Tony Evers says his UW System Board of Regents appointees will not be 'employees of mine'
Gov.-elect Tony Evers, at his last meeting as a member of the UW Board of Regents, briefly outlined a vision for higher education that has often been at odds with a board governed almost entirely by Gov. Scott Walker appointees.
“Sometimes we have respectfully disagreed and there’s nothing wrong with that in a democracy,” Evers said of his colleagues on the 18-member board.
Evers’ appointees to the board will be independent, “not employees of mine,” he said during brief remarks Thursday at the meeting held in La Crosse. He also said the University of Wisconsin System is a “democracy driver” and campus research opportunities need to be valued.
Evers has butted heads with his colleagues on the board, going so far as to say last spring that he “can’t wait” to replace them as governor.
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