Safety at KDEN, D84, and ZDV

A recent FAA memo from the acting manager at ZDV emphasized the need for care because of inexperience, mainly at D84. You can read and download the memo from John Carr's blog http://themainbang.typepad.com/blog/2009/03/more-evidence-of-faailure.html.
Someone leaked the story to Denver's CBS affiliate who ran with it. You can read it here: http://cbs4denver.com/investigates/dia.faa.delays.2.960876.html.
One comment in particular is glaring and further emphasized the utter lack of regard or understanding that high level FAA management has for safety culture:
"As the letter is written, I would agree with you it sounds alarming," said Kathryn Vernon, the FAAs Director of Western Terminal Operations. "And I understand the letter makes it look like we had a situation we had to get under control. I would disagree with that," said the FAA official. "There is not a safety issue in the Denver airspace and Colorado airspace."
The FAA's proverbial catch phrase: safety was never compromised......