BOULDER — Boulder’s deputy mayor wrote in an e-mail to a Louisville woman Thursday that he is “sometimes ashamed to live in Boulder” and said later that the city has a “selfish and arrogant streak.”
Ken Wilson, who has served on the City Council since 2007, engaged in an e-mail exchange Thursday morning with a Louisville woman who is friends with Boulder resident Seth Brigham — who was arrested Tuesday night during a council meeting for refusing to leave the speaking area.
In his reply to Wells, Wilson defended Boulder Mayor Susan Osborne’s decision to have Brigham removed from the room by a Boulder police officer, and he ended his note by saying, “I am also sometimes ashamed to live in Boulder, but most of the time I am delighted.”
The messages were forwarded to the Camera by Brigham and Wells.
Asked Thursday afternoon what he meant by his comments, Wilson said he’s sometimes upset with the attitudes of Boulder residents and policies.
“Sometimes people in Boulder, at least a set of them, get arrogant about where we are and who we are,” Wilson said. “I think we have a selfish and arrogant streak that we need to be careful about.”
He went on to explain that he thinks the city’s attitude and policies are to resist growth, and that it’s self-serving to “keep people out of the city … to limit housing to the point where middle-class and working-class people can’t live here,” he said. “I think that’s a shame, and I think it’s a selfish streak.”
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