Jaffe: Chores for Nat Gandhi's next five years

The D.C. Council’s finance committee has scheduled a hearing Thursday to begin the legislative process that is almost certain to approve Dr. Natwar Gandhi to serve his third five-year term as the city’s chief financial officer.

It’s more likely to be a coronation than a confirmation. Titans of the business community such as the Board of Trade’s Jim Dinegar, Barbara Lang of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce and John Hill with the Federal City Council are scheduled to testify in laudatory terms. Committee Chair Jack Evans is one of Gandhi’s staunchest supporters.