For all of our fellow active and
retired public school employees who have suffered throughout this year due to
the TRS healthcare nightmare created during the 2017 Legislative Session…this
is OUR day!
For all retired public school
teachers, bus drivers, secretaries, sign-language interpreters, nurses,
custodians, librarians, cafeteria workers, police officers, maintenance
workers, classroom aides, social workers, counselors, and administrators who
retired after September 1, 2004, and have NEVER received a COLA (cost-of-living
adjustment)…this is OUR DAY!
For public school students and
employees across our state who have had to make due with less and less from our
state because of Texas' school-funding conundrum…this is OUR DAY!
For everyone in Texas who is tired
of seeing our property taxes increase while the state’s share of school funding
continues to decrease…this is OUR DAY!
OUR DAY begins with MIKE COLLIER as
our new lieutenant governor, and 1.5 MILLION TRS MEMBERS (along with our family members, former or current students, friends, and community members) CAN make this happen.
OUR DAY continues with the election
of “FRIENDLY-to-public-ed” state
representatives, senators,
and State
Board of Education members being elected!
OUR DAY requires us to know where to vote and to remind each of us that…
and that we deserve
OUR DAY is POSSIBLE, but it requires
that each one of us GETS OUT TO VOTE and GETS OUT THE VOTE!
This is OUR DAY!
Chris
Ardis retired in May of 2013 following a 29-year teaching career. She now helps
companies with business communications and social media and works as a sales
coordinator for Tony Roma's and Macaroni Grill. Chris can be reached at cardis1022@aol.com. (Chris' photo by
Linda Blackwell, McAllen)
