You can always make more money if you are DISHONEST.

 Sad but TRUE.

I have many examples of dishonesty.

Chicago Bears and Chicago Cubs play on NATURAL GRASS !!!!

A billion-dollar corporation called the Chicago Bears play on natural grass.

A billion-dollar corporation called the Chicago Cubs play on natural grass.

Both teams have a business model to make sure their athletes perform

at peak performance.

When in Doubt --- follow the professionals.

Let us review the list of trees CUT DOWN by the City of Lake Forest.

1.  30 full grown evergreen trees, in South Park,

east of the tennis courts.

2.  104 full grown evergreen trees, on Franklin Place,

so the City of Lake Forest could sell the land to a developer

to build apartments.

3.  Hundreds of trees in the McCormick Ravine.

Open Lands, must believe that if you cut down all the trees,

then you will have "OPEN LANDS".

4.  Hundreds of trees at Forest Park. 

Now there is severe erosion of the bluff.  

There were four huge tree stumps,

where the recent mudslide occurred, on the north entrance ramp.

I have pictures of them, before the rework, of the entrance ramp.

5.  18 flowering trees, on the train platform, at the train station in town.

6.  Five years later, 

18 more flowering trees on the other side of the tracks, on the platform, at the train station, in town.

7.  The trees in Market Square.  Notice the diameter of the trees. 

The old trees were removed because when the utility work was done,

city staff thought that they MIGHT disturb a root,

and just removed all the trees.

8.  The six trees in front of the Northern Trust Bank Building.

9.  The tree in front of the Jewel Osco parking lot that was hit by a plow, 

and to this date has not been replaced.

10.  If you walk the business district in town, 

you will notice other locations where trees have been removed, 

and replaced with concrete. 

11.  18 trees, located between the city parking lot, next to Gorton Community Center, and McKinley Road.

 

I live in Lake Forest, 

for the "FOREST"  environment, not to look at concrete !!!

 

I believe that the Lake Forest City Council should mandate that any trees REMOVED, in the BUSINESS DISTRICT, should be replaced, with another tree, within one growing season, or at least within a year.

Lake Forest approves OPEN AMORTIZATION.

 IF you can pay the interest

THEN just charge the expenditure,

for future generations, to pay off the principal.

RISK PROFILE 

of the City of Lake Forest is off the charts.

STOP LAKE FOREST from spending 10 million dollars

on plastic fields at Deerpath Community Park.  

Children playing on Turf Fields have an increased risk of HEAT STROKES !!!

Check out Big Ten University,

research scientists report,

that synthetic TURF FIELDS

have surface temperatures measured

at more than 

174 degrees Fahrenheit !!!

Lake Forest Annual Report --------------- Underfunded Pension LIABILITY $52 million, an increase of $8.5 million.

As of April 30, 2022,***************************************** the City’s net pension liability was $52 million, an increase of $8.5 million compared to the $44 million balance as of April 30, 2021.************ Even though the city contributed another 6 million dollars to pensions,*** we are still sinking financially.*********************************** Lake Forest City Council is Totally Irresponsible to propose a ten million dollar plus, plastic field at Deerpath Community Park.

Turf Field Update

Interesting that the National Football League, player association president, JC Tretter wrote a letter to the league **************************** calling for AN IMMEDIATE BAN of TURF FIELDS. *********************************************************** The World Cup Soccer hosts are converting their stadiums to natural grass, a FIFA requirement. *********************************************************** Interesting that the City of Lake Forest is moving forward on Turf fields, when it may soon be banned by the National Football League and Turf fields are not allowed by the FIFA World Soccer league.