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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.

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We will see the increasingly rapid rate of growth we've already been seeing in Colorado continue.
John Hickenlooper
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John Hickenlooper
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John Hickenlooper
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John Hickenlooper
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.
John Hickenlooper
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John Hickenlooper
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John Hickenlooper
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John Hickenlooper
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John Hickenlooper
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John Hickenlooper
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John Hickenlooper
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John Hickenlooper
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John Hickenlooper
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John Hickenlooper
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John Hickenlooper
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John Hickenlooper
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John Hickenlooper
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