DACONO — A councilwoman who posted an e-mail on a local website that said being a Democrat is worse than “being a black disabled one-armed drug addicted Jewish queer” who has a “Mexican boyfriend” resigned Thursday.

But 61-year-old Sandra Tucker said she quit only to avoid putting this town of 4,000 in southwestern Weld County in a harsh light. Otherwise, she has no regrets about the posting.

“I’m sick and tired of all of this political correctness,” Tucker said. “I’m not going to apologize if you don’t have a sense of humor.”

Mayor Wade Carlson — who quickly asked that Tri-Town.com take down Tucker’s missive — said he was stunned at its content.

“It was unbelievable,” Carlson said. “It just hurts me and it hurts the city.

“The city of Dacono does not believe in this kind of garbage,” he added. “We are not racist; we are not discriminatory.”

Carlson said he learned about Tucker’s e-mail through another council member Wednesday. He found it on the website — a community forum and advertising platform for local businesses — and called Tucker to ask her to remove her posting.

She refused, Carlson said, so he called the owner of the website and asked for its removal. Carlson said he fielded several angry e-mails and phone calls about Tucker’s offering.

“The people in the tri-town area are incensed, and so am I,” he said.

Tucker was elected to her second term on the council in November. Someone sent her the e-mail, titled “Truly a Fate Worse Than Death,” which she said she found hilarious and posted.

“Listen, I’m 4-foot-11 and I’m blond, so I’ve heard all the jokes about that and I’m not offended,” Tucker said. “People just don’t laugh anymore. They are afraid.”

The e-mail describes how someone wakes up to discover he is a “Negro,” in a wheelchair, Jewish, a drug addict and HIV-positive. But the worst happens when the subject discovers that his choice for president is either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.

“PLEASE don’t tell me I’m a DEMOCRAT,” the e-mail said.

Tucker said that she’s been heavily involved in cleaning up Dacono’s image and that she’s not racist. But she understands it’s probably impossible now to do her job on the council.

“What else can I do?” Tucker said. “I can’t bring any more shame to the council.”

Monte Whaley: 720-929-0907 or mwhaley@denverpost.com

