MADISON – No new dorms for the University of Wisconsin System. No student union renovations. And no Hmong cultural center or Civil War museum to boot.
The Legislatureâ??s budget-writing committee on Thursday wiped all those projects out of the 2007-09 state budget. Republicans on the panel argued that they had to set priorities and draw the line on state debt, while committee Democrats said their GOP counterparts were being cheap.
â??You want to save money but at the same time you donâ??t want to be petty,â? said committee member Rep. Pedro Colon, D-Milwaukee.