In less time than it takes to spin a slot machine five times, City Council unanimously approved a move to ask the Petersburg Circuit Court to OK a referendum to bring casino gaming here.
The 7-0 vote came Monday morning in a meeting that lasted slightly more than two-and-a-half minutes. Vice Mayor Darrin Hill, in whose Ward 2 the Live! Casino & Hotel Virginia would be built pending November voter approval, said he “proudly” made the motion to approve the action. Ward 7 Councilor Arnold Westbrook Jr seconded it, and in a matter of moments, the resolution was figuratively on its way to the courthouse, where Petersburg Circuit Court Judge Dennis Martin signed it just a couple of hours later.
