It’s not $90,000 in a freezer (a la former Rep. William Jefferson, D-La.). It’s not a yacht on the Potomac (invoking images of Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, R-Calif.). Still, no one should dismiss the recent arrest of D.C. Council staffer Ted Loza on charges of taking a bribe. Nor should anyone ignore media reports that his boss, Ward 1’s Jim Graham, is under scrutiny by investigators who are probing the taxicab industry in the District and the government agency charged with regulating it.

Those allegations are serious. But, Chairman Vincent C. Gray and other members don’t seem to get that.