Kim Dotcom for mayor? Now there's a thought. If Prime Minister John Key is to be believed - and a recent poll suggests he has a certain problem there - it can only be a matter of time before the celebrity du jour throws his black cap into the Auckland mayoralty ring.
In anti-spying bill protests last week, the internet tycoon described Mr Key as "the biggest puppet of them all" of the United States Government. The Prime Minister's response from Seoul was "I think he loves the limelight".
He added: "You've got to remember he's got a long-term agenda here, and that is to try and convince people that he should be allowed to stay forever."
If his theory is right, then how better to sink your roots into the country than get yourself elected as mayor of the Super City. With a transport policy of busting congestion with a helicopter taxi service, along with free encrypted superfast broadband for all voters, to protect us from the Prime Minister's spies, the contest would rapidly come alive.
Mr Dotcom is that larger-than-life oddball that mayoral contests tend to attract.
Tim Shadbolt out West and Invercargill, for example, Boris Johnson in London, the appropriately named Mr Weiner in New York. Mayor Robbie was Auckland City's last flirtation with the eccentric, so we are overdue for one. The late Paul Holmes did fancy the job, only to be dissuaded after his television masters warned him that ruling the airwaves was really enough for any one person.
Rudman's piece today far drips with sarcasm, which is probably not a bad way to view anything surrounding the Large German Gentleman; he is something of a parody of himself. Although some would argue that Auckland and Kim Dotcom deserve one another, we couldn't possibly comment on that!
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