Comments on: Bike Registration Controversy at Yongsan Garrison

By: Leon LaPorte

Leon LaPorte — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:34:27 +0000

The bikes, I'm sure, are looooong gone by now, little buddy.

As for the follow up? It happens on rare occasion but more often than not, constant reader is left hanging. Even when there is a follow up there is no comment or more lie, lie, lie, deny, deny deny – like AAFES and gas prices. Dispite all the stories on those, they got smart and clammed up after the 5th or so conflicting (and lame) excuse. USFK has been a good study.

By: ChickenHead

ChickenHead — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:10:19 +0000

So…

The only two remaining mysteries are…

Where are the bikes…

…and where is the follow-up story?

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:46:36 +0000

Seems like it started out legit, then a little bit of liberty was taken executing the order.

By: guitard

guitard — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:44:09 +0000

When Perry's wife went to military police to reclaim her son's bike, Perry said, she was shown to the impound where the confiscated bikes were stored, but found only eight "dilapidated" bikes, none of which belonged to her son.

My question: Where are the bikes they removed? Presumably Perry's wife went down to the MP station shortly after the bike was taken. Why wasn't it in the impound lot?

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:58:36 +0000

JAFO, I agree that it sounds more like stupidity involved here to me then anyone trying to do something illegal. It still doesn't make it right and hopefully everyone involved in this mess are held accountable.

By: JAFO

JAFO — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:23:02 +0000

Isn't it just a little bit of bad judgment to check for "abandoned" bikes right at the end of 6 months of cold weather when most bikes have been all-but-forgotten about?

Wouldn't it be better to do it after several weeks of warm weather when there would be a better chance to see which bikes are truly abandoned and the owners have a better chance to see warning stickers?

That working-at-night thing sounds a little shifty, too. It's the kind of thing you do when you don't want to be seen removing bikes.

I can't believe anyone would risk their careers over a few hundred dollars in used bikes so I have to blame stupidity instead of criminality.

Maybe there were ulterior motives we are not destined to understand. That's par for the USFK course these days.

By: Unsatisfied LG DACOM

Unsatisfied LG DACOM — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:22:51 +0000

I wish that they would handle stray cats the same way, thus ridding the installation of all cats, stray or otherwise. All cats rounded up and euthanized without notice.

By: theotherguy

theotherguy — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:14:40 +0000

Yep this sounds exactly like how they'd do it. Good intentions (get rid of the old rusty bikes that are there for over a year), but very very bad execution (not warning people, or telling people to get bikes registered to prevent it from happening).