President’s Messages

I'm typing this on the date of the Summer Solstice; Happy Summer to you all! June-gloom continues in San Diego but sunshine is on the way, I assure you. And a special greeting and thanks to the over 40 folks [...]

Hello Retirees! We have couple items of good news from SDCERS. A cost of living adjustment/increase was approved (spend wisely) and two informational meetings are scheduled for helping us all make good choices for our health and other insurance needs. [...]

"May you live in interesting times" - a curse or a toast to never being bored? The more involved I am in the world around me the more there is to amaze me. I find myself fascinated by the daily [...]

Has it been rainy-wet enough for you here in San Diego? My garden and everyone's yards seem to be sprouting loads of weeds - luckily unwanted growth is easily pulled in between the rains saturating the soil. I enjoy garden [...]

Happy New Year 2019! Your REA Board has added Dick Wilken as a new, though returning, member. The Board also established a budget and goals for 2019; look for another successful year of activities and action. Bali Hai will again be [...]

Happy Holidays! Or maybe for some the weeks to come it will be closer to Holidaze? I hope that you get to celebrate in some fashion, hopefully with some family and friends. You could even join us, your REA buddies, [...]

Were you there at our October meeting? Maybe I missed seeing you? It was a treat to hear our October guest speaker, former City Manager Jack McGrory, explain about the proposal for using the Mission Valley land now occupied by [...]

I've been absent from my Presidential duties this month traveling to Sacramento to train CHP about bicycling and to New Orleans (wow, it was humid and hot, but interesting there) to a WalkBikePlace conference. Thank you to Dave Twomey, Mike [...]

Well, I offer thanks to the Board and Dave Twomey for my opportunity to be the August Speaker on my favorite topic, how we are being coaxed into accepting people bicycling on our roads. I hope to have provided useful [...]

Happy Summer to all! I hope that those of you that are able to attend our monthly General Membership meetings are keeping up with the changes in speakers scheduled. VP Dave Twomey works diligently with assistance from Board members to [...]

Well, interesting times we're having, or are some of you blissfully keeping clear of any news outlets? From national to State to strictly local issues, the falsely claimed to be a Chinese curse - "May you live in interesting times" [...]

June brings our annual choices for which health and other insurance programs we will sign up for. Yes, it matters. SDCERS has been scampering to react to the City driven change from HealthNet to Cigna; several opportunities are being prepared [...]

Thanks again to any of you responsible for or at least OK with me being REA's President. The responsibilities of running this organization, supported by and shared with the Board members, have been just right for my retiree lifestyle; with [...]

Although I had to miss our regular March meeting - minor injuries from falling off a 6' ladder - I did attend some productive meetings on your behalf along with REA VP Mike Bresnahan and Treasurer Karen Butler. We met [...]

- Here I am, 12 years retired, largely unemployed with lots of free time, and I cannot organize my life well enough to meet the deadline for this "Presidents Message," sigh.