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Dump Trump
By MERCER BAGGSManaging Editor, GolfChannel.com
Posted: November 1, 2009
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POSER: Construction began last week on Donald Trump's Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The 14,000-acre site will host two courses, a clubhouse, a hotel, nearly 1,000 holiday homes and roughly 500 houses. Trump's son, Donald, Jr., was on site Tuesday for the ground-breaking [and photo-ops].
According to Scottish newspapers, five residents still live on the estate and refuse to be bought out by Trump. A "Tripping Up Trump" campaign has also been established to try and prevent the billionaire from evicting them. Trump has faced a lot of opposition over the last three years in his drive to build, in his boastful words, "the greatest golf course in the world." Amazingly, he just can't comprehend that some people don't care about money – they just want to live on and enjoy God's beautiful land.
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stub on 11/16/2009, at 2:32 PM EST
“ Macer..I don't think the GC wants us to see a negative article on the Donald..My opinion...should be tarred and feathered like in the days of old, than ridden out of town on a rail...that for ruining a fantastic part of dunes in the name of the dollar...STUB”