Posted on 10/21/2007 6:52:40 PM PDT by george76
A Scottish fisherman has turned down an offer worth £1million from Donald Trump to move.
Michael Forbes, 52, owns a small farm on the estate where the billionaire wants to build a £500million golf resort.
Mr Trump has described the home as an "eyesore" and wants Mr Forbes, his wife and elderly mother to leave.
However, Mr Forbes is digging his heels in.
His determination to stay put forced Trump Corporation to offer him £350,000 and a £50,000-ayear job for life on the proposed development. But it failed to impress.
Mr Forbes said: "I told them from the start the place wasn't for sale.
"I wouldn't go and work for them if it was the last job in the world."
The stand-off has been compared to the film Local Hero in which a local blocks a bid by an American oil baron to buy an entire Scottish village.
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Mr. Forbes. Owner of an estate located just 200 yards from the practice tee.
Yeah, if you could just put a bag over his head!
A good imagination helps in cases like this. And a fifth of scotch.
And there’s that kilt..... swoon!
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