Balmedie, Scotland

Balmedie is a small seaside town just north of Aberdeen Scotland.  I played golf nearby years ago at the Royal Aberdeen Golf Club, just north of the city of Aberdeen, and love this little part of the world.  In Balmedie, Cheeto Jesus built the Cheeto International Golf Links on the coast after the First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, overruled local officials and allowed development to begin in 2008.  Cheeto promised $1.25 billion in investment including the golf course, a 450 room hotel, and 950 time share condos.  He ended up only spending $50 million (his people say $125 million), and the project actually lost over $1 million last year.  His grand hotel? He bought a nearby manor house and converted it to a 16 room in.  Officials now admit that Balmedie only got 10 cents on the dollar of economic benefit that was promised.

That’s not the worst of it, though.  The worst of it was his treatment of landowners around his development who refused to knuckle under.  Those landowners were assaulted with 15 foot earthen walls and double rows of trees intentionally installed to block their views of the course and seaside.  AND, of course, he sent them the bill.

If anyone still wondered what kind of president this clown will make only need look as far as his behavior in Balmedie.  He used the same slash and burn tactics, childish name calling, and bait-and-switch tactics that he used in the presidential election.  It’s a disaster for Balmedie, and will most certainly be a disaster for the United States.