Executive Director’s Report – November 2025

Why does RPEC exist?  The organization, formed more than 50 years ago by retired public sector employees, was established to work to preserve your state and federal retirement benefits.  At our core, RPEC is an advocacy organization. Our federal and state legislative and policy priorities are established by our members at our biennial Convention and are reviewed multiple times per year by the statewide Legislative Committee. 

I recently had a member write to me to ask why RPEC has mobilized members to contact their Congressional leaders about the budget stalemate. (Note that this letter was written when no compromise was…