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>> The District’s tax officials lowered commercial property assessments by $1.2 billion on top of the $2.6 billion in reductions previously discovered, The Washington Post reports. But the original $2.6 billion, which cost D.C. $48 million in tax revenue, was made in appeals to an not-always-noticed tax appeal board; the additional reductions came when property owners, generally large commercial developers, took their cases to D.C. Superior Court. CFO Natwar Gandhi’s records did not originally include those claims, which date back to 2009.

>> Is WPFW screwed? The covers story of the new issue of Washington City Paper focuses on D.C.’s “jazz and justice” station, which is losing listeners and money to other radio stations and needs to revamp its programming to stay competitive. But the prospect of adding syndicated programming like Tell Me More and The Takeaway have the station’s longtime programmers irate that WPFW could lose its reputation as a radical alternative to normal radio.

>> The military laid out its plans for handling President Obama’s re-inauguration next January. The Washington Times reports that the plan includes 7,500 active-duty members—including some who will march in the parade—5,500 members of the National Guard and lots and lots of closed-off streets. But take comfort, the Third Street tunnel will be closed this time.

Briefly Noted: Fiscal cliff as haikus … GW admissions head to resign over U.S. News blunder … D.C. Medical Examiner shipped the wrong dead body.

This Day in DCist: Last year, some cheetah cubs needed naming. Also those hunger strikers. Remember those guys?