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This is a reminder that the Lake Forest Caucus Special Meeting will be held today, October 20th, at Gorton Community Center. Residents may vote anytime between 4:00 and 8:00 p.m. on the Caucus Committee’s recommended candidates for two School Board seats: Ryan Wiedmann for the District 67 Board and Kent Novit for the District 115 Board. Voting takes only a few minutes. We encourage you to review their backgrounds here before the vote this afternoon. To be eligible to vote, yo

This is a reminder that the Lake Forest Caucus Special Meeting will be held this Tuesday, October 20th, at Gorton Community Center. Residents may vote anytime between 4:00 and 8:00 p.m. on the Caucus Committee’s recommended candidates for two School Board seats: Ryan Wiedmann for the District 67 Board and Kent Novit for the District 115 Board. Voting takes only a few minutes. We encourage you to review their backgrounds here before the vote this upcoming Tuesday. To be eligib

Over the last week, the Caucus Committee has conducted additional interviews and held discussions regarding candidates for the two open School Board seats. Following those discussions, we are proud to introduce two new candidates: Ryan Wiedmann for the District 67 Board and Kent Novit for the District 115 Board. We encourage you to review their backgrounds here before the vote this upcoming Tuesday. Rather than running our original candidates for these positions against two n

More than 1,100 Lake Forest residents came out to the Annual Meeting, and 10 of the 12 recommended candidates were approved by the community. Two School Board seats remain open, one on the District 67 Board and one on the District 115 Board. We are already working with candidates who have been previously vetted by the Caucus Committee. We will hold a Special Meeting to vote on School Board candidates on Tuesday, October 20th. The Caucus Committee will meet with candidates ove

Thank you to everyone who came out to vote! We are excited to share the full results of the Annual Meeting vote on proposed candidates for Mayor, City Council, and D67 & D115 School Boards. Out of 1,126 ballots cast (including individual candidate abstentions), the results are as follows: City Council Mayor – Dr. Ara Goshgarian: 975 YES – 128 NO Ward 1 Alderman – Pete Clemens: 989 YES – 53 NO Ward 2 Alderman – John Powers: 990 YES – 45 NO Ward 3 Alderman – Nick Bothfeld: 991

The Lake Forest Caucus Annual Meeting is today. Stop by Gorton Center anytime between 12 and 8 pm to vote on our recommended candidates for Mayor, Alderman, and the D67 & D115 School Boards. Voting takes just a few minutes. You can learn more about each candidate here. To be eligible to vote at the Lake Forest Caucus Annual Meeting on October 6th, you must be a registered voter with residency in Lake Forest. ID will be required. The Caucus Committee checks IDs against an up-t

The Lake Forest Caucus Annual Meeting is this Tuesday, October 6th, at Gorton Center. You can stop by anytime between 12 and 8 pm to vote on the Caucus Committee's endorsed candidates for Mayor, Alderman, and D67 and D115 School Boards. Our Committee spent the summer and fall interviewing candidates for these seats. These are roles that shape our schools and our city, and Tuesday is your chance to vote on the candidates the Caucus Committee has endorsed. Please come vote at G

Every year, the Lake Forest Caucus Committee sits across the table from residents who want to serve Lake Forest. We ask about budgets, about how a candidate handles disagreement, and about why they want the job. We do not ask how a candidate votes in November. Candidates come to us with all kinds of views. Lake Forest is home to people from across the political spectrum, but party politics stay outside the room. What we weigh is experience, knowledge of the issues, and a comm

Over the past several months, your neighbors on the Caucus Committee have recruited, interviewed, and vetted candidates for Mayor of Lake Forest. We are proud to share that Dr. Ara Goshgarian will be presented for endorsement at the Annual Meeting on October 6th. The Mayor leads City Council meetings, appoints residents to City boards and commissions with the Council's approval, and works with the City Manager, who runs the City day to day. Dr. Goshgarian has spent nearly his

Over the past several months, your neighbors on the Caucus Committee have recruited, interviewed, and vetted candidates for our School Boards. We are proud to share the candidates who will be presented for endorsement at the Annual Meeting on October 6th! District 67 School Board Jay Connelly Mark Pickett (incumbent) Kristin Vallaly Monica Yaun (incumbent) District 115 School Board Kirsten Kohlmeyer Jennifer Neubauer John Noble (incumbent) Our School Boards guide the District