Overheard.....

 August 2021

"By the Board electing Rita Walters as the retiree member representative, clearly documents that they will continue their unrelentless purge on the STRS members both active and retired.

"The STRS Board is not part of the solution, as they once again proved today that they are clearly part of the problem. They have now openly and by their own actions told every STRS member that they don't count and that the Board will continue to do whatever they want regardless of the member input and concerns.

"We now know conclusively that we are on our own and in fact, they have given us the green light to abandoned the chain of command and take our fight wherever necessary to inform others of the current atrocities being inflicted on both current and future retirees. While the battle with the Board by their own actions is over, we must now take the initiative and expend every ounce of energy to expose the STRS Board, Ohio Legislators and other elected officials responsible for the oversight of the Ohio Public Pension Systems.

"We now have little or no choice but to take our concerns to the street to inform the voting public of Ohio exactly what is going on at STRS. After all, taxpayers do have an interest as their tax dollars are used by Boards of Education to pay their contribution to STRS for each employee. That in and of itself might have a very interesting outcome."

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"The vast majority in that Board room today (you know who I mean) proved without a doubt that you don't need brains, scruples or integrity to rob thousands of people who DO possess those qualities of millions or billions of their hard-earned money to make themselves rich beyond our wildest dreams! "Hate" is a strong word I don't like to use, but today I'm wondering how it feels to be a part of what may well be the most hated board on the planet right now. They have sold their souls to the god of greed."