Tom Curtis to Duke Snider re: Letters from Brown County RTA

From Tom Curtis, July 2, 2009
Subject: Re: letters from Retirees from Brown County RTA to pols - A new Rep. added to the "write to" list....

Hello Ken,

I have emailed my Rep. Scott Oleslager about HB 177 a couple of times. Yesterday he called me. He said that he was waiting to see where that bill went before he would consider adding his name to it. He said that all kinds of amendments would likely be added before a final version would be presented, if it made it that far, thus it might be entirely different by then. He also indicated that because a couple of Republicans introduced it, he doubted it would go anywhere. I asked him if he supported the idea. He said he would have to wait and see before he would comment on that. In other words, he made absolutely no commitment on the issue.

In my opinion from talking with him numerous times about pension system spending issues and board make-up issues, he has not been an advocate of getting involved. He has consistently indicated that the board has to make the decisions and/or a call from the entire educational community, which he has not seen.

Tom Curtis

From Ken ("Duke") Snider, July 1, 2009
Subject: Fw: letters from Retirees from Brown County RTA to pols - A new Rep. added to the "write to" list....

The Veterans Home address is 2003 Veterans Blvd. Georgetown, Ohio 45121. Please bring letters to your state rep., senator, governor, and Debbie Newcomb so they all can be mailed the same day.