Your Help is Needed NOW
Sept. 10, 2006
When Dennis Leone spoke to RTAs recently, many retirees wanted to know how they could express their support for what he and John Lazares are trying to do as STRS Board members. We must make our voices heard!! (I know, I'm a broken record.) Judging from past experience, it looks like nobody will pay any attention to us unless/until we demand it. We need numbers and we need loud and frequent voices, because most of the Board doesn't seem to hear us. It isn't that they don't know what retirees want; it's more like they don't care, judging from their actions. Their actions as STRS Board members repeatedly indicate that they are particularly insensitive to the difficulties many retirees face when it comes time to pay their bills!!
They've heard from a number of us many times and have pretty well tuned us out; it's time for you to jump in and help. Keep yourself informed on what's going on; please make your voice heard; make it heard OFTEN; and spread the word to others to do the same. Every little bit helps; we're all in this together. The wrong people are in control of OUR funds, and we must work to change it -- it's OUR future. "Together we can...." Please scroll down just below this post for a current list of STRS Ohio Board and senior staff members, along with contact information. Thank you.
Kathie Bracy
Your letters are urgently needed to help get the right people on the STRS Board. It DOES make a difference when we make ourselves heard!
Please contact Gov. Taft and urge him to appoint a highly qualified and interested candidate, Tom Hall (please click to read more about him), to replace Judith Fisher, an appointed investment expert who resigned in July from her position on the Board.
Governor Bob Taft
30th Floor
77 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215-6117
Phone 614-466-3555 or 614-644-HELP
30th Floor
77 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215-6117
Phone 614-466-3555 or 614-644-HELP
Please contact Dr. Susan Zelman, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and urge her to remove her representative to the Board, Dr. Steven Puckett, and replace him with someone who is more effective and truly committed to helping retirees.
Dr. Susan Tave Zelman,
Superintendent of Public Instruction
25 South Front Street, 7th Floor
Superintendent of Public Instruction
25 South Front Street, 7th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215-4183
614-466-7578
Dr. Steven Puckett: steven.puckett@ODE.state.OH.US
To view letters that others have written to Taft and Zelman, look in this blog's archives (on the right-hand side of this page), starting with July, or use the search engine at the top of this page. Type in your search term (such as "Zelman" or "Fisher," etc.) and click on Search This Blog.
The more they hear from us, the more likely they are to listen to us. It's your retirement; ALL retirees need to help to preserve it. Dennis Leone and John Lazares are only two people and can do only so much; we are thousands, and we can and MUST provide the backing and the voice they need! PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD.
People we need to thank for their part in bringing wrongdoers to trial:
(Letters to these people may be found among recent postings)
David E. Freel, Executive Director of the Ohio Ethics Commission; headed up the investigations of STRS Board members and STRS staff members
Paul M. Nick, Chief Investigative Attorney for the Ohio Ethics Commission
The Ohio Ethics Commission
8 East Long Street, 10th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Phone: (614) 466-7090
Lara N. Baker: Prosecuting Attorney for the State
City of Columbus City Attorneys Office
375 S. High St., 7th Floor
Columbus, OH 43214-4520
(614) 645-7483
posted by Kathie Bracy at 3:20 PM
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