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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
Especially during the first nine months, there was so much going on with trying to hire 55 people to run the city, it was hard to imagine any honeymoon.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would argue that's because we had a bunch of smart people running around here. They were coming in and working very hard and many of them had left jobs in which they made significantly more money.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some day, someone will do something wrong and there will be a scandal to report in the paper. When that happens, we will address it honestly and openly and try to deal with it as quickly and as fairly as we can, and keep moving the city forward.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides its citizens.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most important thing a mayor does is hire talented people to run the city.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of everyone else who was running, and there were some very talented people, none of them had anywhere near the experience I had in hiring people, holding them accountable, creating systems for accountability.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Last, in restaurants you spend a lot of time dealing with people who are very unhappy. Soup has been spilled on their laps, they've waited 10 minutes to get their check so they can leave, and you learn how to listen, I think, in a much more proactive way than government does.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
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 for every punch they take.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would argue that one of the issues which the public should be much more emphatic about with all politicians... is patronage, appointing people to high positions because they supported your campaign or helped you raise money.
- Competitive
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world has become rapidly more competitive.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You looked at Stanford or Harvard, or the University of Colorado, these were powerful engines just turning out people ready to create and grow businesses.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, the risks in terms of opening that brewpub were fairly high. I put my house up as collateral, I invested the liquid money I had and two years of my time to get it over, but that's really not much of a risk for what the potential reward was if it worked.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If it was really successful, it was a life calling, a career I was excited about doing, so I didn't think the overall risk was anywhere near as high as what the reward was.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
And if I lost I would have gone back to 12 weeks of vacation, because I was successful enough that I was spending much more time on non-profit boards and traveling a lot.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Today we're dealing with metropolitan Shanghai, metropolitan New Delhi or Paris. If we're competing at that level, our diversity, that richness of people coming from so many different backgrounds, is one of our greatest advantages.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are, by many measures, one of the more diverse cities in the country, growing more diverse all the time, and one of the more harmonious in terms of how we live together.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think we're in good shape, but the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina is in some small way mitigated by the fact that we now have more people talking about it, thinking about it and working on it, so that we will be more vigilant and ready.
- Devastation
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I assume we will have figured out a way to efficiently utilize solar energy and tied that to an efficient way to use nuclear energy in such a way that it doesn't pose a serious environmental issue.
- Climate Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Given that, and assuming that we begin to adjust to issues like climate change and the greenhouse effect, Denver's location in the center of the country becomes a tremendous advantage.
- Nov 07, 2020
We will see the increasingly rapid rate of growth we've already been seeing in Colorado continue.
- Enjoy
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to recognize that we can't allow people that are aberrations of nature to take away the joys and freedoms that we enjoy.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let's face it: the War on Drugs was a disaster. It may be well intentioned... but it sent millions of kids to prison, gave them felonies oftentimes when they had no violent crimes.
- Community-Based
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1999, I found myself the unlikely leader of a community-based effort to protect what was arguably Colorado's most important brand, and one once thought to be untouchable: the 'Mile High' part of Denver's Mile High Stadium.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wellington Webb was one of the most significant mayors of the latter half of the 20th century. His natural political instincts are almost unrivaled.
- Enemies
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the restaurant business, you learn quickly there's no margin in having enemies.
- High Level
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- Nov 07, 2020
The one thing that I don't think the Obama administration gets anywhere near enough credit for is the high level of administrators. They meet all the time so they can synergize the federal investments. That's the way any corporation would do it.
- Deep
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- Nov 07, 2020
Secure the border; have an ID system that works. Have a guest worker system. And then, finally, hold businesses accountable. Once you do that, most of the chambers of commerce and those who are clamoring around immigration will take a deep breath and relax.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Affordable Care Act was passed in large part because of recognition that our nation's health care system is not working. The act is not perfect, but it is a starting point, and we have been using it to improve the health of Coloradans.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter how the Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, states are making progress in developing strategies to provide more access to quality health care coverage.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I want most is for my son to be proud of me.
- Public Service
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was an entrepreneur myself and often say that I'm on loan to public service.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Government doesn't have a high tolerance for failure.
- Behind
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I remember most vividly was the sense of always being a little behind the other kids in class - that sense of I wasn't cut out for class or I wasn't cut out to read.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the end, I did end up repeating seventh grade.
- Gold
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people think of the West, it's easy to envision wagon trains, Buffalo Bill, the glory days of the Gold Rush. Cowboy hats come to mind.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started out here in Colorado as a geologist. During a downturn, everyone in our company got laid off.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Money isn't everything, but the gaps between rich districts and poor districts ultimately mean a workforce that won't be as competitive as it could be, and individual Coloradans won't be as successful as they could be.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020