- Metro’s board of directors officially named Richard Sarles as its new General Manager/Chief Executive Officer this afternoon. Here’s a copy of Sarles’ remarks, which is high on lofty ambition. Sarles will reportedly pull in $350,000 per year on a three-year contract. Meanwhile, Fairfax representative Catherine Hudgins was named Peter Benjamin’s replacement as the board’s chairman. There was no shortage of reporters at today’s board meeting — we recommend checking here, here, here and here for the details.
- Thundersnow fallout: Some 911 lines weren’t working so well, Metro stopped bus service after 70 buses got stuck.
- Interesting report from Alex Baca on the D.C. Grey Farmers Market, which, after hosting their initial meeting inside a licensed facility became a lot less…grey.
- An amazing story from local art patron Philippa Hughes, who received a seemingly heartfelt letter from a man who mugged her last October. Kriston Capps has more.
- A Washington man recieved a sentence of 105 years in prison for killing one and injuring three during a 2009 shooting spree.
- The Economist hits WaPo hard in response to outgoing ombudsman Andrew Alexander’s moans over the current state of the paper.
- Is there a man attacking women near Union Station in order to get to their feet?
- For anyone still following along with Michelle Rhee’s political future, Ben Smith and Byron Tau have a nice piece today on her evolution into a “national political force to be reckoned with.”
- Fantastic headline (‘Pepco to D.C. Region: Drop Dead’) and lede (“Hey Pepco, what’s your problem?”) from Loose Lips.
- Welcome to Twitter, @MayorGray. What, nothing about today’s meeting with House Speaker John Boehner? (This should be fun.)
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