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Get to know Lake Forest Illinois by listening to conversations with its Residents, Business Owners, and City Government. Pull up a stool and witness where parody meets entertainment. Believe What you will as there are no fact checkers on this show. If you like what we do you can always buy us a beer https://www.patreon.com/LakeForestPodcastPete Jansons Sciences sociales
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  • Stop Losing to Indiana — Collin Corbett, Independent for IL Governor | Lake Forest Podcast

    Stop Losing to Indiana — Collin Corbett, Independent for IL Governor | Lake Forest Podcast
    Jun 13 2026
    For 20 years, Collin Corbett helped get Republicans elected in Illinois. This spring he walked away from his party, took a leave from his firm, shut down his own political podcast, filed 37,000 signatures — and now he's running for Governor as an Independent while Darren Bailey's campaign tries to knock him off the ballot. Pete and Rick Lesser put your questions to him — the ones from the Lake Forest Lake Bluff News group: the pension crisis (yes, Squeezy the Python makes an appearance), property taxes, mental health, abortion, the Bears, and why Illinois keeps losing people, jobs, and businesses to neighboring states. He answered almost everything — and when the spoiler question came, he answered it directly. We document. You decide. 🎙️ Pete Jansons & Rick Lesser — with Collin Corbett, Independent candidate for Governor of Illinois ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS🗳️ 0:00 — "Illinois is primed for a takeoff" (cold open)🍺 1:06 — April 10: the post that ended his podcast — and started his campaign⚖️ 1:53 — "My party left me": why 45% of voters are now independents💰 5:34 — The $145 billion problem nobody connects to their own life🚫 7:51 — Why Illinois can't declare bankruptcy (Article 13, Section 5)🐍 9:17 — The pension plan: buyouts, a spending freeze & the 2030/2033 bonds🚀 11:44 — Companies leaving, the Bears — "Illinois is primed for a takeoff"🏈 14:33 — "Stop losing to friggin' Indiana"🥊 15:40 — The rigged ballot: third independent in 86 years🏥 18:57 — Jails as asylums: Illinois among the worst in mental health🏢 21:57 — Core Strategies: 16 years, and the clients he refused🎙️ 23:32 — Smoke-Filled Room ended at episode 148. This is our episode 148.✍️ 28:28 — 37,000 signatures: "850 candidates on the ballot, zero knocked off"🎯 29:37 — The spoiler question: "He's stealing my votes, not the other way around"👶 32:53 — "Is there a future in Illinois for Teddy?"🐍 36:06 — Squeezy the Python returns⚓ 36:14 — Anchor at Reasonable: the plan to build the middle🩺 39:43 — A woman's right to choose4️⃣ 41:35 — The Four Percent quiz (Pete takes his turn)🤖 42:47 — "The evil of two lessers" + AI and Flintstone-era government🏛️ 45:53 — Cook County, Tyler Technologies & the procurement mess📋 48:36 — Final exam: affordability, growth, reform💔 49:47 — DCFS and Illinois' most vulnerable kids🏚️ 54:22 — Empty storefronts, 282,000 regulations & getting Illinois growing👋 55:45 — "On behalf of the exhausted majority"🎵 59:12 — "Anchor At Reasonable" (from the episode album) 🎵 THE ALBUMAnchor At Reasonable — 8 original songs built from this episode, on Lake Forest Records. "Stop Losing To Indiana" opens the show. The title track closes it. Yes, there's a song called "Squeezy The Python." Yes, there's one called "Thirty-Seven Thousand."👉 https://open.spotify.com/album/7zNfM8... 🔗 LINKS🗳️ Collin's campaign: https://collinforil.com❤️ Support the show: / lakeforestpodcast ✍️ Pete's Rawthentic on Substack: https://petejansons.substack.com📧 Contact: pete@lakeforestpodcast.com We document. You decide. Not news. Just neighbors. #LakeForestPodcast #PeteJansons #CollinCorbett #IllinoisGovernor #IllinoisPolitics #Pensions #LakeForestIL #LakeBluffIL #60045 #WeDocumentYouDecide
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    1 h et 3 min
  • WHO REALLY RUNS LAKE FOREST? Rick Lesser Returns | Lake Forest Podcast

    WHO REALLY RUNS LAKE FOREST? Rick Lesser Returns | Lake Forest Podcast
    Jun 6 2026

    Rick Lesser is back at the bar — snowbird tan and all — and this one runs from a 2012 trash-can fire to a city-manager form of government nobody fully understands. Under all of it sits one question: who actually runs this town — the mayor or the city manager? Along the way we get into the windscreens that turned West Park into a wall, a $170K no-bid tech contract, and the beach concession scorecard the city still won't release.We document. You decide.🎙️ Pete, Jeff Urso & Skoo Walker — with Rick Lesser⏱️ TIMESTAMPS🏛️ 0:00 — "Where does the buck stop?" (the question)🍺 0:23 — Rick Lesser returns to the bar🔥 1:28 — The 2012 West Park trash-can fire (Rick's commendation)🎾 4:04 — The tennis courts & the windscreen "wall"🏖️ 15:11 — The beach concession FOIA & the missing scorecard💻 16:58 — A $170K no-bid tech contract📋 36:24 — The fight for the beach scorecard🗳️ 36:35 — The caucus & why turnout is so small🍸 47:59 — Highwood, liquor licenses & treating businesses equally🏛️ 56:32 — Who actually runs City Hall? (mayor vs. city manager)🎓 59:18 — Education, the trades & Rawthentic🏫 1:01:36 — The Committee of Ten (1892)📵 1:01:57 — Banning cell phones in schools🌭 1:04:30 — Bar talk: the best hot dog in town📋 1:06:11 — D115 board: a 7-0 closed-session personnel vote (public record)🏘️ 1:06:21 — Shields Township & spending power🎬 ~1:23 — Wrap🔗 LINKS & MORE▶ Support the show: patreon.com/lakeforestpodcast▶ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6BN8V...▶ Rawthentic (Pete's Substack): petejansons.substack.com▶ Tips / press: pete@lakeforestpodcast.com▶ Lake Forest, IL (60045)📝 CORRECTIONS & CONTEXT (we fix our record)

    • Lake Forest High School graduation is Saturday, June 6, 2026.
    • The city's tech migration (BS&A, cloud) was $169,785, approved sole-source 8-0 on May 18, 2026 — referred to on the show as "$180K."
    • SB 2427 (school cell-phone restrictions) passed the Illinois General Assembly in May 2026 and is not yet in effect — it phases in a future school year and includes exceptions (medical, IEP, English-learner, caregivers).
    • The Committee of Ten was formed by the National Education Association in 1892 and chaired by Harvard president Charles W. Eliot.
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    1 h et 25 min
  • WHAT HAPPENED TO TEDDY O'S? | Ted Banick Tells His Side

    WHAT HAPPENED TO TEDDY O'S? | Ted Banick Tells His Side
    May 30 2026
    🍺 For more than 20 years, Teddy O's was the North Shore's living room — a Highwood institution where Lake Forest, Highland Park, and Highwood all came to meet for live music, good food, and a good night out. Now Ted Banick, the longtime owner, is fighting to reopen it at 432 Sheridan Road, and more than 2,100 people have signed a petition backing him.🎙️ Ted joins Pete Jansons and Jeff Urso to tell his side — 22 years of history, the community pushing for the reopening, and the hurdles he says he's hit trying to get the doors open again. We document. You decide.⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:🍺 0:00 — What happened to Teddy O's?🎸 4:20 — 20+ years of live music and why it mattered🧱 6:17 — "I can't even get a conversation"🔄 17:54 — What changed in 30 days🎤 23:18 — The city manager's statement📄 33:41 — The affidavit, on the record🗳️ 57:40 — What happens now🎬 59:18 — We document. You decide.📺 Subscribe: / @lakeforestpodcast 🌐 Visit: https://www.lakeforestpodcast.com🎵 Album — Division Street of the North Shore: https://open.spotify.com/album/4mwqat...📧 Contact: pete@lakeforestpodcast.com#LakeForestPodcast #PeteJansons #JeffUrso #TeddyOBrians #Highwood#LakeForestIL #LakeBluffIL #LakeCountyIL #60045 #NorthShoreChicago#LiveMusic #LocalPolitics #SmallTownPolitics #LakeForestNews #LiveMusicHighwood
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    1 h et 8 min
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