As another Ford hits the scrap heap - Martin Ford, Chairman of the Aberdeenshire Council’s infrastructure services committee that is - ‘The Donald’s’ plans for his 556 hectare pitch and putt in Scots-land-shire looks like it is still on.
With the Aberdeenshire Council making a dramatic U-turn after an embarrassing bit of, whats seems to be, ill advised planning PR last week, the ‘application’ has now been ‘called in’ by the Scottish Executive for ‘another look’. Doesn’t look like Trump and his helicopter accompanied ‘Trumpites’ paid too much attention to his community relations and public affairs with the local Councillors and local residents. Lesson to be learned here is - regardless of the amount of money you have to build, or how much investment you will bring to the local area, decisions (yes even this one) are made by real people and real elected people with local mandates and you have to convince them that a vision is achievable and sustainable for local people and local businesses. Sometimes the cut and trust of deal breaking on the 73rd floor in a building overlooking Central Park just ain’t the way some things are done.
One burning question that everyone wants to know the answer to Donald and I think the debate should start here- who does your hair laddie?