Failure to run counter_culture callbacks, when under rspec

console_log_success.txt

irb(main):050:0> user = User.find 1
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irb(main):051:0>  events = FactoryGirl.create_list :place_event, 3, user: user 
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irb(main):052:0> new_place =  FactoryGirl.create :place, user: user 
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irb(main):067:0> PlaceEvent.where("id IN (#{ events.collect(&:id).join(',') })").move_to new_place
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  SQL (1.1ms)  UPDATE "places" SET "place_events_count" = COALESCE("place_events_count", 0) + 1 WHERE "places"."id" = 1799211
  SQL (1.0ms)  UPDATE "places" SET "place_events_count" = COALESCE("place_events_count", 0) - 1 WHERE "places"."id" = 1799208
  SQL (1.1ms)  UPDATE "places" SET "place_events_count" = COALESCE("place_events_count", 0) + 1 WHERE "places"."id" = 1799211
  SQL (1.0ms)  UPDATE "places" SET "place_events_count" = COALESCE("place_events_count", 0) - 1 WHERE "places"."id" = 1799209
  SQL (1.1ms)  UPDATE "places" SET "place_events_count" = COALESCE("place_events_count", 0) + 1 WHERE "places"."id" = 1799211
  SQL (1.2ms)  UPDATE "places" SET "place_events_count" = COALESCE("place_events_count", 0) - 1 WHERE "places"."id" = 1799210
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irb(main):069:0* events.map(&:place).map(&:reload).map(&:place_events_count)
  Place Load (0.9ms)  SELECT "places".* FROM "places" WHERE "places"."id" = $1 LIMIT 1  [["id", 1799208]]
  Place Load (0.6ms)  SELECT "places".* FROM "places" WHERE "places"."id" = $1 LIMIT 1  [["id", 1799209]]
  Place Load (0.6ms)  SELECT "places".* FROM "places" WHERE "places"."id" = $1 LIMIT 1  [["id", 1799210]]
=> [0, 0, 0]
irb(main):070:0> new_place.reload.place_events_count
  Place Load (0.7ms)  SELECT "places".* FROM "places" WHERE "places"."id" = $1 LIMIT 1  [["id", 1799211]]
=> 3

place_event.rb

class PlaceEvent < Event

  belongs_to :place
  counter_culture :place

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  def self.move_to(place)
    PlaceEvent.transaction do
      scoped.each do |e|
        e.update_attribute :place, place
      end
    end

place_events_spec.rb

require 'spec_helper'

describe PlaceEvent do

  let(:user) { FactoryGirl.create :user }

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  describe '.move_to' do
    let!(:events) { FactoryGirl.create_list :place_event, 3, user: user }
    let!(:event_places) { events.map &:place }
    let!(:new_place) { FactoryGirl.create :place, user: user }

    before do
      PlaceEvent.scoped.move_to new_place
    end

    it 'moves all events to a new place' do
      events.each do |e|
        PlaceEvent.find(e.id).place.should == new_place
      end
    end

    it 'updates the counter cache on all old places' do
      event_places.each do |p|
        Place.find(p.id).place_events.size.should == 0
      end
    end

    it "updates the new place's counter cache" do
      Place.find(new_place.id).place_events_count.should == event_places.size
    end

  end

rspec_log_fail.txt

 1) PlaceEvent.move_to updates the new place's counter cache
     Failure/Error: Place.find(new_place.id).place_events_count.should == event_places.size
       expected: 3
            got: 0 (using ==)
     # ./spec/models/place_event_spec.rb:69:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'


Tailing log/test.log and grepping for the COALESCE call yields nothing, otherwise the log looks correct, including addition callbacks defined in PlaceEvent being called.