After months of concerns over whether it would participate in Metro’s Silver Line extension out to Dulles and beyond, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted today 5-4 to join the massive infrastructure project.

This morning, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority voted to discard plans to build an underground Metro station at the terminal, instead endorsing a plan put forward by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood which includes an above-ground station.

To those around the country who incorrectly view our fair city as simply a place where real America comes to protest, don’t forget: our local government is to thank for a couple of extra days to file your income taxes this year.

Photo by philliefan99 As ABRA tweeted earlier today, a law that went into effect last year allows D.C. bars and restaurants to, if they so choose, stay open for an additional hour of alcoholic beverage service the night before any D.C. or federal holiday. And since Friday is Emancipation Day, and D.C. government and schools will be closed, that means Thursday night could see a number of bars taking advantage and staying open until…