Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) appointed someone new to the board overseeing Metro’s Silver Line rail extension Friday, one day after he removed a labor leader from the post.


A worker uses a backhoe to excavate dirt as work continues at the Tysons Corner Seven Central Station on Metro’s Silver Line project.
(Nikki Kahn – The Washington Post)
Caren Merrick of McLean will take over for Dennis Martire, who had been one of Virginia’s representatives on the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority board.

Martire, who filed a lawsuit Thursday over his removal,

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