DACONO — The woman who resigned her City Council seat in 2007 after saying on a local website that a Democrat is worse than “being a black disabled one-armed drug addicted Jewish queer” who has a “Mexican boyfriend” is now running for mayor.

Sandra Tucker said she learned her lesson over the posting, which prompted her to quit the council because she didn’t want the town of 4,000 in southwest Weld County to be put in a harsh light.

“I learned not everyone has a sense of humor,” said the 66-year-old Tucker. “If anyone would have finished reading that, and had an ounce of tolerance, would have known it was a joke.”

Tucker said she’s always worked hard for Latinos and the town’s poor throughout her life in Dacono, especially during her time on the City Council.

“I am not a racist,” she said.

Tucker is running against incumbent Mayor Charles Sigman, who said he has heard a lot of people ask him about Tucker and her post.

But, Sigman said, he’s not going to make it an issue in the campaign.

“I’m not going to go down that road,” Sigman said. “I want to be elected on my own accomplishments and my own merits. Slinging mud like that doesn’t pay off down the road.”

Tucker’s comments were posted on a website that is a community forum and advertising platform for local businesses. The town’s mayor at the time was told about Tucker’s post and asked her to remove it.

Tucker did and then resigned her council seat to save the town any embarrassment. But she said Friday that few people have asked her about the post.

She also prefers to talk to people about the town’s future.

“The past is the past,” Tucker said. “It doesn’t do anyone any good to dwell on the past. I am a strong candidate for Dacono, and I have the ability to get things done.”

Monte Whaley: 720-929-0907, mwhaley@denverpost.com or twitter.com/montewhaley