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Call to Action: Your pension belongs to you, not to a handful of clandestine politicians
Help us fight for you by donating to ORTA's Pension Defense Fund. As luck would have it, ORTA was in the process of changing the format...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jul 17, 20255 min read
IT IS SO ORDERED: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost v. Wade Steen and Rudy Fichtenbaum
ORTA needs your help to replenish the Pension Defense Fund to fight the legal attacks on our Board Members. The trial, Ohio Attorney...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jul 15, 20251 min read
In Ohio STRS power shift, teacher-elected trustees lose majority
The change is unprecedented and extraordinary, says one industry veteran. Meanwhile a pension fund expert says the board composition...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jul 8, 20258 min read
Blade Editorial: DIY STRS reform
The “midnight rider” inserting controversial provisions into the Ohio budget in the wee hours before the vote wasn’t an outlaw like the...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jul 5, 20252 min read
David Pepper's full WHITEBOARD explaining the outrageous years-long attack on STRS Ohio Board elections
STRS Ohio Board member Rudy Fichtenbaum, and former Board member Wade Steen, are incurring legal fees, defending themselves against the...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jul 3, 20251 min read
Exclusive: Dr. Amy Acton on the Ohio Budget, Public Ed and the Teachers’ Pension Coup
" They may have unleased a much bigger force than they even understand." - David Pepper Both the federal and state (Ohio) budgets are a...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jul 2, 20251 min read
Despite campaign from teachers, DeWine leaves pension changes in budget
Colleen Marshall reports on the overhaul of STRS Ohio Board. Despite a weekend-long email and telephone campaign from Ohio teachers and...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jul 1, 20251 min read
WHITEBOARD: The politicians’ pension coup in Ohio
Disenfranchising 500,000 teachers and retirees through an overnight coup Yes, there are a lot of horrible things happening in politics at...
David Pepper
Jul 1, 20252 min read
When everyday people finally start to get some power...they work to strip away those gains by simply changing the rules...In this case, eliminating the elections.
David Pepper talks about the hostile takeover of the STRS Ohio Retirement Board and Rep. Adam Bird's amendement to H.B. 96 to remove...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jun 30, 20251 min read
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