Council's Role in Initiatives

A proposal this week to enact an initiative that would make adult possession of less than an ounce of pot the "lowest law enforcement priority" left some people wondering: What are Denver's elected officials smoking?

But it was actually a proposed strategy to let the city's legal team immediately start to prove that the initiative is legally flawed, as city attorneys say it is, so a court will toss it out.

The council will consider the strategy and other legal options in a closed-door meeting Monday.

Mason Tvert, spokesman for Citizens for a Safer Denver, the pro-pot group campaigning for the initiative, said Friday that city officials are wasting their time.

Rocky Mountain News