Eileen Young, FCRTA Legislative Contact
Federal Government
Franklin County House
Representatives Franklin
County State Senators
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Ohio Government Links
Organizations Email
Selected House Leadership
Selected Senate Leadership
Selected State Government 800
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To email any legislators, please just click on their name. Your email new message will automatically appear. You can write your own personal message to that representative or senator.
(If you don't know your representative, or if you live in another county, go to www.legislature.state.oh.us Enter your zip code+four or call the Board of Elections 614-462-3100.)
To leave a phone message with a representative, call 1-800-282-0253
Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-5:00 pm
The mailing address for House members is:
77 S. High Street
Columbus OH 43215.
ORTA and STRS will alert us if the bill is brought to the floor. If so, e-mails, letters, or phone calls to your own representative will be very important. See the Franklin County list is repeated below after the names of sponsors and cosponsors.
Franklin County Representatives: (If you don't know your representative, go to www.legislature.state.oh.us Enter your zip code+four or call the Board of Elections 614-462-3100.)
To leave a phone message with a representative, call 1-800-282-0253
Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-5:00 pm
The mailing address for House members is:
77 S. High Street
Columbus OH 43215.
The mailing address for senators is Statehouse, Columbus OH 43215
Later information may be available at www.orta.org or STRS
Legislative and STRS Info
128th Ohio General Assembly 2009
To email any legislators, please just click on their name. Your email new message will automatically appear. You can write your own personal message to that representative or senator.
[email protected] Armund Budish (D) Speaker of the House
[email protected] Brian Williams (D) Chair, Education Committee
[email protected] Barbara Boyd (D) Chair, Health Committee
[email protected] Vernon Sykes (D) Chair, Finance Committeee
[email protected] Tracy Heard (D) Assistant Majority Floor Leader
Contacting the sponsor or sponsors of bills of interest, in addition to
your representative listed below, is often a good choice. Names are usually
in articles about the bills. To learn e-mail addresses, go to web site links.
Franklin County House Representatives
The person who represents you in the General Assembly is the one most likely to respond to your concerns and can sometimes be influential in convincing colleagues to change their position on bills. Others who may respond are members of the committee hearing a particular bill and those in leadership roles.
If you don't know your representative go to www.legislature.state.oh.us Enter your zip code+four or call the board of elections at 614-462-3100. Franklin County House Representatives are
[email protected] Marian Harris (D) Education Committee, Healthcare Access & Affordability Committee
[email protected] Nancy Garland (D) Education Committee
[email protected] Kevin Bacon (R)
[email protected] John Patrick Carney (D)
[email protected] Cheryl Grossman (R)
[email protected] Ted Celeste (D)
[email protected] Daniel Stewart (D)
[email protected] Tracy Heard (D) Assistant Majority Floor Leader
[email protected] W. Carlton Weddington (D) Education Committee
To leave a phone message for a representative, call 1-800-282-0253, Monday-Friday, 8:30 am -- 5:00 pm.
[email protected] Bill Harris (R) Senate President
[email protected] Kevin Coughlin (R) Chair, Health, Human Services & Aging Committee
[email protected] Gary Cates (R) Chair, Education Committee
[email protected] Capri Carfaro (D) Minority Leader
[email protected] Kurt Schuring (R) Chair, Ohio Retirement Study Commission,
Health, Human Services & Aging Committee
[email protected] Jennifer Garrison (R) Majority Floor Leader
[email protected] Ray Miller (D) Minority Whip
Franklin County State Senators
If you do not know the name of your state senator, go to www.legislature.state.oh.us use your zip code+four. This link leads to bios, leadership roles, and committee assignments of all senators and representatives.
Current Franklin County senators are
[email protected] District 03, David Goodman (R)
[email protected] District 16. Jim Hughes
[email protected] District 15, Ray Miller (D) Minority Whip
www.ohio.gov Official web site with links
www.house.state.oh.us Ohio House of Representatives 1-800-282-0253 or 466-8842
www.senate.state.oh.us Ohio Senate 1-800-282-0253 or 466-8842
www.tedstrickland.com Governor Ted Strickland 614-466-3555
www.sconet.state.oh.us Supreme Court, general information 614-387-9000
Thomas J. Moyer, Chief Justice
www.orsc.org Ohio Retirement Study Council 614-288-1346
Aristotle L. Hutras, ORSC Director
[email protected] Ohio Ethics Commission
Selected State Government 800 Numbers
800-282-0515 Attorney General Consumer Protection
800-686-1556 Child Support Hotline
800-582-CVSS Crime Victim Assistance
800-282-0880 Home Energy Assistance Program
800-282-0253 Legislative Information
800-324-8680 Medicaid Consumer Hotline
877-7-PATROL State Highway Patrol (Highway Help)
800-282-1780 Tax Questions
800-BUCKEYE Travel and Tourism
800-251-OBES Unemployment Hotline
800-282-9448 Utility Consumer Complaints
800-OHIO-BWC Workers' Compensation
EMAIL CONTACTS
FCRTA (Franklin County Retired Teachers)
Return to Executive Officers for names and contact information.
ORTA (Ohio Retired Teachers Association)
[email protected] Main web site 614-431-7002 Edna Hanson, President
[email protected] Ann Hanning, Executive Director & Legislation
[email protected] Judy Durst, Administrative Assistant
CEA (Columbus Education Association)
www.ceaohio.org Main web site 614-253-4731
Rhonda Johnson, President
[email protected] Judy Valentine, President, CEA-Retired 614-235-4572
[email protected] Marilyn Allen, Capital District Representative to OEA-R 614-299-4841
Dr. Jean Harris, Superintendent
OEA (Ohio Education Association)
www.ohea.org Main web site 614-228-4526
Gary Allen, President
OFT (Ohio Federation of Teachers)
www.oft-aft.org Main web site 614-258-3240
Sue Taylor, President
STRS (State Teachers Retirement System) 1-888-227-7877
www.strs.oh.org Main web site 614-227-4090
Michael J. Neff, Executive Director
[email protected] Terri Bierdeman, Director, Governmental Relations
(Current STRS Board Members and Photos)
How to reach STRS board members:
Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding
www.ohiocoalition.org Main web site 614-228-6540
Bill Phillis, Executive Director
BASA Buckeye Association of School Administrators
www.basa-ohio.org Main web site 614-846-4080
[email protected] Tom Ash, Director of Governmental Relations
CORE (Concerned Ohio Retired Educators)
www.concernedohio.org.core.html
MEDIA
The Columbus Dispatch
[email protected] (200 words or less; include name, address, phone)
www.USA.gov Official gateway to all government information
[email protected] President Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington DC 20500
[email protected] Vice President Biden
www.house.gov/writerep Enter state and zip code plus four. Access text entry form.
www.senate.gov General information
www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators-cfm.cfm
www.tiberi.house.gov/ Patrick Tiberi (R-12th District) official web site. Local phone: 614-523-2555
3000 Corporate Exchange Drive Suite 310
Columbus OH 43231
Because of security delays, "snail mail" is discouraged. Contact Rep.Tiberi locally or by e-mail thru his web site.
www.house.gov/kilroy/ Mary Jo Kilroy (D-15th District) Local phone: 614-294-2196
1299 Olentangy River Road, Suite 200
Columbus OH 43212
Local contact suggested or use the web site for e-mail link.
www.brown.senate.gov/contact.cfm Sherrod Brown (D) 614-469-2083
200 North High Street, Room 614
Columbus OH 43215
www.voinovich.senate.gov George Voinovich (R) 614-469-6779
37 West Broad Street. Suite 310
Columbus OH 43215
Washington mailing address for Senators is U.S Senate, Washington DC 20510. Telephone is 202-224-3121
Retired and current educators are urged to contact their own legislators and
sponsors, especially those from their area of the state. Thank the sponsors
for their willingness to take a significant step to further the discussion of
this critical issue.
To email any legislators, please just click on their name. Your email new message will automatically appear. You can write your own personal message to that representative or senator.
(If you don't know your representative, or if you live in another county, go to www.legislature.state.oh.us Enter your zip code+four or call the Board of Elections 614-462-3100.)
To leave a phone message with a representative, call 1-800-282-0253
Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-5:00 pm
The mailing address for House members is:
77 S. High Street
Columbus OH 43215.
ORTA and STRS will alert us if the bill is brought to the floor. If so, e-mails, letters, or phone calls to your own representative will be very important. See the Franklin County list is repeated below after the names of sponsors and cosponsors.
To email any legislators, please just click on their name. Your email new message will automatically appear. You can write your own personal message to that representative or senator.
Franklin County Representatives: (If you don't know your representative, go to www.legislature.state.oh.us Enter your zip code+four or call the Board of Elections 614-462-3100.)
To leave a phone message with a representative, call 1-800-282-0253
Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-5:00 pm
The mailing address for House members is:
77 S. High Street
Columbus OH 43215.
The mailing address for senators is Statehouse, Columbus OH 43215
Later information may be available at www.orta.org or STRS
MEDIA:
updated 09/07/2009
The Columbus Dispatch
[email protected] (200 words or less;
include name, address, phone)