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Postal Service to review package delivery fees as Trump influence grows

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/14/trump-postal-service-package-rates/

EXCERPT...
But recent developments show that Trump’s efforts to reshape the USPS are gaining traction. Every member of the agency’s bipartisan governing board is a Trump appointee. Democratic vice chairman David Williams resigned April 30, fed up with Trump’s approach to the agency, according to people familiar with his thinking.

And last week, the panel announced that it has tapped Louis DeJoy, the finance chairman of the 2020 Republican National Convention, as the new postmaster general.

Also, Deputy Postmaster General Ronald A. Stroman submitted his resignation on May 8. Stroman had years of experience working with congressional Democrats and had become the agency point man on vote-by-mail initiatives for the November election. Stroman did not respond to a request for comment.

The postmaster general and deputy postmaster general also sit on the board, but do not vote on postal rates or personnel matters. Trump and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have sought to attach terms to a $10 billion emergency loan to the USPS that would allow the administration to dictate package prices, review and alter bulk-discount contracts known as negotiated service agreements (NSAs), appoint the next postmaster general and direct negotiations with labor unions.


93 posted on 05/14/2020 3:28:59 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 32:12))
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Link

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6882587-Letter-From-Obama-Office-to-NARA-03-13-20.html

104 posted on 05/14/2020 3:38:37 PM PDT by TruthWillWin
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Also, Deputy Postmaster General Ronald A. Stroman submitted his resignation on May 8. Stroman had years of experience working with congressional Democrats and had become the agency point man on vote-by-mail initiatives for the November election. Stroman did not respond to a request for comment.

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looks like trump is taking control of the “vote by mail” option??


132 posted on 05/14/2020 4:08:49 PM PDT by thinden
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“Postal Service to review package delivery fees as Trump influence grows”

Great news.
I’d like to keep the Post Office.
Great tradition.

I could be denied delivery from
private companies.

So far, Fedex, UPS, etc have not said
no, no delivery service for you Conservative,
but they can.

Just like Tweeter.


190 posted on 05/14/2020 5:30:41 PM PDT by missthethunder
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That is excellent news about the USPS. Thanks for posting that.


551 posted on 05/15/2020 9:03:15 AM PDT by Bigg Red (WWG1WGA)
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To: stars & stripes forever

Does he want package prices increased? I can’t mail a card or letter with a gift card because it gets stolen. So I have to put in a bigger envelope, which the USPS considers a package and is expensive to mail.


651 posted on 05/15/2020 11:01:21 AM PDT by Rusty0604 (2020 four more years!)
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allow the administration to dictate package prices, review and alter bulk-discount contracts known as negotiated service agreements (NSAs)

Death to junk mail.

1,098 posted on 05/15/2020 10:18:28 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (We need to reach across the aisle, extend a hand...And slap the crap out of them)
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