LWVCT President Cheryl Dunson spoke with WGCH's Tony Savino about the League's Annual Convention, coming up on May 21, 2011, and the League's  position on the death penalty.


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Hamden, CT (May 3, 2011)—The Connecticut League of Women Voters’ 2011 State Convention, on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at The Graduate Club in New Haven, features Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Nicole Gelinas, as its guest speaker.  Every 2 years delegates from local Leagues in Connecticut convene for workshops, networking, and election of state board members. This year, Ms. Gelinas will present the convention with a keynote address on the pros and cons of privatization.

Ms. Gelinas is an accomplished author and a contributing editor of City Journal, described as the nation’s premier urban policy magazine.

She writes on urban economics and finance, municipal and corporate finance, and business issues. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst

(CFA) charterholder and a member of the New York Society of Securities Analysts. Her most recent book, After the Fall: Saving Capitalism from Wall Street — and Washington was published in November 2009.

Commentators have called it a “standout” and “an instant classic” — one of the best analyses of the country’s 2008 financial meltdown.

Gelinas has published analysis and opinion pieces in the op-ed pages of the country’s leading publications, such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and Boston Herald.

For more information, contact the League of Women Voters at 203/288-7996 or online at www.lwvct.org.
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The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization of women and men.  We encourage informed and active participation in government, work to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influence public policy through education and advocacy.

For more information on the League of Women Voters of Connecticut, visithttp://www.lwvct.org.