Trump Golf Resort Plan Tees Off Landed Local
Longtime isle resident won't give in to developer's plan for luxury golf resort.
ABERDEENSHIRE, Scotland, <br> Nov. 18, 2009 — -- Donald Trump has a vision for a beautiful stretch of Scotland's coast: A luxury hotel and spa, vacation villas, tennis courts, an archery range and -- the main attraction -- a golf course like no other.
Within two years, the Trumps want a scrubby patch of Aberdeenshire dunes to be crawling with golfers wearing plaid pants and sun visors. And, in typical Trump fashion, he claims this will be the greatest golf course in the world.
"We really wanted it to be in Scotland," said Trump. "It's the birthplace of golf, and it's also the birthplace of Mary MacLeod, who happens to be my mother. And I just think there is no piece of land in the world like this. And virtually everybody agrees with me."
But there's a wee problem. A problem called Michael Forbes, who wears a kilt and a determined scowl on his face. Forbes has lived on this coast for 41 years and refuses to sell what he calls home to make way for a billionaire's dream.
"There's no amount of money," Forbes told ABC News.
Not even $20 million, enough to buy himself an island?
"No, doesn't mean nothing to me. Not a thing."
