D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson removed a rule change on Tuesday that was aimed at making it easier for the council to expel a council member for a second time.
“In my reading of the rules, I think that what we are trying to do can be done anyway, and so that’s why that’s not part of this,” Mendelson said during the council’s afternoon legislative meeting.
The rule removal comes after a heated exchange during a council gathering before a morning meeting. At the time, some council members raised concerns about the move impacting the upcoming special election, in which expelled former Ward 8 Council member Trayon White is running for reelection…