US CA: Column: Feds Threaten Mendocino Officials Over

East Bay Express, 12 Jan 2012 – According to California Watch, last week federal prosecutors threatened to sue Mendocino county, put county officials in jail, and confiscate county property if Mendocino continued to permit legal medical marijuana grows under its sheriff’s office program. “‘They told the county to shut the program down,” said one official who was briefed on the matter.