Well, annoying one's elected leaders is a time honored tradition.
I don't see how the city officials could have legitimately feared a lawsuit in any case, so it was a dumb move on their part.
The egg celebrations and the Easter name both predate Christian usage, from all that I've read. It would be like claiming a Yule log was a "Christian" imposition. Ridiculous beyond words.
I wasn't kidding about Ishtar eggs and bunny rabbits as fertility pagan symbols. The point I was making is that to PO Christians over Easter (named for the pagan goddess Ishtar) may be silly, but it is religious discrimination favoring paganism over Christianity, what little of it there is on Easter anyway.