The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority met behind closed doors Wednesday to talk about how it could be more open with the public. The meeting came after months of accusations from Virginia officials that the authority is secretive and “dysfunctional.”
The private meeting ran about 30 minutes past its allotted time, but when officials finally emerged, they would say only that they had asked the board’s lawyer and secretary to examine the authority’s bylaws and “submit any proposed amendments” to a board committee.
Virginia lawmakers asked MWAA earlier this fall to be more open and responsive and to cut down on its use of closed-door sessions, disclose conflicts of interest and consult more with the localities affected by MWAA’s decisions.
Asked if MWAA would comply with the request for more openness, authority Vice Chairman Tom Davis would not comment.
