However at the meeting Metro officials called random bag inspections a "success" and claimed that few riders had complained.

Metro officials searched for descendants of Howard to obtain their consent.

The train operator was dismissed and Metro officials agreed to add rollback protection to more than 300 rail cars.

Later, Metro officials rescheduled the opening to March 2009.

After the agreement, Metro officials had gates installed at the entrances to three other stations downtown.

But the real novelty is that to obtain a badge, a musician must first perform before a Metro official.

But besides cost considerations, Metro officials say, there are other reasons to build a train on street grade.

Metro officials originally intended to add stations in-between the existing ones, but those plans were later abandoned.

However no plans or work has started and Metro officials denied any possibility even in near future.

Metro officials have suggested that this line could be the next MetroLink extension to be built.