A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides its citizens.

Quote by John Hickenlooper

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I assume we will have figured out a way to efficiently utilize solar energy and...

I assume we will have figured out a way to efficiently utilize solar energy and...

Given that, and assuming that we begin to adjust to issues like climate change and...

Given that, and assuming that we begin to adjust to issues like climate change and...

Is there some risk every day we walk out our front door? Every time we...

Is there some risk every day we walk out our front door? Every time we...

From my subjective position, there was no honeymoon.

From my subjective position, there was no honeymoon.

Oftentimes, when constituencies or sectors of opinion are distinct, when they are confronted with a...

Oftentimes, when constituencies or sectors of opinion are distinct, when they are confronted with a...

Denver is a city that will be far more defined by its future than its...

Denver is a city that will be far more defined by its future than its...

We will see the increasingly rapid rate of growth we've already been seeing in Colorado...

We will see the increasingly rapid rate of growth we've already been seeing in Colorado...

If it was really successful, it was a life calling, a career I was excited...

If it was really successful, it was a life calling, a career I was excited...

For me, the risks in terms of opening that brewpub were fairly high. I put...

For me, the risks in terms of opening that brewpub were fairly high. I put...

I would argue that's because we had a bunch of smart people running around here....

I would argue that's because we had a bunch of smart people running around here....

In the restaurant business, you never want to have enemies, whereas it seems that many...

In the restaurant business, you never want to have enemies, whereas it seems that many...

The most important thing a mayor does is hire talented people to run the city.

The most important thing a mayor does is hire talented people to run the city.

America is always attracting people, from all over the earth.

America is always attracting people, from all over the earth.

Some day, someone will do something wrong and there will be a scandal to report...

Some day, someone will do something wrong and there will be a scandal to report...

And if I lost I would have gone back to 12 weeks of vacation, because...

And if I lost I would have gone back to 12 weeks of vacation, because...

Of everyone else who was running, and there were some very talented people, none of...

Of everyone else who was running, and there were some very talented people, none of...

The world has become rapidly more competitive.

The world has become rapidly more competitive.

We are, by many measures, one of the more diverse cities in the country, growing...

We are, by many measures, one of the more diverse cities in the country, growing...

Today we're dealing with metropolitan Shanghai, metropolitan New Delhi or Paris. If we're competing at...

Today we're dealing with metropolitan Shanghai, metropolitan New Delhi or Paris. If we're competing at...

I think we're in good shape, but the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina is in some...

I think we're in good shape, but the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina is in some...