Letter to the editor

Dear Editor,

As former educators and members of the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA),we are asking for your support of Proposition 9 on the November General Election ballot. Prop. 9, when passed, will provide the first cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) since 2004 for 420,000 Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) annuitants.

No Texas public-school employee who has retired since Sept. 1, 20…