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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


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...

ORTA
Jun 1, 20241 min read


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


Mike DeWine’s smear campaign against pension board’s Wade Steen tarnishes his reputation
When all else fails, resort to smear campaigns and unethical tactics to achieve your desired result. This is the political philosophy...

ORTA
May 28, 20243 min read


"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...

ORTA
May 27, 20241 min read


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...

ORTA
May 23, 20242 min read


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...

ORTA
May 21, 20242 min read


ORTA leaders confront STRS Ohio Board
ORTA's Executive Director, Robin Rayfield; President, Dean Dennis; and President-Elect, Stephen Seagrave confronted the STRS Ohio Board...

ORTA
May 20, 20244 min read


Toledo Blade Editorial: STRS suit weak
Despite histrionic language asserting that State Teachers Retirement System board members Wade Steen and Rudy Fichtenbaum have violated...

ORTA
May 19, 20243 min read
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