[LM]Wasn't another reason for repeal the fact that the police busted up a critical mass demonstration (people on bikes who take over the streets) and used the lack of a license as a pretext for confiscating a lot of the bikes?
[JM] That did happen at the March 02 Critical Mass ride, yes. It was soon after that that CMers met with Mayor Rybak, Chief Olson and Dean Zimmerman (there may have been other council members present - I wasn't there - at the ride or the meeting). It was soon afterwards that Zimmerman introduced the bill to repeal mandatory registration in Minneapolis.
The state still has a voluntary registration system. I believe the U of M may still have mandatory registration on campus.
Jim McGuire Como
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