Some news stories from the past week involving Chairman Mendelson:

DC Has ‘Discussion’ on Legal Pot on Fear Hearing Illegal – Council Chairman Phil Mendelson has said that by March the city would begin to treat Initiative 71 as law, which would in effect legalize possession without any way to buy pot legally.  [Reuters]

Pot Push Could Land DC Council in Jail – WUSA9 asked Council Chair Phil Mendelson about the letter, he said,”Congress is the bad guy in all this. Because Congress is the one that says they want to restrict what we can do.”  [WUSA9]