Northern Virginia officials are again battling the state over who gets to have a say in the fate of Metro. The Northern Virginia Transportation Commission sent a letter to Gov. Bob McDonnell last week pushing against his desire to take over at least one of Virginia’s four seats on the 14-person Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority board. “These local members are willing to support appointment of a representative of the Commonwealth to the WMATA board, but not at the expense of current local representation,” commission Chairman Bill Euille wrote in the letter dated Jan. 6.

Instead the commission members are proposing an “expanded” board of directors.