“It’s Scottish or It’s Crap” December 12
I recently saw this news article about Trump building a golf course in Scotland:
EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) - Scottish lawmakers on Wednesday backed government efforts to save Donald Trump’s proposed $2.1 billion golf resort that would be built on an unspoiled beach near Aberdeen.
he Scottish government took the unusual step of agreeing to review Trump’s application after a local council rejected it.
The project is now before the Scottish Parliament’s economy, energy and tourism committee and a final decision on the project is still likely months away.
“The committee felt the decision has given a worrying message to the rest of the world that Scotland is closed for business,” Tavish Scott, the head of the committee, said after the meeting.
Trump’s organization has said it is considering moving the billion-pound project to Northern Ireland after Aberdeenshire Council last week threw out plans for two championship golf courses and a five-star hotel on the northeast coast.
Environmental groups and local campaigners opposed the plans to build near sand dunes that are home to rare birds, skylarks and lapwings. The area is protected as an area of special scientific interest.
“The council is being bullied,” said Councilor Martin Ford who cast the deciding vote when the council became deadlocked over the proposal.
“There is an important principle at stake here,” Ford said. “It is certainly true that the council has been subject to hardball corporate American tactics.”
So I guess Trump wants to give old St Andrews Golf course a run for it’s money. A battle of two iconic titans - the ceremony and dignified age of the Scottish course versus the Trump gold. I cannot help but be reminded of the Saturday Night Live skit where Sean Connery’s impersonator says “It’s Scottish or it’s crap!” I guess we’ll have to see what Trump really has in mind and no doubt there will be much more reported on this project if it gets rolling.