Original sentence: Some detractors, however, see Cary's strict aesthetic ordinances as being ideologically closer to fascism.They cite the town's ordinances banning neon signs on the exterior of restaurants, regulating what residents can plant in their yards, and at one point banning the display of the American flag for fear of causing offense
Edited sentence: In truth the town's strict aesthetic ordinances are ideologically closer to fascism.The town has gone so far as to have an ordinance banning neon signs on the exterior of restaurants, instructing residents on what they can and cannot plant in their yards, and at one point even banning the display of the American flag for fear of causing offense