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Cincinnati Edition Podcast: The power struggle for control of the Ohio teachers retirement fund
Click here to listen to the recording of the podcast. (23 min 19 sec) Ohio’s State Teachers Retirement System controls $90 billion...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jun 5, 20242 min read
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Michael Shearer: Please allow me to educate you!
Dear Dispatch, You seem to have strong agreeable opinions with the guest columnist Brent Sohngen’s opinion letter (May 31, 2024)...
Jim Stoll
Jun 4, 20244 min read
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Ohio's teachers are under attack. Again!
STRS Ohio Board members Rudy Fichtenbaum and Wade Steen are incurring legal fees defending themselves against the lawsuit brought against...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jun 3, 20241 min read
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Governor DeWine’s Selective Red Flags and the STRS Ohio Pension System
STRS Ohio has eleven Board members; four are appointed, and teacher members elect seven. These elections end on the first Monday in May....
Dean Dennis
May 29, 20245 min read
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"Overturning the will of the people is not supporting them." - Robin Rayfield, ORTA
The turmoil at the state teachers pension fund has sparked a lawsuit and a board reshuffle – but a retired teachers’ group says they’ve...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 27, 20241 min read
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NEW Podcast: The Retiree View of Ohio's Pension Drama
"I just want my COLA" David Pepper did a podcast with Robin Rayfield, Executive Director of ORTA, to clarify all that’s been happening...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 24, 20242 min read
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OCAAUP and OFT support STRS Board Chair Fichtenbaum against baseless allegations
Sara Kilpatrick, Executive Director of the Ohio Conference of the American Association of University Professors (OCAAUP), and Melissa...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 21, 20242 min read
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Editorial: STRS suit weak
Despite histrionic language asserting that State Teachers Retirement System board members Wade Steen and Rudy Fichtenbaum have violated...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 19, 20243 min read
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Ohio Teachers Lead The Fight To Restore Integrity To State Pensions
Governor DeWine and his cronies have rallied to thwart a valid teacher pension board election and support Wall Street secrecy schemes...
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