MTA official takes job with Washington agency
From Times Staff Reports
John B. Catoe Jr., the transit official credited with negotiating an on-time labor contract with bus drivers, said Tuesday that he was leaving L.A. to lead the Washington, D.C., transit agency. Catoe restructured services in L.A. County as deputy chief executive of the MTA since 2001.
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