I don't fault anyone who's a neighbor for being here and protecting what's important to them. But the entire community is the beneficiary of what we approve at this table.

We should aim high, but not be disappointed if we don't achieve it.

Potentially, they could happen at the same time. That's a major impact.

I think [traffic] is the biggest issue the city faces this year.

I love the X Games, Aspen loves the X Games and it's a great event for this community. It really takes us into the future.

Every time we have one of these, the community gets polarized, which is why we want to bring it to the community to get direction.

I think one of the things we're interested in looking at is, we've talked about some of the contractors providing shuttle service for their workers.

It's Aspen. If you go to these parties, people are dressed in everything from very casual to very sophisticated. And even the casual is sophisticated. You can wear just about anything.

We need to find out what will create a better solution than we currently have.