Three former legislators are now members of the University of Minnesota's 12-person governing board, a fact that has some people worried.
A "set limit on the number of former elected officials who can contend for regents' seats in a given year is in order," the Star Tribune's editorial board argues.
Such a move would "ensure that politicians do not come to dominate the governance of this important state institution," it says. Not that the new regents, elected Monday, aren't qualified, the board says. They are.
It continues:
What do you say? Are you happy to see these watchdogs on the board? Concerned about party loyalists exerting their influence?
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