I thank Sir Ian Wood for his generous offer of £50million but would like to say that in my mind it was never a "gift" to the city. A gift is given unconditionally, without stipulations of how it is used, it was up to the people to decide how the "gift" would be used.For those who rant that it is the end of Democracy, I say that democracy ended a long time ago in Aberdeen when the majority vote in the original public consultation was discounted and ignored.
I thank Barney Crockett and the Labour administration in Aberdeen for standing by their election pledge to throw out the City Garden Project...I voted for you because of it!
I hope with all my heart that this is an end to it (though SIW immediately withdrew his offer of £50million then next day pledged to wait a year!) and that we can move on. The Gardens do need attention, something that has been lacking for a decade. They need restoration, better access, decent toilets but despite all those issues they are still the haven in the city centre that I go to at lunch time when I need to relax and recuperate from a stressed morning at work
The lights haven't gone out in Aberdeen....they've finally been seen!!!
