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Sewell Chan reports at The New York Times that Britain's highest court has unanimously rejected an attempt by Donald J. Trump to block the construction of a wind farm near his luxury golf resort in northeast Scotland. Trump has vowed to stop further development on the project if the offshore wind farm — 11 turbines, which would be visible from the golf resort 2.2 miles away — goes forward. Trump spokesman George A. Sorial denounced the ruling as "extremely unfortunate for the residents of Aberdeen and anyone who cares about Scotland's economic future" adding that the wind farm will "completely destroy the bucolic Aberdeen Bay and cast a terrible shadow upon the future of tourism for the area. History will judge those involved unfavorably, and the outcome demonstrates the foolish, small-minded and parochial mentality which dominates the current Scottish government's dangerous experiment with wind energy."
Nicola Sturgeon, first minister of Scotland, withdrew Trump's status as a business ambassador to Scotland last week after Trump called for Muslims to be barred from entering the United States. Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen has stripped Mr. Trump of an honorary degree it awarded him in 2010. Trump's mother was born in Scotland and moved to the United States in the 1930s. "I think I do feel Scottish," said Trump at one time.
(Score: 2) by ikanreed on Thursday December 17 2015, @04:10PM
Obsession with property values isn't a uniquely American thing, but it as an American thing. There's this entitlement that says that no investment should ever lose value. That damn it I've earned my X(which to be fair, is true) and I should be faced with no risk to it.
That's an okay attitude to have as a human being, except that it actually impedes the long term collective success of a nation. And when everyone is NIMBYing, everyone loses. But the holy shrines of property ownership and investment are more important values in the US than other nations. It maybe contributes more towards our economic inequality than even our taxation policies do.