Some news stories from the past week involving Chairman Mendelson:

DC Mayor Launches New Initiatives That Include Training for Inmates – Although Bowser stressed that only working misdemeanor offenders would be eligible for pretrial release, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) said that misdemeanor suspects being held at the D.C. jail are there because a court has already determined that they are a danger to society or a flight risk.  “Nobody is automatically held pretrial,” Mendelson said in a phone interview.  [The Washington Post]

DC, Wizards to Announce Deal on Practice Facility in Southeast – “I think it’s an intriguing proposition, and I’m looking forward to seeing what the details are,” DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said.  [NBC4]

DC Mayor to Present $23 Million Supplemental Budget to Council – Because the budget involves fiscal 2015 funds, the District government will have to spend it before fiscal 2016 starts on Oct. 1.  That leaves the council with little time to hold hearings or to make changes to the document before sending it back to the mayor. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) said that he met Tuesday with Bowser and told her that he would support council action on the document next week but that he would not guarantee support for all of her proposed measures.  [The Washington Post]

Could More Tax Abatement Be in Play in the District?  Mendelson Says It’s ‘Case-by-Case’ – “I think we have to look at it very carefully on a case-by-case basis,” he said. “There is a difference between The Advisory Board and, say, ACME Pest Control. There’s just a lot of aspects to this that are unique.”  [Washington Business Journal]