TARA members join the fight against privatization! Texas Alliance for Retired Members and interested people from across Texas will meet at 9 AM Friday, June 27, in room C146 of the Dallas Convention Center. The workshop is titled "Labor Retirees" and takes place during the Texa... Read more
Retirees will be pleased to hear about the new RAISE legislation to improve and advance Social Security! They'll love Judy Bryant's description of our new Corpus Christi chapter! They'll like discussing the opportunity to spread the good news at the Texas Democratic Party conve... Read more
Seniors Stand Up for Our Children's Schools Dallas, where Texas organizer Judy Bryant lives, is in the middle of a privatization takeover of its public schools. A Houston billionaire and a handful of aggressive politicians have seized on an obscure Texas law allowing school distr... Read more
TARA OFFICERS ACCEPT NEW CHALLENGES Texas Alliance for Retired Americans Secretary Tony Padilla and ARA CAN Board Member Marty Alvarado were recently chosen for additional roles where they will continue to work for senior issues. Tony was elected the National Vice President of N... Read more
Tony Padilla Honored! Texas Alliance Secretary Tony Padilla was recently honored through election as national Vice President of NARVRE. Following his nomination speech he was elected on a contested race of two candidates. Delegates voted 55 to 8 for Padilla! Here is the speech h... Read more
The scandal over veterans' health care has seized a lot of attention. Politicians are demanding that somebody's heads must roll. While no one can deny that leadership could always be better, the problems actually run much deeper. Many of the politicians now outraged over poor hea... Read more
Turnout in the Texas primary elections may be drooping to record lows. Since retired people always vote in every election, our percentage increases dramatically every time the total vote sags! In other words, the more younger people don't vote, the more important we become! Ed S... Read more
Fort Worth Seniors to Report on National Convention Our next Monthly meeting of the Ft Worth Alliance for Retired Americans will be this Wednesday, May 21st. There will be a report on the National Convention and a discussion of future ARA plans. Among the issues are the Trans-Pac... Read more
I am proposing a "Cutest Grandkids" contest as our main 2014 fundraiser. Contestants would submit a single photograph of their grandkids along with a donation to the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans. First prize would be a $100 savings bond, 2nd prize a $50 bond, and 3rd priz... Read more