Jake Weisser, a former Lake Forest resident and caucus committee member, said the current process of how the Lake Forest caucus committee has positives and negatives. The executive leadership of the organization is chosen by the president, and the vice president always succeeds the president.
“As far as it being a good process or a bad process I can kind of see both sides of it,” Weisser told hosts Pete Jansons and Joe Weiss on the Lake Forest podcast. “I do understand your concept where maybe it should be more democratic where the caucus committee is helping select those people. I do also kind of see the argument that having the executive leadership choose their successors and identify those people that really stand out might be better just because they have more day-to-day involvement with certain people.”
“I was asked to be on the executive committee just at the end of my first year and I turned down the position actually,” Weisser said. “In terms of time I was really concerned that I would not be able to fulfill my duties properly because the treasurer has a lot of responsibilities when it comes to filing deadlines, reports, that sort of thing. So that's why I turned it down.”
This full episode is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
The Dec. 9 edition of the podcast focused on Weisser’s journey through the Lake Forest caucus and his decision to relocate from Illinois to Florida. He explained the reasons behind his decisions, and the differences he’s noticed since the move.
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.
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