Kathie Bracy's response to House Speaker Husted: We need Tom Hall

The Honorable Jon A. Husted

Speaker, The Ohio House of Representatives

October 26, 2006

Dear Mr. Husted,

Thank you for your response and notice of Mr. Meyers's resignation from the STRS Board. It is my sincere hope that a replacement can be found whose background and experience would not be undermining factors in his/her ability to understand and relate to the situations of retired educators of this state.

I hope you will give serious consideration to appointing Dr. Tom Hall, economics professor at Miami University, whose background would be an asset to the STRS Board. Dr. Hall is also a contributing member of STRS and is vitally interested in helping to solve the financial problems of that institution. He is "one of us."

The following post (below), taken from my blog (www.kathiebracy.blogspot.com) will give you information about Tom Hall. This material was used during his campaign last spring when he ran for STRS Board, but was defeated by candidates with big money backing. We very much need someone such as Tom Hall on the STRS Board, but as retirees, we don't have the funding to help him get there. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Kathie Bracy

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