Tex Edwards, founder of 2degrees, appears to be considering a tilt at the Auckland mayoralty with a lengthy prescription for fixing the city.
That includes banishing the "eye-sore" Ports of Auckland to the Firth of Thames, transplanting Eden Park to the waterfront, and establishing a council office in the European Union capital of Brussels.
Mr Edwards could not be reached to confirm his mayoral ambitions but included his prescription for "what the successful Auckland mayoral candidate will do when he/she wins the Mayor's office in 2016" last month in two pages on a submission on telecommunications regulations.
Meanwhile, Xero managing director Victoria Crone has indicated an increasing likelihood that she will run for the office.
"I am currently having a think about it," she said yesterday.