October 3, 2003

Pay Vote by Wisconsin Regents Violated Open-Meetings Law, Critics Charge

The biggest stink in Wisconsin isn't wafting from a cow barn.

Instead, it's the stink being raised in response to a recent vote by the University of Wisconsin's Board of Regents to raise the maximum and minimum salaries for several of the system's top administrators.

State Sen. Michael Ellis, a Republican, issued a press release saying, "Words like 'arrogant,' 'shocking' and 'stupid' don't begin to describe this vote." Gov. James E. Doyle, a Democrat, has described the board's

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