Anyway, Graham wasn't sure he had the votes to prevail on the bus tags question. White said Metro would take whatever plate the D.C. government normally handed out. At which point, Graham withdrew his proposal to mandate the D.C. rights plates. In any case, within two years, all 1,400 Metrobuses will be rolling reminders to Congress of the injustice they have foisted on half a million Americans. The curtain falls.
Humble pie is our daily fare.
But in Maryland and Virginia, they're not used to bowing to Congress. I give Arlington and Zimmerman a lot of credit. They know that once you let these guys do this to you once, you'll never see the end of it. There was real gumption in the Reagan decision, and there'll be more. Bread and circuses, courtesy of the Metro board.