Brown County RTA president: A call to action for retirees

From Carolyn J. Carr, June 26, 2009
Subject: letter for Retirees

FROM BCRTA TO RETIREES:

We are asking that you take time to write a letter by July 13, 2009 to the following people and addresses pertaining to STRS Pension Monies:

1. Governor Ted Strickland
....Governors Office
....Riffe Center:
....10th Floor
....77 South High St.
....Columbus, Ohio 43215 - 5108

2. State Representative Danny Bubp
....77 So. High St.
....10th Floor
....Columbus, Ohio 43215 - 6111

3. Senator Tom Niehaus
....Senate Building
....Room #200, Second Floor
....Columbus, Ohio 43215

Following is the purpose for needing you to write these letters and be concerned with what STRS is doing with our monies. We need you to ask that STRS quit mistreating Retirees with discussion of reducing COLA. This is a step that takes an act of legislation to be done correctly.

We also ask that they terminate ALL bonuses for STRS employees. If this continues, our pension fund will be depleted, meaning that there could be no funds to pay our pensions. Are YOU interested in your pension?? And IT NOT being reduced or no pension at all?????

STRS Retirees should be the Board's principle focus in their decisions and plans. We feel there should be a change in Board members attitudes or resignation of Board members and possibly a mass resignation if business continues being conducted as it has been.

NO RETIREE WANTS THEIR PENSION CHECKS CUT. Many retirees are upset because they are afraid of losing their pension. The way the STRS Board is going this could possibly happen.

PLEASE,,,,,,Write your letters and bring them to a meeting, Monday, July 13, We will mail the letters on that day. We plan to have the meeting at the Veterans Home. PLEASE! PLEASE! Contact any fellow Retired friends to come to the July 13 meeting and if they can not attend that they write a letter and mail it that day to the above three (3) names/addresses. A mass mailing would be of great benefit.

Thanking you for your interest and participation! BCRTA

Carolyn J. Carr
Pres. BCRTA

6/28/09

John...We added Deborah Newcomb to the list of names....so we have 4 letters. to write. We are hoping that this will let them know in Columbus that we are concerned and not just sitting a doing nothing.

Carolyn J. Carr
Pres. BCRTA

State Representative Deborah Newcomb
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111