Kyle Whitmire: RSA vs. AEA

| January 9, 2013 

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There’s a battle playing out in Montgomery between the leaders of the Retirement Systems of Alabama and the Alabama Education Association. The Birmingham News’ Kyle Whitmire explains the talk of a board “power play.”

 

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