Despite protests, the Aurora City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved more than $50 million in financial aid to move the Hollywood Casino out of the downtown area.
Police removed about a half-dozen people from the meeting, as they shouted at the council during a vote on an unrelated matter and then during the discussion of the casino redevelopment agreement.
During the public comment portion of the meeting, David Cannon of Aurora held up a large cardboard check for $50 million, with the casino as the recipient. He asked aldermen to sign the check.
“Who do you think you work for? It’s not Richard C. Irvin and it is certainly not Penn Entertainment (the casino’s owners),” Cannon said.
