Wednesday, February 17th, twelve members of the Lincoln County Area Retired School Personnel traveled with other Region 13 members to the capitol in Jefferson City to meet with our state legislators.
Legislative Day has become an annual event for MRTA to show legislators that our group's numbers are large and our dedication is strong. Members are encouraged to wear red and this year more than 1,000 MRTA members flooded the capitol with a SEA of red! Alyse Stoll, MRTF Board Member from Raytown, said "That 1,000 number makes an impressive note for the legislators as well as an eye-opener for first time attendees!"
The morning's event began with a meeting in the Rotunda. Several dignitaries, including a couple of legislators and our own MRTA Executive Jim Kreider, welcomed everyone.
Stoll goes on to describe the rest of the morning's activities. "With packets of materials to discuss with the legislators
concerning protecting the benefits of its retirees from legislation that would
be detrimental to our Public School Retirement System and retirees’ pension to
asking for full funding of the state’s Foundation Formula. The attendees are in
the hallways, elevators jammed, up the stairs, down the stairs (that’s sets of
15,15,15 stairs – whew!) making our way between like-crowds in our moment of
connecting with our legislators. At lunch time, the “sea of red” was generating
to the third floor to join the legislators for lunch. All tables were
overflowing with pertinent conversations, becoming acquainted with fellow
members throughout the state and ardent discussions of success in promoting
MRTA goals.
Several of our LCARSP members were able to have their picture taken on the floor of the Senate! The Senate was in session all night, finally adjourning at 6:00 a.m. the morning of our visit.
MRTA Legislative Day is an annual event taking place each February. Make plans now to attend this fun and interactive event next year!
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