This morning, Mayor Vince Gray appointed two new senior officials to better coordinate communications with the media and District residents, saying that he believed that not enough of his administration’s priorities have been communicated to the public.

When Vince Gray defeated former mayor Adrian Fenty last fall, we were pretty sure that Gray would likely be a little less prickly than his predecessor when it came to dealing with the media. But while it’s one thing for the city’s Mayor to be publicly available — it’s another thing for him to do it in a way that isn’t putting people to sleep.

Buried at the bottom of yesterday’s WaPo story about the $1.5 billion funding package for Metro passed by the Senate is this juicy tidbit:The bill also includes a provision to improve cellphone coverage in the subway system. Within one year, the 20 busiest underground Metro stations would be required to have cellphone access for all carriers. Currently, only Verizon or Sprint roaming customers can receive signals.The last we heard about plans to build an expanded…