If the governing body wants to allow high-rise buildings, [then that's what will happen].

You have to realize that your work is done by your body, and if your body is in very bad health, it's not going to work for you no matter how young you are. So, I'm a bit of an athletic coach when it comes to trying to respect my body's needs and tendencies, and when I teach students, I try and persuade them of the same.

It acts more or less like the body.

After a rough start, We changed some things up and did a better job of getting more body on them and that was a key to our defense.

From a zoning point of view, it had everything wrong with it. It was extraordinarily high, and [according to the current master plan for zoning] you're only allowed 30 units per acre. This had 366 units per acre, which was 12 times the permitted density.

Part of this was my personal umbrage that the zoning ordinance was being ignored. [Secondly] I think Union City has had the opportunity of a lifetime in the last few years to redevelop in a constructive way, and I think we have squandered that opportunity.