There could have been more planning in New Orleans, but you look at all the devastation that happened there - have we gotten to 3,000 deaths yet? For that magnitude of a disaster, that's not all that bad.

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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...

The world has become rapidly more competitive.

The world has become rapidly more competitive.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Last, in restaurants you spend a lot of time dealing with people who are very...

Last, in restaurants you spend a lot of time dealing with people who are very...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

From my subjective position, there was no honeymoon.

From my subjective position, there was no honeymoon.

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...

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...