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Four D.C. monuments vandalized with graffiti; Metro ridership drops 12 percent

Northern Virginia’s daily dose of local and national news for Wednesday, Feb. 22.

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Four D.C. monuments—the Lincoln Memorial, World War II Memorial, Washington Monument and D.C. War Memorial—were vandalized with conspiracy theories drawn in permanent marker.
(ABC 7 News)

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Metro ridership dropped 12 percent from July to December, and the transit system is expected to sustain a $125 million decline in revenue.
(The Washington Post)

To encourage Metro riders to use the Yellow Line rather than the typically overcrowded Blue Line, an urban planner with New York University suggested a simple solution: redrawing how the two lines appear on the Metro map.
(The Washington Post)

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Locals are campaigning to save the Iota Club and Cafe in Clarendon after news broke of a redevelopment plan that would force the music venue to close or relocate.
(ARLnow)

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The Virginia congressman who said women were “in my grill” was heckled during a town hall Tuesday.
(The Washington Post)

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