In the restaurant business, you never want to have enemies, whereas it seems that many politicians judge their success by how high their enemies are and whether they can show that they can hold their ground and give a punch…

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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....

Especially during the first nine months, there was so much going on with trying to...

Especially during the first nine months, there was so much going on with trying to...

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...

There could have been more planning in New Orleans, but you look at all the...

There could have been more planning in New Orleans, but you look at all the...

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.

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...

From my subjective position, there was no honeymoon.

From my subjective position, there was no honeymoon.

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...

The world has become rapidly more competitive.

The world has become rapidly more competitive.

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...

I would argue that one of the issues which the public should be much more...

I would argue that one of the issues which the public should be much more...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...