D.C.’s no place for Pollyana

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The District’s chief financial officer, Natwar Gandhi, morphed last week into Pollyanna. A man who riles elected officials with his conservative estimates presented news of a projected $131 million shortfall and a slide in value of District assets as if those events were nothing to worry about.

“I think it can be managed,” he said. “The market will stabilize after massive federal investments.”

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