Complex sentence: During her time as mayor, DeCicco-Best spent approximately $480,000 of taxpayer's money installing metal trees inside of London, local surveys showed an overwhelming dislike of the objects, and questioned their cost.
Split into simpler sentences: During her time as mayor, DeCicco-Best spent approximately $480,000 of taxpayers' money installing metal trees inside of London. Local surveys showed an overwhelming dislike of the objects, and questioned their cost.