GEORGIA STRAIGHT, August 17th, 2017 

Exactly two years ago, the Straight informed our readers that Watermelon would run for mayor in 2023.

She may not have known it then, but the self-proclaimed weed diva, whose local fame stems from selling cannabis-infused cookies and watermelon on Wreck Beach for 22 years, might be getting her political career started a little sooner than she expected.

She'll run in the City of Vancouver's October 14 by-election for the councillor position that was vacated by Geoff Meggs, as a candidate for the newly created municipal arm of Sensible BC, a provincial party founded by marijuana advocates including Dana Larsen in 2012.

Read the whole article at: https://www.straight.com/cannabis/949716/mary-jean-watermelon-dunsdon-will-run-vancouvers-cannabis-friendly-city-council