It's not uncommon for right-leaning folks to make jokes or snide comments about left-leaning Boulder: we sometimes hold it up as a point of contrast, showing what Colorado Springs could become if we aren't careful. I've been guilty of that myself.

But today I'll leave the Boulder-baiting to a Boulder insider, Deputy Mayor Ken Wilson, who is making news for saying what many of us have been thinking for a long time. Wilson's critiques became public after a personal e-mail exchange was sent to The Boulder Daily Camera. Take it away, Ken:

"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."

Wilson said he works on the council to provide more density in the city, and that to do otherwise is "pushing the problems on someone else."

"That's selfish and arrogant," he said."

You said it, Ken. Not me.