MADISON, Wis. — Outgoing University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John Wiley said the state’s largest business lobby has been taken over by “political extremists” and has become an obstacle to economic development.
Wiley is using a 3,000-word essay in the September issue of Madison Magazine to slam Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce and state lawmakers for creating a “toxic” political environment that puts partisanship ahead of the state’s pressing needs.