Never mind former Aurora Mayor Paul Egan’s unconventional antics from 1954-1962 that led to a national profile of him in Time magazine, Aurora’s current mayor might be on a path to become the city’s most controversial leader.

Consider that in his first five months in office, Laesch discussed slashing the Paramount budget that led to the cancellation of its popular and critically-acclaimed BOLD Series; scaled back flag raisings , which led to a controversy concerning a Juneteenth ceremony; ordered the fire chief to raise municipal flags again last month in defiant opposition to President Trump’s directives to honor right-wing activist Charlie Kirk on the weekend following his death; interjected himself into school politics when a District 131 board member took heat over comments made

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