"As Colorado attempts to build its brand as a healthy state, marijuana "dilutes what you're trying to do."

We have a responsibility and an obligation to do everything we can to try to make this work.

"One of the governor's concerns: "This high-THC marijuana, what can it do to a brain that is still developing?"

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

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.

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.

"As Colorado attempts to build its brand as a healthy state, marijuana "dilutes what you're trying to do."