Trina Prufer: When the lead attorneys of the system write an anonymous letter to the AG, with the INTENT of removing teacher control of the BOARD, the retirement system reveals it is involved in a Machiavellian power grab. This is now out in the open.

Teachers cannot have faith in a retirement system that is corrupt at its core.

When the lead attorneys of the system write an anonymous letter to the AG, with the INTENT of removing teacher control of the BOARD,  the retirement system reveals it is involved in a Machiavellian power grab. This is now out in the open.

These two attorneys did not act alone. They had to have been supported by the STRS Director, the AG‘s office, and who knows who else. Who planned this? Who knew, and when did they know it? Board members need to know the extent of this treachery, and so do we.

It has now been revealed through a metadata analysis of the 14 page letter, and a surfeit of documentation of supposed wrongdoing, that dates were manipulated to suggest a “ hostile takeover” of STRS by private interests. From the beginning, the scenario presented in the letter was illogical and a stretch of the imagination. We all knew it was false, because the accused board members had ALWAYS acted in the best interests of members. The attorneys knew that too.

None of this intrigue, double-dealing and cloak and dagger theatrics are normal in the governance of a public retirement system. Billions are at stake.  As was stated by Wade Steen’s attorney.. ”follow the money”. No public worker should be investing their life savings in a retirement system this dysfunctional and untrustworthy.

Trina Prufer

May 10, 2025