Nass' new rule should apply to himself

In today's Wisconsin State Journal, Rep. Steve Nass (R-Whitewater) says nothing should be discussed in the classroom that cannot be substantiated.

You mean like creationism?

If Nass is going to impose a rule like this on the UW-System, shouldn't he be required to follow it himself? That would prevent him from running around and making unsubstantiated claims against other people right? Some may recall this from the Capital Times:

The chancellor, Donald Hanna, had decided halfway through the hiring process to upgrade the position to a supervisory role. So when he decided to offer the job to governmental veteran Gassman, he made the salary $67,700 instead of the advertised $54,500.

Although Hanna later confessed he erred in changing the job description without restarting the hiring process and, as a result, took the drastic step of stepping down as chancellor, he made it clear that Gassman was completely oblivious to the job description changes. After an investigation, his explanation was backed up by UW System President Katharine Lyall, who went so far as to write a letter to The Capital Times to publicly say so.

Nevertheless, Nass carried on a campaign of innuendo, one of his specialties, insinuating that Hanna and Gassman were somehow "friends" and that they cooked up the deal to get her more money. Gassman, who said she had never met Hanna before applying for the job, eventually decided to chuck it all, was given a $16,000 severance for going three months without a job after resigning her position with County Executive Rick Phelps to accept Hanna's offer, and eventually went to work on other projects.

Nass had no proof to back up his claims but he ran around to the press bad mouthing Gassman with taxpayer dollars.

As soon as Rep. Nass gives up his taxpayer funded slander machine, he can start dictating how others speak.