First out of the gate to grandstand over the recent news that a Metro operator was suspended without pay for five days after being caught on video sending a text message while driving a Blue Line train: Kwame Brown (D-At large)! “I am shocked that an operator would be callous enough to risk the safety of passengers by texting on a cell phone,” Brown said in a statement today. “Metro didn’t go far enough in the disciplinary action against the individual. The operator should be fired and anyone caught in the future should face the same consequences.” Brown is a member of the D.C. Council’s Committee on Public Works and Transportation, which has oversight over WMATA.