TTC chair Adam Giambrone ran up a tab of over $3,000 in cab fares, tokens and metropasses last year, municipal expense reports show.
The councillor – who has a taxpayer-funded Metropass – also bought two Metropasses for a summer intern plus several weekly TTC passes and $256 in tokens. The costs were covered by taxpayers.
The expense reports show a variety of cab fares, including a ride home after doing his show from a streetcar during On the Rocket.
Another ride was less than one kilometre – along Queen Street from Bay to John Streets.
In an email to the Toronto Sun, Giambrone said he sometimes takes a taxi due to time constraints ore because he's carrying large items like files.
Councillor Peter Milczyn, a TTC commissioner, told the Sun he thinks Giambrone's taxi fares are "wrong" and "a little bit hypocritical." Milczyn also said he understands councillors need to take cabs from time to time.
