Citing numerous “financial scandals, theft and contracting improprieties” in the D.C. Office of Chief Financial Officer, former D.C. Councilman Bill Lightfoot and Kalorama civic activist Marie Drissel strongly urged Mayor Vincent Gray to replace Natwar Gandhi when his last term expired in June.

Gray ignored their recommendation, and the D.C. Council rubber-stamped Gandhi’s reappointment. But officials’ continued confidence in the city’s top bean counter seems like the gift that keeps on punishing the city.