WMATA, Washington Nationals discuss game-day service
Washington, D.C.'s creatively named new baseball team, the Nationals, and WMATA are engaged in talks to determine who will pay for extra Metrorail service if a game runs past Metro's ordinary closing time of midnight Sunday through Thursday. According to Metro, keeping the system open costs $18,000 per hour. Ordinarily the beneficiaries of early Metrorail openings or late closings--from sports teams to charities sponsoring foot races--pay the cost of the service. However, last week the Nationals refused to pay a single penny.
I think Metro should settle for nothing less than full recoupment of the cost of keeping the system open late. If the Nationals refuse to pay, I wish Metro would shut the gates at midnight and strand thousands of fans. Metro could hang a sign at the Stadium - Armory station to blame the Nationals. I am tired of the millionaires of baseball lining up at the public trough to get slopped by us, the taxpayers and farepayers. Moreover, I am tired of seeing pathetic grown men such as D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, who line up eagerly for a chance to kiss and slobber all over baseball's feet.
Of course I understand that closing the system would be politically unwise for Metro and that they will not do such a thing. But so far baseball has learned that is has every reason to stick its nose up with arrogance as it feeds at the public hog trough. At least I can dream that Metro would stand up to them...
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massysett | 5:05 PM |
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Closing? What I would want (if I still lived in the DC Metro area) is 24 hour service...
