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  • Hollister motorcycle rally canceled, City Council cites police cost

    02/17/2006 8:19:08 AM PST · by SmithL · 6 replies · 199+ views
    AP ^ | 2/17/6
    HOLLISTER, Calif. - The City Council has canceled an annual Independence Day motorcycle rally that attracted more than 100,000 bikers a year from around the country and inspired the 1950s Marlon Brando outlaw biker movie "The Wild One." The council voted 3-2 on Feb. 6 to scrap plans for this year's Hollister Independence Rally, arguing that the city cannot continue paying for police patrols at the event. The city paid $250,000 last year after the rally's nonprofit organizing group said it could not pay, city officials said. But Mayor Robert Scattini, who voted for keeping the rally, said the council...