Aurora Mayor John Laesch is criticizing the spending of OnLight Aurora, a not-for-profit organization the city established to manage fiber-optic broadband services. Courtesy of city of Aurora

Aurora Mayor John Laesch is shaking up OnLight Aurora , saying the fiber-optic broadband service has mismanaged its funds and is deep in debt.

He is questioning more than $337,000 in marketing expenses that the former chairman of the city-affiliated not-for-profit paid since 2018. Laesch said there is little to show for the money that was spent.

The list of expenses includes $7,206 on what the mayor called adult entertainment and $50,937 in debit card withdrawals at ATMs by OnLight’s former chairman.

The not-for-profit entity is $1 million in debt, Laesch told city council members Tuesday night

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