2005 STRS/CORE Memorable Moment: "On the Outside, Looking In"

09/15/05

My personal choice for the 2005 STRS/CORE Memorable Moment was the day on which this photo was snapped at the STRS building. It was the day Dr. Leone was sworn in as an STRS Board member. For the first time in years, the OEA is now on the outside looking in as they have lost their majority on the STRS Board. This was a year in which the OEA's largest local affiliate, the Columbus Education Assn., turned their backs on on big brother by ignoring the OEA endorsed candidates and endorsed the OFT candidates -- who subsequently won seats on the STRS Board. Kudos to the CEA -- a local which really understood what had happened at 275 East Broad Street. For the OEA: What goes around CAME AROUND. They still haven't heeded their wake up call, but I'm sure they felt the tremors just a few blocks down the street!

John, a Proud CORE member