting.
Let's learn about Lake Forest's own Joe Severino for Congress
Joseph (Joe) Severino, a resident of Lake Forest and Greek Orthodox Christian, is happily married to wife Nichole for 18 years. Together they have raised five children (Carmen, Joey, Alexa, Isabella, Arianna). Joe recently celebrated his 26th year in business as a hospitality service leader and is proud to have employed thousands of individuals over his career. The call to service is natural for Joe. In fact, while running his business, Joe went to law school and passed the California “Baby” bar exam for first year law students. Still looking to accomplish more, Joe applied and was accepted to Harvard Business School’s prestigious OPM program. There he studied and graduated with 177 global leaders representing 38 countries. His greatest passion is giving back to the community. Joe started his company with a $1,000 loan from his father and has expertly navigated opportunities. Joe’s mission is to take that experience and create similar opportunities in the district. Joe understands the American dream and his grandparents were immigrants from Greece and Italy, and his father was a Teamster union business organizer for 30 years.
ISSUES:
PRO-LIFE Joe is Pro-life and a believer in the sanctity of life in all stages. Joe would sign the born alive bill that would compel healthcare workers to render healthcare to any baby that survives an abortion.
2ND AMENDMENT Joe supports the second amendment and will fight to prevent illegal use of guns, as well as to take guns out of criminal hands.
FREE SPEECH Joe believes all voices should be heard as free speech is guaranteed by the first amendment in our constitution. Currently there is an effort to stymie and quiet the speech of anyone other than radical ideologists. Additionally, Joe is against the anti-Semitic climate that is growing in America.
POLICE REFORM Joe believes in police reform and opposes defunding police. Police should be better trained and governed with accountability, and they should patrol the communities in which they live. A police officer should feel free to report wrongdoing or abuse of power without fear of retaliation. Further, any officer who refrains from reporting wrongdoing should be terminated and logged in a national database to reinvigorate trust in policing.
EQUAL RIGHTS Joe believes in equal rights for all.
IMMIGRATION Joe believes in creating a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants that currently reside here. In addition, Joe believes in encouraging legal immigration which has made us a culturally rich nation.
https://severinoforcongress.com/
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Skoo Walker, Arthur Miller, and Pete Jansons discuss the email Pete sent out 8-10-21 which asked for feedback on the Lake Forest Caucus Committee
Problem: It's becoming harder to find volunteers for the Lake Forest Caucus Committee. (Voting residents of Lake Forest) Invitations to participate are being turned down. No Volunteers means no Caucus committee.
Objections.
It’s Political with a liberal bent, its groupthink, “Boys Club”, Clique, and “Insiders Only” They don’t know what it is, and Current Caucus Committee members cannot overcome objections while explaining what the Caucus is.
Objection #1:
t’s Political with a liberal bent, it’s groupthink, “Boys Club”, Clique, and “Insiders Only”
Possible Reasons:
The LFCC Executive Committee (LFCCEC) is formed by the LFCC President selecting who she wants for Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Fundraising Chair, External Communications, Internal Communications, and the 4 ward chairmen. The Vice President from the prior year automatically becomes the President. It could be perceived that the president can surround herself with people she knows and likes. LFCC members are presented with a list of LFCCEC members to vote on in March with no information LFCC is a 3-year term for first-year LFCC members who don’t want to “make waves” and vote with who the LFCCEC puts on the card. LFCC is a PAC and the LFCC including the LFCCEC cannot explain what it is The current LFCCEC President and Vice President are not held to the same attendance standard as the LFCC. School Board Candidates were determined by a Task Force selected by the President versus letting the entire LFCC presenting candidates. Cannot afford to make donations (2020 Caucus Committee was asked to donate and would be recognized in front of the Caucus Committee)
Solution:
The LFCC Executive Committee should be vetted by the LFCC. The LFCC should have a nomination process for all positions in LFCCEC. Determine interest within LFCC for each position to be nominated Nominees are vetted by LFCC LFCC Nominates candidates to be on the election in March Positions that handle money should be additionally vetted (Treasurer and Fundraising Chair)
Objection #2: The LFC (residents and small businesses) don’t know what the LFC or LFCC is and LFCC members cannot overcome objections while explaining what the Caucus is.
Possible Reasons:
Resources are put on dealing with situations after the fact versus preventing them (education public on LFCC process versus spending on lawn signs) There is no onboarding process for members Bylaws have not been updated for 3 months. Cannot explain why it’s a PAC The Lake Forest Caucus (The voting residents of Lake Forest) do not understand the selection process, for example, one candidate on the “Let’s Do Better” Slate wanted to pitch in and be on the School Board and didn’t know about the Process
Solution: * More Scrutiny and oversight to External and Internal Communications * Funds/Marketing for prevention vs Contest Elections.
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