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STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Dec 22, 20242 min read
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Jim Stoll
Jun 4, 20244 min read
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)...
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STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jun 3, 20241 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...
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Dean Dennis
May 29, 20245 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....
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STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 27, 20241 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...
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STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 24, 20242 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...
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STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 21, 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...
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STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 19, 20243 min read
Editorial: STRS suit weak
Despite histrionic language asserting that State Teachers Retirement System board members Wade Steen and Rudy Fichtenbaum have violated...
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STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 18, 20241 min read
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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STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 16, 20244 min read
Paid leave for pension fund's executive director extended again
The executive director of the state's pension fund for teachers, who has been on paid administrative leave since November, will remain so...
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