Heroes and Villains 2009: Villains Voting, Round One

By Torontoist

Torontoist is ending the year by naming our Heroes and Villains—the very best and the very worst people, places, and things in and of Toronto over the past twelve months. We’ve unmasked our picks for Heroes and Villains; now, until the end of the year, your votes will whittle our lists down in a single elimination tournament to determine 2009’s Superhero and Supervillain.

Composite of remaining Villains by Sasha Plotnikova/Torontoist.

You knew it was coming—today’s your first round of voting on our choices of Villains, with polls open ’til midnight on Wednesday, December 23. (The first round of Heroes voting ends tonight; more than four thousand votes have already been cast.) So let’s just get down to it. Pick your Villains:

The Summer City Workers’ Strike or The Weather?		Earth Hour or the Yellow Pages?
Yonge and Bloor’s Empty Lot or Richard Wengle?		Michael Ignatieff or Yann Martel?
Joe Pantalone’s Ossington Bylaws or J. P. Ricciardi?		Outrage or Bell, Rogers, and Telus?
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment or Gary Bettman and the National Hockey League?		The Book’s Impending Death or Media Layoffs?
Toronto a la Cart or The Beer Store?		“The War on the Car” or Prejudging the Michael Bryant–Darcy Allan Sheppard Collision?
MuchMusic or The Big Bop’s Demise?		Bed Bugs or H1N1?