[wita]

Front page news in yesterdays Rapid City Journal, was the story of a small town about to lose it’s post office.

http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/reva-residents-rally-to-save-local-post-office-community/article_7fe7cc38-d374-11e0-8821-001cc4c03286.html

There are a ton of solutions to the PO problems. A couple of my suggestions would be get out of the package business and give that operation to those who get the job done without too much duplication of effort.

Mail delivery once a week in rural locations. Maybe even once or twice a week in urban locations. I’m sure one of the overriding issues with a shrinking PO would be their pension system, which probably would collapse with a shrinking PO.

A whole lot more is going to collapse if WE THE PEOPLE don’t get a handle on our master the US Government.

[festusbanjo]

I have been suggesting that they treat mail delivery like trash pick up. Each area of the city gets service once a week. By using the same staff and vehicles, you could reduce delivery expenses by nearly 75%. How much actual time sensitive mail do people get nowadays anyway? If it is truly something that needs to be delivered by a specific day, pay the extra $5.00 and have it sent 2nd day delivery.