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Gov. Bob McDonnell took advantage of legislation just passed by Congress to appoint two campaign contributors from Northern Virginia to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority board, his office announced this morning.
A recent law packaged as part of must-pass funding bill gives the Virginia governor two extra seats on the airports authority board. It also gives one extra to Maryland and one to D.C.
McDonnell appointed Caren Merrick, who recently lost a state Senate race to Barbara Favola in Northern Virginia’s 31st district, and Todd Stottlemyer, chief executive officer of management firm Acentia.
The overhaul of the board comes after local leaders complained earlier this year that the airports authority wasn’t listening to Virginia’s concerns about the ballooning cost of the $6 billion Dulles Metro rail line, which the authority is building.
Both appointees have given to McDonnell’s campaigns in the past, according to the Virginia Public Access Project.
