The TSAFF in it's endeavor to increase the amount of resources that it can provide to our membership, have endorsed Steve Alexander to help any Garland Fire Fighters Association member with investment and retirement assistance, free of charge. Non-members can also contact Steve, but they will incure a fee for his services. Steve Alexander was a Mesquite police officer for five years before going into the Insurance business, he was also a City of Mesquite City Council Member for about 12 years before he decided not to run again in order to pursue other endeavors. He has extensive knowledge of TMRS and has some very good ideas about your retirement future. With TMRS offering a lump sum distribution, many municipal retirees have taken these lump sums and have invested these large sums of cash into the stock market where they have lost several hundreds of thousands of dollars due to a decline in the stock market. As a result, many retirees have had the unfortunate experience of having to go back to work. As firefighters that work for a Civil Service Municipality, we do not have the luxury of getting our "old" job back. Therefore we must be carefull with our retirement. As Steve would say, as you get closer to retirement, you must transform your retirement from "accumulation" to "preservation". If you have any questions please feel free to give him a call. 866-613-8799 or click on the Municipal Retirement Advisors link to the right.