Complex sentence: Rodriguez also ignited some controversy by making two unilateral decisions on his first day in office, reaffirming that stores in the city would not be permitted to open on Boxing Day and authorizing the Franco-Ontarian flag to be flown at Tom Davies Square.
Split into simpler sentences: Rodriguez also ignited some controversy by making two unilateral decisions on his first day in office. He reaffirmed that stores in the city would not be permitted to open on Boxing Day, and also authorized the Franco-Ontarian flag to be flown at Tom Davies Square.