A call to action for all STRS members

From Kathie Bracy, June 4, 2009

To STRS members statewide and elsewhere:

We need to take seriously the call to write our state representatives and House Speaker Armond Budish if we want bonuses stopped at STRS when times are tough, economically, as they are now.

While HB 177 (to stop bonuses at STRS in years of negative investment returns) has received one hearing this week, there is absolutely no guarantee it will receive a second hearing. This is why it is imperative that we write our legislators to urge them to join with Aging and Disability Services Chair Deborah Newcomb to schedule a second hearing. We must act now.

If you have not seen the latest information on proposed legislative action in Dennis Leone's June 3 Update on HB 177, you can read it here: http://kathiebracy.blogspot.com/2009/06/from-dennis-leone-important-house-bill.html

You can find contact information on your state representative here: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/

Contact information for House Speaker Armond Budish:

The Honorable Armond Budish,
Speaker of The Ohio House of Representatives
77 South High Street
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111
E-mail: district08@ohr.state.oh.us
Phone: (614) 466-5441
Fax: (614) 719-0008

Please write to both, and be sure to include your address and telephone number. Sample letters may be found on my blog: www.kathiebracy.blogspot.com, posted today; and hopefully there will be more to post very soon.

We ALL need to pitch in if we want to get the job done. This is NOT the time to leave it up to somebody else. Please help to spread the word. It's your future.

Thank you for your time.

Kathie Bracy