George W. Bush - a city planner?

George W. Bush is not the sort of figure you would associate with town planning.

Former President George W. Bush.
Reuters (2011)

But according to page 14 of his 2010 autobiography, Decision Points:

"Yale was a place where I felt free to discover and follow my passions. My wide range of course selections included Astronomy, City Planning.........." (Bush, 2010: 14).

So having studied it at Yale, Bush must know something about city planning. 


He can't be doing much these days. After all, he's not the most popular guy in the U.S.


So bring him out to Auckland. Make him mayor. His cowboy style diplomacy might actually get things done here.

Picture: REUTERS. 2011. George W. Bush in Pictures [Online]. Available: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/3274186/George-W-Bush-in-pictures.html?image=5 [Accessed 10/05/2011].

Quote: BUSH, G. W. 2010. Decision Points, New York, Crown Publishers.