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John Nichols: Tony Evers is already renewing Wisconsin Idea

The Evers standard was particularly notable last Thursday, when the state superintendent of public instruction attended his last meeting as a member of the UW Board of Regents. Gracious and good-humored, Evers acknowledged that he had often disagreed with outgoing Gov. Scott Walker’s appointees to the board and added “there’s nothing wrong with that in a democracy.”