President's Message

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

March 2025

President, Tony Pizza,

At the February meeting, District VP Steve Smith visited and talked about the detrimental actions of the new administration towards the federal workforce. He said NARFE has filed a lawsuit, and joined lawsuits with unions opposed to the administration. But the chicken fried steak was great, as usual. Pork loin next month, but no lasagna until May. 😢

Recently, NARFE President Bill Shackelford stated “The administration’s act first, think later mentality in reducing the size of the federal workforce will lead to disruption of critical government operations as they chart an aggressive path towards firing hundreds of thousands of dedicated public servants”.

Most of the news this month is about the turmoil going on in the government, but I’m not going to repeat it. However, I have to mention that now is a good time to donate to NARFE-PAC. That money, not dues, pays for our lobbyists to keep the legislators aware of our need to protect our benefits. Don’t ignore that NARFE-PAC request when it comes.

And, when your renewal notice shows up, don’t delay and end up being dropped. More than any other time, NARFE needs you now! Better yet, contact Carl to go on dues withholding.

There’s news about the Social Security Fairness Act that eliminated the WEP and GPO for annuitants who also receive Social Security. The SSA says they have started this month with back payments for 2024 and will start paying the adjusted monthly rates in April. We’ll see if it happens.

When my wife was a first grade teacher, she often heard from students things going on in their family. Harry’s mother was expecting, and naturally Harry was very excited about it. When one day Harry stopped talking about it she was concerned and questioned him why. “Well”, Harry said, “my mother told me I could feel the baby moving in her stomach, I think she ate it!”