Madison, Wisconsin: University Archives and Records Management Services
Summary
In this 1987 interview, Laura Smail talks with Mary Lou Munts and Richard Flintrop about their experiences as legislators working with UW-Madison and UW System. Munts and Flintrop talk about their work on UW System budgets during Governor Patrick Lucey's administration and UW System lobbying efforts. They discuss the legislative leadership vacuum on higher education in the late 1970s and the impact of that vacuum on Madison campus. They talk about UW-Madison's lobbying and its standing in the legislature. Munts and Flintrop talk about how the legislature functions and the changes in the Wisconsin State Legislature since 1972. They discuss UW System presidents and their relationship with the legislature along with the role of the Regents. Munts and Flintrop discuss merger and post-merger budget issues along with the issue of collective bargaining and the faculty pay controversy. The interview ends with Munts and Flintrop talking about issues with lobbying and the higher education enrollment projections along with UW System's attitude towards the legislature and legislators.