A conservative lawmaker (Rep. Steve Nass) is denouncing University of Wisconsin President Kevin Reilly for urging the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee to avoid further cuts in the university’s 2005-2007 budget.
In a letter Wednesday to the committee, Reilly said there are elements in the proposed state budget that would help the university, but added “there are also several aspects that are already challenging us, such as having to cut at least 200 jobs and the lack of funding for a competitive pay plan, which is seriously affecting our ability to recruit.”