Wednesday, July 07, 2010

AG Says Reilly Didn’t Follow Policy In Hiring Doyle Loyalist

This would seem self-evident.

The decision to give Gov. Jim Doyle’s top aide a choice job in the University of Wisconsin System likely violated university hiring rules, state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said Wednesday.

Van Hollen said UW System president Kevin Reilly didn’t follow university policy in giving the high-paying job to former Administration Secretary Michael Morgan because he didn’t consider other candidates.

But Van Hollen, who was responding to a request by Rep. Steve Nass (R-Whitewater), said he didn’t have authority to act in the matter and instead referred it to the state Board of Regents to review.

Morgan’s new job as the system’s senior vice president for administration and fiscal affairs provides him with a 79% boost in pay.

Morgan, who made $136,944 as administration secretary, is receiving $245,000 a year in the new job he started Tuesday. It is the same pay as that of the former person in the position, Tom Anderes, who has 30 years of experience in higher education and left to head the University of Arizona system.

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Posted by Owen at 1719 hrs
Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

  1. Gee I can’t imagine the regents will care all that much or do anything about it. Being a bunch of loyal leftists they are sure to support the hiring.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 07, 2010 at 1807 hrs


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