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Feb 22 2008

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Michael Forbes
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Balmedie
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Forbes and mum
Donald Trump
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The Holdout
Michael Forbes is waging a campaign to stop Donald Trump from building a golf and housing resort along the coastline north of Aberdeen, Scotland. "Would I sell to Trump? No, never."

Image by: Kieran Dodds /Polaris
The Dunes
Sand dunes on the eight-mile-long Balmedie beach, looking toward Aberdeen, the hub of Scotland's North Sea oil trade. The golf resort would be located beyond the sunlit area.

Image by: Kieran Dodds / Polaris
The Village
Balmedie, population 2,000, is the closest town to the proposed Trump development. Many in the community support the project.

Image by: Kieran Dodds / Polaris
The Vision
Trump International Golf Links would have two golf courses, a conference center, 950 time-share units, dozens of golf villas, as many as 500 private homes, and an eight-story, 450-room Gothic hotel.

Image by: Kieran Dodds / Polaris
The Homestead
Forbes and his mother, Molly, inside her home.The 55-year-old Forbes and his family have lived in a huddle of farm buildings behind the sand dunes for four decades. His 23-acre farm is encircled by Trump's proposed development.

Image by: Kieran Dodds / Polaris
The Developer
Donald Trump at his Rancho Palos Verdes golf club in California in 2002.

Image by: Damian Dovarganes/AP

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