Skoo Walker, founding and recurring co-host of the Lake Forest Podcast, said community involvement and city promises tied to the field included revenue from tournaments, but after nearly two years with “no progress,” the council is only now saying, “we’re going to look into it,” which he argued “should have been done prior.”
“Is the community involvement in all the meetings ever done prior to this field being done?” Walker told Joe Weiss on the Lake Forest podcast. “All the promises from the city to the council to the mayor at the time, everyone, that it was agreed in order to build this thing, there were caveats that it had. One of those was revenue generation, whether it’s a lot or not, and it’s tournaments. Tournaments were talked about all the time.”
“To have almost two years and there’s no progress, and now the council goes, ‘Well, we’re going to look into it,’” said Walker. “You’re not looking into it. This should have been done prior.”
This full episode is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
The latest episode of the Lake Forest Podcast features Pete Jansons with Jeff Urso, Skoo Walker, and Joe Weiss discussing local issues, including Deerpath turf debates, the City Council’s vote to end legal oversight, fireworks damage, Parks and Recreation, beach incidents, and Skoo’s write-up in The Forest Scout. The hosts also cover field capacity concerns, dogs on the turf, Friends of Parks & Rec board openings, city spending on recreation, pickleball tournaments, golf course changes, the City Council’s July 21 meeting, Deerpath Streetscape funding, community partnerships, beach safety, and upcoming sports events such as the Chicago Bears training camp and Lake Forest High School football.
The Lake Forest podcast is hosted by Pete Jansons, an entrepreneur with a background in neuroscience; Rick Lesser, an attorney and former village trustee; and Joe Weiss, who has experience in multiple government and public service positions. The podcast covers topics and politics impacting the area around the city of Lake Forest, according to the Lake Forest podcast website.
