A byline that’s been a familiar one to readers of The Capital Times for just short of 45 years will, unfortunately, go away soon. Matt Pommer, the dean of the Capitol press corps, is retiring.
….He was in the UW’s Commerce Building when the so-called Dow riot occurred, phoning developments back to the newsroom. There were no cell phones then, and a good reporter had to commandeer a land line. When he moved from the copy desk to the reporting ranks, one of his duties was covering the UW Board of Regents.