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Is this legal?: Postal Workers Back Obama signs posted at postal drop-off boxes at post office
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Posted on 10/29/2008 9:07:40 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture

Signs posted in front and beside mailboxes at a post office location where I dropped off mail tonight.

If it was at the headquarters of the unions, that'd be one thing. But in this case, would this be considered federal property? Would it be considered election engineering since this is where people will be dropping off vote-by-mail ballots? Should I bother complaining to the post office and registrar of voters? Should I post another vanity?

Enquiring minds yada yada...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: aflcio; apwu; obama; obamanation; postalworkers; postoffice; union; uniongoons
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To: bootless

BTW, I would have loved to remove those signs tonight. Yesterday, I had filed two police reports on two separate sign-stealing incidents from my front yard (Prop 8, naturally), so I don’t want to been painted as a hypocrite, even though those union signs do not belong on postal property.


41 posted on 10/29/2008 10:01:57 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture (Yes on California Proposition 8; thwart the radical homosexual movement)
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To: unspun
Go postal!! ;-)
42 posted on 10/29/2008 10:02:45 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture (Yes on California Proposition 8; thwart the radical homosexual movement)
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To: CounterCounterCulture

Unions don’t have to follow laws.


43 posted on 10/29/2008 10:05:55 PM PDT by microgood
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To: CounterCounterCulture

I did some quick research and would conclude it is a violation of the Hatch Act to post a partisan sign on federal property. If the claim is it is on public property, then see what city rules are.
Contact the Postal Inspection Service to find out for sure. This might get faster action than contacting the Postmaster. The APWU tries to push the envelope - always.


44 posted on 10/29/2008 10:09:54 PM PDT by pacpam (action=consequence and applies in all cases - friend of victory)
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To: CounterCounterCulture

Post a McCain-Palin sign next to it. See what happens.


45 posted on 10/29/2008 10:10:52 PM PDT by pacpam (action=consequence and applies in all cases - friend of victory)
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To: microgood

This makes me very angry. Send the photo via e-mail to your county registrar’s office. And follow-up with a call. Ask to talk to the local Postmaster. Let your local radio station know. And contact your local newspaper. Don’t let them do this to our country.


46 posted on 10/29/2008 10:11:05 PM PDT by Snapping Turtle (Slow down and get a grip!)
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To: CounterCounterCulture

This is why my husband and I drove to the Registrar to drop off our ballots. I don’t trust our ballots in the hands of the postal workers.


47 posted on 10/29/2008 10:18:19 PM PDT by christie
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To: CounterCounterCulture

Call the United States Postal Inspection Service.

This is a violation of the Hatch Act, and is a felony.


48 posted on 10/29/2008 10:52:18 PM PDT by George Smiley (Palin is the real deal.)
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To: CounterCounterCulture

Just another reason to stop using USPS for anything..... well, hard to avoid them entirely, but I sure do try.


49 posted on 10/29/2008 10:58:18 PM PDT by Enchante (The real "bitter clingers" are on the LEFT -- ranting Obamabots clinging to delusions!!)
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To: CounterCounterCulture

I’d say take it down.


50 posted on 10/29/2008 11:51:55 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: beagleone
Obama will probably make Postal Carriers part of his Civilian Security Force.

I guess we'll call them the Blue Shirts.

51 posted on 10/29/2008 11:57:01 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Democracy, two wolves and one sheep deciding what's for dinner.)
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To: CounterCounterCulture

You should print out the law listed in post 26, remove the signs, and tape the law to post office doors.


52 posted on 10/30/2008 4:08:38 AM PDT by TaxRelief (Walmart: Keeping my family on-budget since 1993.)
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To: CounterCounterCulture

My husband is a retired US Postal Inspector. That sign is illegal!!! Tell the Postmaster and make sure you mention “Postal Inspectors” for the postal workers can hear. The sign will come down real fast and the APWU can put the sign where the sun don’t shine.


53 posted on 10/30/2008 5:16:23 AM PDT by Chrisrdh
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To: CounterCounterCulture

When my wife was a part-time carrier for the Post office, She was TOLD BY THE UNION that she couldn’t have a W-04 sticker on HER car when delivering the mail. I guess the rules a different when your a obama supporter.

change we can choke on!


54 posted on 10/30/2008 5:28:13 AM PDT by elder5 (Reelect ROSSI '08)
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To: nnn0jeh

ping


55 posted on 10/30/2008 5:31:16 AM PDT by kalee
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Pictures taken at 7:30am this morning. As of 8:55am, they're still there.


56 posted on 10/30/2008 9:54:59 AM PDT by CounterCounterCulture (Yes on California Proposition 8; thwart the radical homosexual movement)
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To: CounterCounterCulture

Where is this? Don’t waste time with the Postmaster. Go straight to Postal Inspection Service. They may even have an office in this facility. Find out from the horses mouth and volunteer to take them down if no one else has time.


57 posted on 10/30/2008 11:52:07 AM PDT by pacpam (action=consequence and applies in all cases - friend of victory)
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To: pacpam

San Jose, California. Parkmoor branch.


58 posted on 10/30/2008 8:33:18 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture (Yes on California Proposition 8; thwart the radical homosexual movement)
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To: CounterCounterCulture

I am familiar with the area. There are Postal Inspectors at
POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE
PO BOX 882528
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94188-2528

Phone : 877-876-2455

Have fun.


59 posted on 10/30/2008 8:53:27 PM PDT by pacpam (action=consequence and applies in all cases - friend of victory)
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To: CounterCounterCulture

Did you follow-up on this? If so, what was the outcome?


60 posted on 11/02/2008 7:03:01 PM PST by Creme Brulee
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