Trips around the country and beyond, tens of thousands of dollars spent at restaurants, cash withdraws from ATMs and visits to adult entertainment establishments.

Those are just some of the reasons Aurora Mayor John Laesch has given to describe how OnLight Aurora, a city-connected organization established to manage Aurora’s fiber network, was financially mismanaged and has around $1 million in debt that the city could be on the hook for.

Those formerly in charge of OnLight dispute Laesch’s claims about what the organization spent money on. Also, they say Laesch is overreaching in his power as mayor and is targeting those associated with former Mayor Richard Irvin’s administration.

The city-owned fiber network managed by OnLight, according to a recent presentation by Laesch, stretches

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