Over 80 attended our May luncheon and heard Connecticut Comptroller Kevin Lembo speak. The reaction from those present was overwhelmingly positive. SFCTRA vice president Janess Coffina summarizes Kevin Lembo’s address below. Using a baseball metaphor, Kevin Lembo, Comptroller of the State of Connecticut, spoke about his role: he is the one who calls balls and…
In honor of our Past President, John Kane, the SFCRTA Board of Directors has established a $1000.00 Book Award in his name to be given annually. Five Top Tips for Brain Health (reprinted with permission of the Fairfield Senior Times, Bigelow Center for Senior Activities, Fairfield, CT) Dr. Rudolph Tanzi of Harvard Medical School, a…
We have heard from a number of retired teachers that live out of state inquiring as to why they should join SFCRTA if they no longer live in Connecticut. When you retire, you no longer have a bargaining unit to negotiate and protect your pension and health care benefits. Several of SFCRTA board members attend…
By the time this reaches you the election will be over and our country will be embarking on what promises to be a long and difficult healing process. With this new administration and Congress, we will once again have the opportunity to pursue the repeal of the Social Security Fairness agenda, namely the Windfall Elimination…
It has been an eventful and busy year for retired teachers: We have held on to the state income tax exclusion for 2016 (25%) and 2017 (50%) despite a difficult budget session. We had two very successful luncheons, one in October with James Stirling of Stirling Benefits, and one in May with Kevin Graff, ARTC…