K. Fluke and Bob Jones: No STRS honor awards for convicted Board Members

From RH Jones, September 21, 2006

Subject: No STRS honor awards for convicted Board Members

To all:

Dr. K. Fluke, SummitCRTA VP. & Leg. CMTE Chair, has asked me, one of his Leg. CMTE Members, to strongly request support for: No honors be awarded to the STRS Board Members who have been convicted of misdemeanor ethics crimes. The bronze honors plaque, that is placed on the wall in the STRS Bldg. Board Meeting Room, should rightly list their names for their service on the STRS Board, but have an asterisk by each name with a footnote that they were convicted of STRS ethics violations in the Columbus Court .

Forevermore, the STRS Board Members serving both in the present, and in the future, need to be reminded, by these asterisks and the footnote on this plaque, that they are expected to follow Ohio law in all aspects of their service while on our STRS Board. And further, outside of the our expenses of paying for the wording on the plaque, only a paper acknowledgement of their time of service should be given them. To do otherwise would be to dishonor the long tradition of all those honest, knowledgeable, and upright members who served before them.

My thoughts are in harmony with Dr. Fluke on this most serious matter. Law breaking, while serving on our board, should never be awarded.

Robert Hudson Jones, a STRS Retired Member