Jake Weisser, a former Lake Forest resident and caucus committee member, said making the amount of people per ward in the caucus committee by population would potentially be discriminatory. The committee is currently made up of nine members for each of the four wards.
“Let's just use alderman for an example, because you know they represent a ward; they have to represent the city as a whole first, and the interests of their ward,” Weisser told hosts Pete Jansons and Joe Weiss on the Lake Forest podcast. “They can't just pick my ward's the best ward and we're going to get all the resources and I'm going to advocate for anything that happens in my ward, no. They really need to be an advocate for the city as a whole.”
“So I think that creating a system by which it's dictated by population would maybe feel other communities or areas of Lake Forest to be feeling disenfranchised like they don't have an equal seat at the table,” Weisser said. “I don't necessarily believe that that's the correct way to go about that.”
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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