The project is being developed by TrumpGroup, a conglomerate controlled by brothers Eddie and Jules Trump, sons of a tailor from Pretoria, South Africa, who came to the U.S. in 1974 and are no relation to New York real-estate magnate Donald Trump.
However, until recently, the most high profile opponent had been local salmon fisherman Michael Forbes (no relation), the public face of the protest group Tripping Up Trump.