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Columbia to Reconsider Ordinance

The city council of Columbia, Missouri may suspend the Bicycle Harassment Ordinance. Apparently a lot of people were upset about it.

Here’s the story from the Columbia Daily Tribune. Many interesting comments, including from bicyclists who are against the ordinance.

Here’s the story from the AP as published by the News-Leader. Note the comments.

Here’s the statement issued by Councilman Jerry Wade.

Here are my comments and concerns at the time the ordinance passed.

And here is the discussion from Carbon Trace about harassment in Springfield.


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Comments 2

  1. Pam wrote:

    I find Wade’s reversal surprising considering he was the guy who finally suggested it pass with some modifications. He was totally opposed, said he would not vote for it and had a long explanation why. By the end of the discussion, he completely changed his mind and suggested it pass with modifications. Now, he’s back to his original vote. I don’t get it.

    Posted 07 Jul 2009 at 9:48 pm
  2. Andy Cline wrote:

    Pam… Looks like a classic case of political pressure from constituents to me.

    Posted 08 Jul 2009 at 7:32 am