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AIN Blog: Washington's Airports Authority Taxes Public's Trust
Washington's Metro trains already stop at Reagan National Airport, above, but the Silver Line to Dulles International is four years away. (Photo: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority)
Washington's Metro trains already stop at Reagan National Airport, above, but the Silver Line to Dulles International is four years away. (Photo: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority)

Outsiders may think that the U.S. Congress is the least-loved political body in Washington, D.C. But the overseeing board of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) doesn’t inspire great affection either.

On August 14, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray—two Republicans and two Democrats, no less—co-signed a letter to the MWAA expressing their “outrage” over continuing reports of malfeasance by the authority’s politically appointed, 13-member board of directors.

Bill Carey
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