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Boulder Star Wars – Revenge of the Seth!
Sep 22nd
the voice of Boulder
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Sept. 22, 2010 Boulder The seasons are turning and so are the stomach’s of Boulder’s City Council. The City has a agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by Boulder citizen and local activist Seth Brigham to the tune of $10,000. Or 10 grrrrr in today’s hip jargon.
In case you missed it or don’t know Seth – he stripped down to his undies (boxers not briefs, thank heaven) during a recent City Council meeting and was promptly asked to leave the room. When Seth refused – he was arrested. Since no charges were filed, (taste or lack thereof is still not a crime) Seth filed some charges of his own. He sued the City, claiming his civil rights were violated. Whether they were or weren’t is a mute point now that the City decided is was cheaper to hand him ten grand rather than fight his suit in court.
So here are my talking points on this matter.
Doesn’t the City employ a full time attorney to handle this sort of thing?
Why didn’t City Council just say – we were wrong – you were right – were sorry – undress anytime you want?
Aren’t taxpayers owed an explanation of how it was worth $10,000 rather than admit any “wrong doing”?
Can a well meaning, although disruptive, citizen be banned from Council meetings?
Since every City Council meeting is broadcast “live” on city-owned Boulder Channel 8 – why aren’t we distributing this ultimate “Reality Show” on MTV and making a fortune in ad revenues?
Boulder has an endless supply of interesting, albeit sometimes wacky, cast members to easily fill the 4-6 hour time slot and Seth is way cooler and far more entertaining than Snookie or The Situation will ever be. I think I’m on to something here… Or, maybe I’ve just had too much coffee.
Six Boulder reporters join Boulder Channel 1 News blog
Jul 31st
Boulder Channel 1 News blog has really taken off these past two months. First Ron Baird, former Colorado Daily reporter and assistant editor joined us back in June. Ron is our news editor. He over sees all the news releases which comes into our virtual news room. He posts approximately 2-5 news stories a day.
Donna Marek writes approximately 3 to 5 stories a week. She joined us in July as our Boulder Cultural affairs editor. Donna is a longtime Boulder reporter, talk show host and film maker. She worked for the Daily Camera and Denver Post.
Rob Smoke covers politics in the city and county. He was a Daily Camera reporter and can be seen weekly at boulder city council meetings.
Seth Brigham is a Boulder writer and talk show host. Seth is known as a Boulder gadfly and often finds himself making the news more than he writes about it.
Jon Graham writes about “Tech”. He has worked for Boulder Channel 1 for 20 years. He worked for Bell labs and the University of Colorado. He begins writing for BC1 news this month.