Press Release: League of Women Voters of Ocean County - Annual Meeting

PRESS RELEASE        March 2011                                          

CONTACT: Gail Marsh Saxer

(732) 914-0154                                                                                                         gmsaxer@comcast.net

For Immediate Release:  

“What Does It Take To Get A Bill Adopted?”

Speaker: Marie Curtis, Former LWVNJ Lobbyist, Activist & TV Interviewer

 WHO:             League of Women Voters of Ocean County

WHEN:          Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 10:30 a.m.

WHAT:          LWVOC Annual Meeting: An Inside Look at the Legislative Process In Trenton

The League of Women Voters of Ocean County will hold our Annual Meeting and is pleased to present Guest Speaker Marie Curtis.

Information on the Speaker

 Marie Curtis knows the ins and outs of how politics works in New Jersey and will discuss what it takes to get a bill or a policy adopted. For over twenty years Marie worked as a Legislative Representative (translation: lobbyist) for the League of Women Voters of New Jersey on environment, government, and housing issues. In 1989 Marie moved to the New Jersey Environmental Lobby, as its Executive Director. Later, Marie founded a group called Earth Share, which enables people to donate to environmental organizations from their workplace. A resident of Monmouth County, Marie hosted her own TV interview show. The meeting, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 10:30 a.m., in the Berkeley Branch of the Ocean County Library on Station Road.  For more information, call Blanche Krubner at 732-364-3640.

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