The new stadium for the Washington Nationals often provokes heated debate — Who will pay for it? What will it look like? Which way will it face? How many women’s restrooms will it have? Yes, this last question has been asked. The Washington Times is reporting that John Banzhaf, a public interest law professor at George Washington University famous for suing fast food restaurants and tobacco companies, has written a letter to the City Council warning that the new stadium is lacking in facilities for the ladies, an oversight which could cause long lines and, this being America, lawsuits. Long an advocate for “potty parity,” Banzhaf notes that the current plan of one toilet for every 75 women falls short of emerging standards that call for twice as many restrooms for women than for men in stadiums, theaters, and other large venues. The stadium is slated to have one toilet for every 350 men and one urinal for every 100 men. City officials argue that they are well within the standards.

Metro Riders Satisfied With Service: Maybe the critics just complain really loudly. Regardless, WJLA is reporting that 90 percent of Metrorail users and 85 percent of Metrobus users are satisfied with the service they receive, an increase from this same time last year. But WMATA officials aren’t satisfied with satisfaction — they want smiles and thumbs ups. They vowed to improve Metrorail’s 97 percent on-time record and cut the number of mechanical failures. No mention was made of coming up with more nifty sniglets.

DUI News Continues: The Post really keeps digging them up. Today the newspaper features another story of justice gone wrong, of a 39-year-old former drunken driving prosecutor himself caught by the District’s infamous zero tolerance laws. And for those of you opinionated enough about this issue, Council-member and recent DUI reform opponent Phil Mendelson (D-At Large) will be chatting online at 2 p.m., while reform proponent Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) will argue otherwise at 3 p.m.

Potential Nats Owners Meet With Selig: Indicating a possible conclusion to one of the District’s longest running suspense stories (the other is that whole Rove-Plame-Novak-Libby-Miller affair), MLB Commissioner Bud Selig met yesterday with Frederic V. Malek and Jeffrey Zients, the leaders of one of the bidding groups vying for the ownership rights of the Washington Nationals, writes the Post. The Malek-Zients group, known as the Washington Baseball Club, is one of eight groups bidding up to $450 million for the team. Local baseball boosters are nervous that Selig might choose Indianapolis media mogul Jeffrey Smulyan over a local ownership group.

Two Area Safeways Being Renovated: No, it’s not ground-breaking news, but for those of us who for years have had nothing but our local “Soviet” Safeway to meet our food needs, the Examiner’s news of on-going renovations is sweet sweet music. The two Safeways — along 14th Street in Southeast and in Hechinger Mall in Northeast — will feature better delis, takeout sections, and high-end bakeries. Other Safeway shoppers, fear not — all 16 D.C. stores are slated for their own renovations soon.

Briefly Noted: Four men linked to Baltimore tunnel threat deported … Gay rights protest at Naval Academy today could end with arrests … Cat lady prepares defense … Relationship between D.C. mayor and MLB strained … Maryland schools to accept online payments for lunches … PG County student arrested for beating teacher with bat … District to provide free smoke detectors.

Picture of Key Bridge snapped by adrummer boy.