Updated 09/02/10

Worst. Pun. Ever. It is relevant though, read on…

It’s been a wee while since we had a Union Terrace Gardens update outside of the Twitter Feed, but there have been some interesting developments today, so here goes:

It appears that local politicians have seen through ACSEF’s rather one-sided ‘public consultation’ and have called for a proper public debate on the matter.  ALL sides of the argument (and local residents) will finally get a chance to air their views. Hallelujah. It’ll take place on Thursday 18 February in the Salvation Army Citadel (which rather ironically overlooks the city’s original ‘civic square’) at 6.30pm. More details on a Facebook event page here…

…and exiled Aberdonian singer Annie Lennox (See? See? Pun justified) has added her name to the ever-growing list of people speaking out against the City Square Project, there are links to her thoughts on the matter here and a BBC story is here.

It’s so sad to think that the original Peacock plans would be well underway by now had Wood and ACSEF not foisted their non-ideas upon us and caused this almighty mess.  Well done…

Update 09/02/10

More coverage of the Annie Lennox story:  Times Online,  Scotsman,  STV,  Press & Journal

Local businessman speaks out on ‘pressure’ to support the City Square plans (P&J) while an editorial from the same newspaper comes out firmly in support of the Wood/ACSEF proposals. Sigh.