He's not a grandstander. He has done his homework.

We knew about the weak infrastructure in New Orleans, we knew about the weak ability of the administration of New Orleans to deal with this.

A terror attack in New Orleans . . . would have yielded exactly the same results. You wouldn't have had the wind, but you would have had the flooding, and you would have had the loss of life.

Many of us who live here already know what we want in our neighborhood, and we don't need to be told what is good for us we don't need to be replanned.

You're not going to stop urban sprawl by putting 10,000 people in Boise.

I have a concern that density may not be as good a fit for Boise.

[Cortabitarte said the neighbors will have to get together and decide where to go from here — whether they'll do nothing, file a lawsuit or focus on helping the city in its long-term planning on infill.] This year-long struggle has been bad for Boise and our neighborhood, ... People have spent countless hours on both sides, and I don't think anybody's truly happy with the result.

You don't control the key elements of the transaction, price or timing. It's not for someone who is investing for the short term.

We determined there were sufficient messages coming in that it needed to be brought to investors' attention.