I thought you might like to know how our Councillors voted yesterday as they passed the Muse Marischal Square plans: For the motion to approve; Labour: Ramsay Milne, George Adam (Lord Provost), Jenny Laing, Angela Taylor, Willie Young, Barney Crockett, Neil Cooney, Len Ironside, Ross Grant, Graham Lawrence, Tauqueer Malik, Yvonne Allan, Scott Carle, Lesley Dunbar, Jean Morrison, Nathan Morrison, Gordon Graham. SNP: Graham Dickson. Independents: Marie Boulton, Andy Finlayson, John Reynolds, Fraser Forsyth. Conservatives: Alan Donnelly (23) For the amendment to defer: SNP: Bill Cormie, Muriel Jaffrey, Callum McCaig, Gordon Townson, Gil Samarai, Sandy Stuart, Andrew May, Jim Kiddie, Jim Noble, Jackie Dunbar, David Cameron, Kirsty Blackman. Liberal Democrat: Jennifer Stewart, Martin Greig, Aileen Malone, Ian Yuill, Steve Delaney. Conservatives: Ross Thomson. (18) Just in case you missed my comment in the P&J today - More lip service paid to public engagement in the planning process Having deplored some of the planning decisions made by the Council recently, particularly the Triple Kirks and Art Gallery, I was delighted that the public were given the opportunity to input to the plans for development around Broad Street. I went to the consultation events run by Muse Developments and posted my comments objecting to the plans. In total, four thousand people responded to the Muse consultation and mostly wanted the same things - keep it low, not too dense, good view of Provost Skene House and a civic square. However, after each consultation, Muse tinkered with the plans but changed little to reflect the views of the public. For example, instead of the three storeys recommended by the Bon Accord Master Plan, the development will be five storeys. Many attendees thought they were objecting as part of the planning process, but they weren't. I then set up a petition asking Councillors to reject the plans. It was signed by 1400 people who made hundreds of comments, demanding the plans be rejected. Today, I sat through the whole debate in the Council chamber. What I saw and heard was that while many Councillors tell their constituents that they are representing them, when the chips are down, many of them do as they're told, with a few able Councillors ensuring that a depressingly large number of their colleagues vote on party lines, but we're told planning isn't party political. The "consultation" we have engaged in has been a complete charade. The views of the people, once again, have been completely ignored. So citizens of Aberdeen, look at how your Councillor votes on these issues and ask yourself who they are really serving? Do you really think it's you?