Well, money was never really the objective — it was implemented for behavior modification.
To wit: “People should always bring their own bags when they go shopping. That was the point of the ordinance in the first place.”
The guy who proposed the ban/fee and got it passed in the first place? Yeah, he just admitted it was for revenue with behavior modification as a a distant second reason.
Where did the 5 cents per bag go? If not the city government how could they repeal the ordinance.