Teachers deserve equal benefits from the state. No other state in the nation is willing to give so little to its teachers. In 1994 many retired teachers were living at poverty levels, and measures passed in 1995 and 1997 did nothing to prevent this from happening again.
Education is supposed to be a top priority in our state.
The state is the one who determines and governs teachers' entire retirement package. State legislators cannot keep denying their responsibility for teacher retirement benefits. On Sunday, Nov. 8, the Abilene Reporter-News ran an article on the Brady Law and gunshows. President Clinton says in the article that gunshows do not require the waiting period. The waiting period is required whenever a handgun is purchased, be it at a gunshow or not, as long as it is purchased from a licensed dealer.