BREAKING: Catoe resigns

WMATA General Manager John Catoe just announced that he will resign effective April 2nd.

The Washington Post reports that he cited the events of the last six months as an “unhealthy distraction”. Metro’s press release includes links to letters to the Board and employees.

Yesterday’s blogger roundtable had been briefly canceled, and we were told Mr. Catoe was sick; he then recovered and the roundtable was back on. Metro public relations staff insist that they weren’t making that up and in fact didn’t know about his resignation. It’s possible Catoe told his staff he was sick as he was making the decision (and feeling sick about it), or perhaps he really was sick.