Evers wants state Senate to consider his appointments, despite Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling

Wisconsin’s governor worries that colleges such as UW-La Crosse will be affected by a new decision from the state Supreme Court. 

Democratic Governor Tony Evers is upset with the court ruling which declared that a Scott Walker appointee to the DNR board can stay on the board indefinitely.  Evers says the Republican-run Senate has been keeping his nominees off the UW Board of Regents.

“I have 9 of the 11 Board of Regents that have not been appointed,” says the governor. “And when, if for some odd reason, a Republican is in my position in a couple months, all those people will be gone.”

Evers is running for a second term in November, and has publicly declared that he expects to win the election. Speaking at a La Crosse book store late last week, the governor said his appointees for the Regents are not political people.

Evers says it’s wrong for the state Supreme Court to keep appointed members on state boards until the State Senate approves replacements. 

“We could solve that by the Senate coming in and actually approving my regents,” Evers said. Legislators have adjourned for the rest of the year, and have shut down special sessions in a matter of seconds.

Some Republicans running for governor are promising to replace all the Regents named by Evers, claiming those appointees are too liberal.