From a retiree: ORTA WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

March 18, 2007
What makes the difference who publishes it or who is first? The more times it is published; the more people will see it. We need people to realize what has happened at STRS and how serious it is. We need to give our support to those who are working hard to try to change things. Where was ORTA all these years? Let's stop arguing and start supporting Dennis Leone and John Lazarus and the many people of CORE working hard in the background. It is for those teachers who are suffering that we should be working for, not for our ego and recognition.

Let's work together. After all it is a fact that it takes several times of reading or viewing for people to comprehend and digest information. The more it is repeated the better chance we have of gaining support. Is this a popularity contest where again people are just trying to promote themselves to move up; or is it a sincere effort to help? Perhaps ORTA could call special attention to the article by putting it on page one and highlighting it with color and bold print. Aren't we both (CORE and ORTA) working for the same results?