The head of D.C.’s tax office says that the $2.6 devaluation in commercial property tax assessments discovered by the Post is not as alarming as it seems.

District CFO Natwar Gandhi sent out a press release announcing the appointment of Stephen Cordi, a former deputy comptroller for the state of Maryland, as the new director of the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue. Cordi takes the job vacated by Sherryl Hobbs Newman after she was fired in the wake of the biggest city government embezzlement scandal in history. Here’s what the Post says about Cordi, who has been serving as an attorney…