Frank Koehn Speaks at UWSP 2 27 12
Channel: uwspthepointer
Date: 2012-03-01

02-27-2012 Frank Koehn is a prominent activist in Northern Wisconsin. He is most notable for being the first Green Party candidate to be elected to office in the United States when he was elected Bayfield County supervisor on the Lake Superior Greens ticket in 1986. Koehn's 12 years on the Board of Supervisors (1986--1998) is one of the longest tenures in elected office for any Green Party member, and the second longest among Wisconsin Greens. Koehn has also been active in environmental, treaty rights and human rights causes including opposition to the Crandon and White Pine mines, support of Ojibwe treaty rights, and support for the proposed Seventh-Generation Amendment to the US Constitution. 

For more University of Wisconsin Campus, Local, State and World news, stay tuned to The Pointer.   www.pointeronline.uwsp.edu