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Sunday, 5th September 2010You are in: Home > News > Trump Councillor To Face Party Vote
Trump Councillor To Face Party Vote
The councillor whose casting vote saw Donald Trump's golf resort plans rejected is facing possible expulsion from Aberdeenshire Council's ruling administration group.
It is believed that Councillor Martin Ford, who used his casting vote as Chair of the Infrastructure Services Committee to reject the US tycoon’s application to build a £1billion golf resort complex at Menie Estates, will face an attempt on Monday to remove him from the ruling Lib Dem group on Aberdeenshire Council.
Despite planning decisions being quasi judicial matters this latest move follows a series of events which have seen Councillor Ford removed from several key positions on the Council since he rejected the Trump application last year.
Fellow Lib Dem, Councillor Paul Johnston, who backed the move to refuse the Trump application, said of this latest action:
“Should they be taking action against Martin to exclude him from the administration on the basis of a planning application, it is both foolish and very possibly improper."
It is understood that the motion calling for Mr Ford's exclusion from the group, has been tabled by Councillor Isobel Davidson.
Councillor Davidson, a self-employed ecologist, gave her support to the Trump application despite the proposed site being considered by major environmental groups as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
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