As a follow up to our note in the Morning Roundup regarding the discussion of cutting back late-night service on Metro, there’s this story. According to WTOP, city officials are considering withholding D.C.’s share of dedicated funding – $50 million – if the Metro Board decides to move Friday and Saturday close from 3 a.m. to midnight. This money, combined with equal amounts from Maryland and Virginia, is part of an agreement to match $150 million from the feds. It seems like a bit of a hollow threat from the city; while projections guess that D.C. could lose as much as $7 million in revenue from service cuts, it sure seems like we stand to lose a heck of a lot more by withholding our share of dedicated funding. If the District members on the Metro Board could get together on the issue, they can veto the measure instead. Dr. Gridlock has a useful post from February on how this all might go down.