There’s a new management team at WisconsinEye, which has struggled for years to sign on as Wisconsin’s C-SPAN network and cover Capitol hearings, legislative sessions and Supreme Court arguments.
Out as president of the proposed cable channel is former Capitol radio reporter Jeff Roberts, who will continue with the organization as chief operating officer; in as acting president is board member Tom Loftus, the former state Assembly speaker. Loftus has quite a resume, having been the American ambassor to Norway, and then a World Health Organization official, since losing as the Democratic nominee for governor in 1990. Loftus took a big step in becoming a political power in Wisconsin again when Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle named him to the Board of Regents.