Lawmakers say they will ask the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents today to fire a top UW-Madison administrator who collected his $191,000 salary during seven months of paid leave.
But Paul Barrows’ lawyer, Lester Pines, said his client has done nothing wrong.
“A lot of legislators, their only reaction to any problem is one of two things: cut taxes or fire the person,” Pines said. “That’s the extent of the intellect of some legislators.”