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1. Dreamer96
   

   DHS should be paying half of the USPS budget, they are an important part of our eyes and ears in America, that does not take away our freedoms...Why has Congress pasted laws says USPS can not compete with Fedex and UPS in the package shipment area,,,did a special interest lobby buy them off?

   September 15, 2011 at 11:46 pm | Report abuse |
   • edvhou812
     

     (Shakes Magic 8-Ball) Signs point to yes

     September 16, 2011 at 1:49 am | Report abuse |
   • bubba in omaha
     

     actually no need to get to congress or other actions. the special interests control the post office directly. google postal regulatory commission. then google the names you find. look for fed-ex , ups, and major mailer ties.first class postage mentioned as going up.. how about non-profit ($0.05) standard ($0.10) . then there are unfunded mandates like political mail non-profit costs with preferential first-class delevery.

     September 16, 2011 at 11:01 am | Report abuse |
2. MICHAEL McBRIDE
   

   THEY SHOULD PUT THE POST OFFICES BACK IN THE SMALL TOWN STORES LIKE THEY USE TO BE, I LIKED IT BETTER WHEN THEY WERE TOGETHER. MAIL MINGLE AND SHOP ALL TOGETHER LIKE IT SHOULD STILL BE,WAS A MISTAKE CHANGING IT.

   September 16, 2011 at 12:02 am | Report abuse |
   • cheryl
     

     PMG is not trying to sve 6 day delivery he is lining his pockets. He recived a 75000 as a bonus last year when there was suppose to be a wage freeze, No telling what he slide into his pension fund. He wants to say he saved the post office millions but he doesn't tell the whole picture. He Cuts sorting cenrter saves x amount of dollars then he gets big bonus . He says the mail volume is down then why did,t the carriers loose any time when they had mail count acouple a weeks ago? He says service is great . When we mail a letter 10 milesa way it takes 3 day to get there if you are lucky. Its trucked approximately 300 miles to make it 10 miles .Does this save Money befor It would only go 25.

     March 27, 2013 at 12:09 pm | Report abuse |
3. Tredhoe
   

   These are the neighborhoos PO's, not the big processing facilities.

   September 16, 2011 at 12:20 am | Report abuse |
   • James Tosh
     

     Actually the P&DC stands for processing and distribution center which are quite large. The one I worked at had over 3000 employees and ran 24/7

     September 16, 2011 at 4:26 am | Report abuse |
   • watching
     

     Every time these lists come out, I look for our P&DC facility. So far, not yet – but that doesn't mean we won't get shut down or merged. I'm still hoping that ours is "big enough" to stay .... but with the PO, never know what they'll do. A bit of advice – choose "mail" whenever possible – "going green" can be recycling and renewable energy, doesn't have to mean email, lettercarriers are the eyes and ears of the neighborhood and have saved plenty of lives when disaster strikes. Save the Post Office!! Politicians vote YES on HR 1351 and NO on HR 2309. We need our lettercarriers and our P&DC's!!

     September 20, 2011 at 1:01 pm | Report abuse |
4. washtucna, wa
   

   lost ours over a year ago....

   September 16, 2011 at 1:25 am | Report abuse |
5. Jim
   

   The postal service is cutting back because of the decrease in mail volume, but they are lengthening delivery times because it will take longer to handle. Hmmmm... so, they are telling me it takes longer to handle less mail, and that longer handling times are cured with fewer handlers? Sounds like a case study in inefficiency to me.

   September 16, 2011 at 1:28 am | Report abuse |
   • kyle
     

     no jim, you are actually way off.
     what that means is that with fewer people the workers will not be able to get to all the first class mail in that day. it will have to be set aside for the following day. as opposed to now where we are required to attempt a delivery on all first class mail recieved that day.

     September 16, 2011 at 9:18 pm | Report abuse |
   • Mekhong Kurt
     

     Jim, look at the story again. The Postal Service workforce has shrunk by a quarter of a million jobs just in the last few years, leaving that many fewer workers to help process and deliver our mail. I've read elsewhere that while the volume of mail has also been dropping, the rate of decrease in the number of workers has been faster than the decrease in volume - meaning fewer workers for X number of pieces of mail than before.

     September 16, 2011 at 10:17 pm | Report abuse |
6. Arcticmermaid
   

   THE REASON they are in the red is they cannot pay a huge bond to cover RETIRED employees HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS. Huh?! Ponzi anyone?

   September 16, 2011 at 2:02 am | Report abuse |
   • Mekhong Kurt
     

     Are you aware that the Postal Service is REQUIRED BY LAW TO KEEP UP-TO-DATE WITH THOSE PAYMENTS (unlike anything ELSE the Congress runs) yet is ALSO prohibited by law from competing against private carriers such as FedEx and DHL in delivering packages, etc.? The Postal Service is left hamstrung right out of the gate - and it's not easy to increase politically unpalatable rates. It's NOT a Ponzi scheme, IceHearted Fishwoman. If you want to gripe - as I do - look at the criminals: members of Congress.

     September 16, 2011 at 10:22 pm | Report abuse |
7. Chris
   

   All these cutbacks and plenty of closings in MA, yet my hometown of North Attleboro still has 2 post offices...

   September 16, 2011 at 8:44 am | Report abuse |
   • Mekhong Kurt
     

     I would guess the congress critter for that district must have cut a deal for those post offices. I fully expect both my Senators (Texas) to raise holy hell about proposed closings in the Lone Star State. And I imagine my voluble Governor will be piping up, too.

     September 16, 2011 at 10:24 pm | Report abuse |
8. Jim
   

   Another 2000 word article with no mention of the fact that the postal service is the only organization of any significant size that is prefunding its retirement. And not just prefunding it a few years, but 75 years in advance. If you placed the same requirements for prefunding these benefits on any other organization in this country and it would bankrupt them, too.

   September 16, 2011 at 7:15 pm | Report abuse |
9. Jim
   

   Prediction: The Republican Party will block the transfer of funds from the CSRF to the FERS that the postal service needs to stay afloat. The post office will lay off 200,000 people before election day. 1,000,000 more jobs will be lost. The GOP will point out that it was under Obama's watch that all these jobs are lost and unemployment is on the rise. Rick Perry will be elected president. The administration will pay the PO the $50 Billion dollars they owe them and they will hire a bunch of people. Then the new administration will take credit for creating all those jobs.

   September 16, 2011 at 7:18 pm | Report abuse |
   • Mmmmm
     

     the American people are not that stupid. The repubs gotta go. further I don't understand how public funds can be applied to the private sector bailout and investors but not applied to a federal agency serving the people. And why would you close a processing and distribution center in New Orleans that still recuperating from Katrina?

     September 16, 2011 at 8:50 pm | Report abuse |
   • Mekhong Kurt
     

     Jim, I hope to every god there is you're wrong - that they fail miserably - but I fear there's a very good chance you're right. And who should we blame for that? - we need to go look in the mirror, since WE'RE the ones that allow the clowns in Congress to get away with this sort of crap.

     September 16, 2011 at 10:27 pm | Report abuse |
   • LA Belle
     

     Jim, you are right on. Another thought, how many Republican Employers have laid-off employees to make a point; the President is to blame. Everything the Republicans have done and said in the last 2-1/2 years is simply atrocious. They want to win the next election so they can continue to strip the middle-class and the poor of all they own. If the Republicans win the 2012 election, things will go back to spending our tax dollars to benefit big business and their wealthy friends without any thoughts to the debt or deficit. Remember Cheney, 'debt does not matter', unless it's a Democratic President in office. The Republican behavior is treasonous to this country and to the very people that pay their salaries and all other perks. They need to be paid on commission according to how well they perform for the benefit of this country and all it's people. If this was so, there would be no Republicans in office.

     The prepaid postal health care money probably does not exist in any fund. It's has been robbed the same as the taxpayers paid-for social security fund. Is this something the American people want to continue to tolerate, or should we cast our votes in order to clean the mess and have 'Change for America'? Yes we can, and it's up to all voters to save this great country! We can either make a change in Congress, or we can regret not doing it.

     September 17, 2011 at 1:02 pm | Report abuse |
10. joycw wooldridge
    

    i think this is wrong for shuting down any of the post office u r not even thinking of all the employs that need the job to susprt their familys i think u guys can do cuts some where else i still use the post office and i sure alot of people still does

    September 20, 2011 at 12:34 pm | Report abuse |
11. Ed
    

    Good riddance.

    October 13, 2011 at 2:53 pm | Report abuse |
12. terdelou
    

    Okay here goes, we are a postal family that is scheduled to be closed in Ft Myers Florida, which means that SW Florida will have their mail extremely impacted by this, and most of all, all the familes that will be impacted too! In times, where we are supposed to be trying to create jobs and bring the economy up, we seem to be going in the opposite direction. We have families and friends here where we live and what sense does it make to move a facility to the east coast in the town of West Palm Beach which is over 160 miles away to work west coast mail. I agree that if we continue any sort of elections involving Repulicans, this country will be in one extremely sad sad shape! The middle class and the poor will disappear into oblivian. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, DO NOT ELECT ANY REPULICANS TO OFFICE!

    October 29, 2011 at 2:46 pm | Report abuse |
13. Traysea
    

    There is still time to save the Fort Myers P&DC – attend the meeting!

    An Area Mail Processing (AMP) study was initiated to evaluate moving the mail processing operations from the Fort Myers FL Processing & Distribution Center (P&DC) to the West Palm Beach FL P&DC. The initial results of the study support the business case for consolidation. This study, currently in review at United States Postal Service Headquarters and its Area Office is subject to change.

    A public meeting will be held to share the initial results of the study and allow members of the community to ask questions and provide feedback. The public’s input will be considered prior to a final decision. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 6pm at Edison State College, Walker Hall, Bldg AA, Room 177, 8099 College Parkway in Fort Myers.

    October 31, 2011 at 9:45 pm | Report abuse |
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