Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon News reporter, gives details on the life and times of controversial Aurora mayor, Paul Egan, at Aurora Lions Club’s October 17 membership meeting. Dubbed Aurora’s “crazy” mayor, Egan’s terms in city hall, from 1953 to 1961, earned him national publicity for starting fist fights with other elected officials, replacing his police chief with a parrot, and proposing paving over the Fox River in downtown Aurora to make a parking lot.Al Benson/The Voice
