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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D.Aug 23, 2023

#Boulder’s City Council progressive majority passed a historic ordinance revising the city’s decades-old discriminatory occupancy limits.

The reaction from Boulder’s NIMBYs has been to equate the process with January 6.

Here’s my op-ed calling out their bullshit. https://www.dailycamera.com/2023/08/23/guest-opinion-brian-keegan-irresponsible-rhetoric-around-occupancy-ordinance-process-has-no-place-in-boulder/

Guest opinion: Brian Keegan: Irresponsible rhetoric around occupancy ordinance process has no place in Boulder

Boulder’s current leaders like Mayor Pro Tem Mark Wallach need to follow their own advice and turn down the temperature on irresponsible rhetoric equating normal and legitimate ordinance-making wit…

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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D.Aug 27, 2023

I got cussed out by the Deputy Mayor of Boulder in the editorial pages of the local paper last night.

Buckle up!

“What the fuck is Keegan doing now?”

https://www.dailycamera.com/2023/08/25/guest-opinion-mark-wallach-occupancy-limit-increase-is-a-repudiation-of-our-communitys-vote/

Guest opinion: Mark Wallach: Occupancy limit increase is a repudiation of our community’s vote

The idea that the voters did not understand what they were actually voting for when they rejected Bedrooms is ludicrous, at best, and quite insulting to those voters. You do not have to like the re…

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Josh

@bkeegan Wow. Everything in that screed raises my respect for you. Your earlier opinion that's linked makes sense on its own but is comparatively a much stronger argument. It sounds like your fair housing movement has a path forward, a shame it has to be so fraught.