For those not on twitter, read from the bottom up :)
ourmaninabiko OurManInAbiko
...8. You know what? Screw these public fuckwits. If they won't help tsunami survivors, we'll do it ourselves. Join us! Follow @freetohoku!
ourmaninabiko OurManInAbiko
... 7. In other words: Abiko City pen pusher refused to help because Ishinomaki politician didn't say "please" ...
ourmaninabiko OurManInAbiko
... 6. What happened here is Ishinomaki politician was too proud to plead for his people, and Abiko was too stuck in protocol to help...
ourmaninabiko OurManInAbiko
...5. @ourwomaninabiko found out, asked Abiko pen pusher "Why aren't you sending bikes to Ishinomaki? "Because they didn't ask for help"
ourmaninabiko OurManInAbiko
... 4. Abiko said: "Well, the bikes are not ready to go now." Ishinomaki said: "Oh, OK." Phone call ended...
ourmaninabiko OurManInAbiko
... 3. After a week of prodding by @ourwomaninabiko, Ishinomaki councillor phoned Abiko city hall and said: "Tell us about your bicycles."
ourmaninabiko OurManInAbiko
... 2. Abiko is happy to release their unwanted bikes to Ishinomaki if they formerly request the bikes. But, they have to ask for help...
ourmaninabiko OurManInAbiko
... 1. Abiko City has hundreds of commuters' abandoned bicycles. Ishinomaki's tsunami survivors are desperate for bikes. Good fit, huh...?
ourmaninabiko OurManInAbiko
... In Ishinomaki. She's working with @bikesforjapan and they are great. But she thought she'd try to get city hall to help...
ourmaninabiko OurManInAbiko
Blogger is down. So, I'll have to get this news out on Twitter. So, @ourwomaninabiko has been trying to get bikes to tsunami survivors...
Absolutely useless. If it won't work doing it the bureaucrats' way, time to talk to the press, you think?
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