Laura J. Reed to OEA: We are fed up with your TELLING us whom to vote for

To: Ohio Education Association
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006
Subject: Re: Special bulletin on STRS Board Elections, Your Pension and Your Health Care

I am extremely upset that you are using MY money to set up web sites and put color pictures on the back of MY magazine. You have continued to endorse people who have misused our monies for STRS and I resent the approach that you use. I have talked to many retired and active teachers who are fed up with you TELLING us for whom to vote. As a fair and ethical "Professional Organization" you should report on each person who is running for the position and then allow the members to make a choice for whom to vote. After all most of us are somewhat intelligent, somewhat capable of making decisions, and most of us are certain that we want people who represent us and not a "Union". I hope that you can tell from this message that you have raised my blood pressure significantly.

Laura J. Reed