Dr. Fichtenbaum pulls back the curtain on why he believes due to the legislative underfunding, Ohio educators are facing the worst retirement deal in the country.

The conclusion of testimony against two board members of the State Teachers Retirement System, Wade Steen and Rudy Fichtenbaum, leads us to believe that the case is full of holes and should not have been brought in the first place.

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“We’re looking forward to the trial, because that’s when the rubber meets the road,” Abood said. “It’s no longer going to be a question of innuendo or rumor.”

Because this gerrymandered statehouse was so afraid of the blowback from teachers and retirees for a blatant political takeover of their pension, these feckless politicians tried to pull it off at 1:00 a,m. in the morning and give no opportunity for those retirees and teachers to speak out against it. Give a big shout out to the Ohio Federation of Teachers, Ohio Education Association, and the American Association of University Professors, for coming together to challenge this

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The Governor’s signing into law HB 69, containing the Adam Bird amendment, left unchallenged, would change the composition of the STRS Pension Board from seven elected pension members and four political appointees to three elected pension members and eight political appointees.  This is unacceptable.

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Rather than worry about the composition of the STRS board, Ohio lawmakers should be forcing reforms that produce better investment returns. The 10-year cumulative return for the S&P 500 is 290.76 percent, more than double STRS’ assumed rate of return. Additional dollars from taxpayers would not be needed if Ohio was matching market returns, showing where state pension reform should focus.