BURLINGTON — It’s been a wild week for the executive director of the Flynn Theater, where presidential candidate Donald Trump is scheduled to speak later tonight.
As the crowd filed in one by one, though metal detectors at the entrance, bags checked, John Killacky stood in the lobby and calmly watched. Nearby, secret service agents and police patrolled the lobby, including bomb-sniffing dogs.
A smile crossed his face as he talked about the week, which began with a firestorm of criticism about his decision to allow Trump to rent the downtown venue.
Killacky said the criticism seemed to fade as the week went on and that the conversation that extended from the stage of the Flynn to the protests across the street in City Hall park were an important part of democracy.
The Trump campaign allowed people to print out thousands more tickets on the Internet than the 1,400-person venue can hold.
Killacky admitted he was a bit anxious.
