With just weeks to go before he steps down as chancellor of UW-Madison, John Wiley has penned a blistering rebuke of state officials and the state’s largest business lobby for putting Wisconsin on the road to becoming a “permanent third-world state.”
“Wisconsin has lost its way,” opened Wiley in a 3,000-word treatise titled “From Crossroads to Crisis” that appears in the September issue of Madison Magazine. “We’ve lost touch with our traditions and values. Our politics has become a poisonous swill, and the most influential voice for the business community has been taken hostage by partisan ideologues.”