The City of Lake Forest has generous and talented people who help make the City a better place to live.
For the past several weeks, dozens of people have volunteered their time to help me put up signs, hand out flyers, help with articles, etc. We hand delivered flyers to more than 20,000 doorsteps and in many cases made multiple deliveries.
Last year, more than 50 people stepped forward to help with the “Save Lake Forest” campaign and they collected more than 4,000 signatures in 6 weeks.
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On the City’s Parade Committee, every year 50 or so volunteers get together and with a few City staff, we produce one of the best parades in California.
At my HOA, we have dozens of people involved in committees. Our Lake Committee was created when we were having problems with the lake and now we have a healthy lake. Our Preschool Committee took a troubled preschool that was losing money and turned it into a high quality preschool that generates a profit.
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The good people at Soroptimists International of Lake Forest work for the welfare of girls and woman and I have personally witnessed the dramatic changes in the lives of individuals and families as a result of their work.
Breast Cancer Solutions was started in Lake Forest and the driving force is still here. Over the years thousands of people have been helped by their efforts.
Our Chamber of Commerce does a terrific job promoting the City’s businesses and helping with excellent workshops co-sponsored by the City. Volunteers all.
Kiwanis is very active. Right now they are working to get us a Boys and Girls Club.
I could go on, but by now you get the point. We are blessed with talented people who generously volunteer their time to make their community and the City a better place to live.
With such a successful track record, you have to wonder why the City Council is so adamant that they continue to refuse to take advantage of this talent pool.
In the recent past they refused to initiate a traffic committee, a non-profit community foundation, and a dog park committee.
Instead of opening up our government to the talent pool we have available, this City Council has been engaged in cronyism – appointing people whom they know, who are their friends, and who have contributed to their campaigns.
The City will grow not by being more narrow, but by being more inclusive. There are so many challenges facing us, we need the most qualified people to be helping us, not clones and replicants of the people who already can’t solve the problems we are facing.
