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A recent letter by Terry Thoem, on March 25, 2025, suggested that because our county is having a decent snow year, “the climate change advocates are wrong.” This is misleading on many fronts.
The U.S. Postal Service is billions of dollars over budget with no relief in sight, and so the question that begs for an answer is, do we need mail delivered to our homes six days a week?
Last year, it lost $9.5 billion. Older than the United States itself, the postal service faces significant challenges as Americans send fewer letters, Christmas cards and wedding invitations.
Privatization would raise the cost of mailing a letter and shipping a package. It would cause postal worker jobs to be lost, mailing industry jobs to be lost and our universal service ...
But that is the distinction between private business and what we are, a public service,” said Brian Renfroe, National Association of Letter Carriers President. Several postal service union ...
PROJECT SAFE DELIVERY WAS ESTABLISHED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, AND ALREADY USPS SAYS THEY’VE SEEN POSITIVE RESULTS. THE GOAL IS TO NOT ONLY PROTECT YOUR PACKAGES AND YOUR LETTERS, BUT ALSO THE ...