Dave Speas: Husted no friend of public education; Molly: Contact your legislators now

From: Dave Speas
Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006
Subject: Re: Contacting legislators: Day 2 of the STRS Retreat

I have met with Mr. Husted and he is NOT a friend of public education. He has been in the forefront of the charter school and voucher movement. No amount of pressure will make him change his mind on those issues and the educational leaders of this area around Dayton have not been able to move him from his position and we have tried. He will be against helping public educators on a fundamental personal belief basis. Defeating him when he runs is the only way to change the stance of this powerful political player. Dave

From: Molly Janczyk
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006
Subject: Contacting legislators: Day 2 of the STRS Retreat

Rep.Husted is Speaker of the House.

rep37@@ohr.state.oh.us

614-644-6008

Ohio House of Representatives
77 South High St. Columbus, Ohio
43266-0603

If you read below the notes below from the STRS Retreat and from Mike Billirakis a few days ago, you can see it is imperitive we contact legislators now to let them know we support increased contributions from employees and employers. OSBA is doing so and we need to counter per comments below [report on Day 2 of Board retreat] and from Mike B.

If we wait for others, 2007 will bring certain problems for us. We need act now to address our futures with powerful facts in persuasive letters, emails and calls to support increased legislation for educators.

PLEASE DO NOT WAIT! PLEASE WRITE OR EMAIL OR CALL YOUR LEGISLATOR AND SPEAKER HUSTED AND SEN PRES HARRIS NOW. YOUR FUTURE is at stake.