Dear Governor McDonnell, Senators and Representatives:
We are writing to express our very serious concern and opposition to changing the Northern Virginia representation on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Board of Directors. Northern Virginia’s representatives have stood out on the WMATA Board of Directors for their commitment to the success of Metro, to transparency to the public, and to funding the level of transit service our region deserves. Because our local elected officials at WMATA are also responsible for local land use decisions, they have ensured that transit and
land use are linked, helping to create billions of dollars of transit-oriented development and tax revenues for the state of Virginia.