By Glen Moberg
Three Republican lawmakers held a listening session Monday at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, which faces a 25 percent cut in state aid under Gov. Walker's proposed state budget. It was the first budget hearing by Republicans on the campus.
Dozens of speakers asked Reps. Scott Krug, Nancy VanderMeer and John Spiros to restore the planned cuts to the UW System. Many, like Gene Reineking of Almond, addressed them personally.
“Our governor is not going to be here forever,” Reineking said. “But you folks are going to be here. And you're going to have to clean up his mess.”
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