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Manski at WI Libertarian Convention

Date:

April 18, 2009 4:15-5:00pm 

Location:

Monk's at the Wilderness, Wisconsin Dells, WI



Full Description:

Ben Manski, coordinator of the national "Bring the Guard Home! It's the Law." campaign, will be a featured speaker at the Wisconsin Libertarian Party Convention, April 18th, 4:15pm, Monk's at the Wilderness, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. Below is the full agenda for the day . . .

 

LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF WISCONSIN ~ State Convention
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Monk’s at the Wilderness, Wisconsin Dells

8:00 a.m.   Registration

9:00 – 10:15 a.m.   Executive Committee Meeting

10:15 a.m.   Break

10:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.   General Membership Meeting

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.   Lunch

12:30 – 5:00 p.m.   Speakers

12:30 – 1:20  p.m.  Richard V. Campagna  ~ Libertarianism & Judicial Realism                                                                     

Richard Campagna is a multi-disciplinary professional with a long and distinguished record in public and community service. He is also an attorney and businessman, university instructor, and counselor.  He was the official 2004 Libertarian Party Candidate for Vice President.
 
1:30 – 2:15 p.m.  Gary Storck ~  Wisconsin’s Marijuana Laws

Gary Storck is the head of the Madison, Wisconsin chapter of NORML (the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws).  He has worked tirelessly over the last 30 years to get medical marijuana legislation passed in Wisconsin.

2:15 – 3:10  John Witte ~ Education and the Market

John Witte is Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. His research has focused on educational choice. He has written, The Market Approach to Education (2001) and his current research is on charter schools; his new longitudinal study of the Milwaukee voucher program is slated to go through 2011.

Break  3:10 – 3:30 p.m

3:30 – 4:15 p.m.  Gene German ~ The Right To Bear Arms

Gene German is the founder of Wisconsin Patriots whose mission is to restore, exercise and preserve individual rights, including the right to be safe.  He is also an AACFI Senior Firearms Instructor and his permit to carry training is certified by both the Minnesota Department of Public Safety and the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification.

4:15 – 5:00 p.m.   Ben Manski ~ Bring the Guard Home Campaign

Ben Manski is the Executive Director of Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution as well as a Wisconsin attorney. He served as co-chair of the Green Party of the United States from 2001 through 2004. He was employed on the staffs of a number of environmental, social justice, pro-democracy, and education advocacy organizations throughout the 1990s.



Additional Information:

The convention website:

http://lpwi.org/pws/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=21&MMN_position=42:42



Areas of Focus:

Afghanistan (Bring The Guard Home), Defense Reform (Bring The Guard Home), Democratizing Defense, Iraq (Bring The Guard Home)

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