To the editor:

“Maybe Lawrence is the conscience of the state,” Rep. Barbara Ballard said in response to a criticism of Lawrence and Kansas University by Rep. Anthony Brown of Eudora. What a perfect illustration of what Rep. Brown was talking about!

Rep. Ballard’s response has all the condescension and ivory tower hubris that Brown criticized. Rep. Ballard, in effect, states that her conscience and the conscience of the citizens of Lawrence are far superior to the conscience, wisdom and judgment of the citizens of Colby or any other city in the provinces.

I wonder why liberals in our town are unable to hear themselves speak.

When I was an undergraduate at KU, K-State students called us “Snob Hill.” We need to re-establish that label. Rep. Ballard has demonstrated its truth.