OK members-it is time to reawaken the sleeping giant. Statewide WSSRA has about 18,000 members (and many retirees who are not members) and 525 of those members are right here in BFSRA.
WSSRA in Olympia really needs our help in two areas:
1) We really need everyone's e-mail address because when it gets to "crunch time" in the Legislature, it will require everyone messaging our 8th and 16th legislators. Out of 18,000 members, Olympia only has 1,368 e-mail addresses.
FOLKS- We can do better than that!!! More e-mail addresses means we can get messages between our members and our legislators in a timely, effective fashion.
Please e mail your address to Ed Gonion at ed@wssra.org .
2) Contact our legislators and tell them "Pension Funding is a contractual and moral obligation of the State upon which retirees lives depend". For non e-mailers the 1-800-562-6000 still is a good number to call.
You know the "pre-legislative" meeting in Olympia was extremely "ineffective" and the real work is happening now, meaning the "$2 billion cut" still lies ahead so hang onto your shorts and be alert. AJ, Elaine and Jim go to Olympia January 18th and 19th to carry your concerns to legislators.
You can e-mail concerns and "pension losses" to Elaine at debanks2223@msn.com and/or Jim and AJ at cameojj@charter.net !
One more thing-carefully read the January Journal pgs3,4&5.
YOUR legislative committee,
Elaine, AJ and Jim.
