A member of the UW System?s Board of Regents is calling on Chancellor Biddy Martin to “withdraw her support” for UW-Madison being spun off from the rest of the UW System. Tom Loftus, who has served on the Board of Regents since June of 2005, made the statement in a letter e-mailed to The Capital Times.
In a phone conversation Monday, Loftus said he?s disappointed that Martin never told the Regents — even though she has known for more than a month — that Gov. Scott Walker?s 2011-13 budget proposal would likely contain a provision that would not only give UW-Madison some key flexibilities and freedoms, but split the university from the UW System.