T.O.’s Naughty List for 2016

Shining a light on the city shenanigans that made news in 2016 and landed these public figures on Santa’s coal-for-Christmas list.

There is only one Fashion Santa, and his name is Paul Mason, but the folks at Yorkdale went ahead and swapped him out for a new model. Boo. 

Developer Format Group clearcut a Bayview Avenue lot of 40 trees without approval. The city was incensed, and for good reason. The fine of $155,064 is hefty, but not good enough.

Kathleen Wynne’s approval rating is plummeting thanks in part to hydro rates that are skyrocketing with little relief for Ontarians under cost crunch.

Andy Byford, come on? Sure, hike TTC fares again, but how about doing something about the massive delays on the Yonge line with all that new cash. 

Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Andrew Miller is just annoying. The lanky hurler stymied the hometown Blue Jays in game after game during this fall’s playoff run.

Marineland was charged with five counts of animal cruelty after an investigation alleged mistreatment of numerous animals.

Jalen Rose sounded off on the city’s inability to attract good NBA free agents because of our terrible taxes. Turns out, we’re doing just fine. Right Jalen?

Postmedia head honcho Paul Godfrey reportedly enjoyed a massive retention bonus while cutting hundreds of jobs.

Police chief Mark Saunders was forced to backtrack on his new grey police cars after the public deemed them too “militaristic.” And, seriously, you need to stop carding!

Toronto school board trustee Gerri Gershon was caught on camera playing Scrabble on her phone during a meeting.

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