SATURDAY 6/2: Common Cause President to Address FC League of Women Voters

Bob Edgar, president of Common Cause, will speak on campaign finance reform at the annual meeting of the League of Women Voters of Falls Church on Saturday June 2. Non-members are invited to attend this year’s event, which will be held at La Cote d’Or Café, 6876 Lee Highway, in Arlington.

The League’s annual business meeting will begin at 11:30 a.m. Non-members are asked to arrive at noon, in time for the luncheon and Edgar’s speech. The cost of the luncheon for non-members is $35 and reservations must be received by May 24. A registration form is available at http://lwvfallschurch.org/files/2012_registration_and_meal_form.pdf.

Edgar served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1974-1986, representing a district in the Philadelphia suburbs. He served as general secretary of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA for seven years, before joining Common Cause in 2007. Common Cause is a national nonpartisan, non-profit “citizens” lobby working to make government at all levels more honest, open and accountable and to connect citizens with their democracy.

More information about the Falls Church League and its activities is available at http://www.lwvfallschurch.org/.