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Postal Service draws criticism for $1.2 million home buy
CNN ^ | March 6, 2009 | Abbie Boudreau, Scott Zamost and Jessi Joseph

Posted on 03/06/2009 5:52:09 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia

LAKE WATEREE, South Carolina (CNN) -- At a time when the U.S. Postal Service says it is experiencing a financial crisis, it purchased a $1.2 million home from an employee so he could relocate, a CNN investigation has found.

Postal Service spokesman Greg Frey said the home will be resold, as others have been.

"It's not like we threw away a million dollars," Frey told CNN. "We are hoping it's going to go for the appraised value."

But a real estate agent in the area said the home could be a tough sell in a depressed housing market -- and the USPS said it lost an average of more than $58,000 on the 500-plus homes its relocation program bought and sold in 2008.

The 8,400-square-foot, six-bedroom home on Lake Wateree, about 30 miles north of Columbia, is likely to be the last million-dollar home purchased by the Postal Service. A $1 million cap on homes eligible for the relocation program took effect in February, Frey said.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: postalservice
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1 posted on 03/06/2009 5:52:09 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

That’s a lot of stamps.


2 posted on 03/06/2009 5:53:15 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I’m glad our postal employees can afford million dollar homes! lol


3 posted on 03/06/2009 5:54:02 AM PST by Netizen
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To: Larry Lucido

The Post Office has been captive to the Democrat Party since about 1900. They take care of their own.


4 posted on 03/06/2009 5:54:40 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

The post office should be shut down. There is no hope for it. It is rotting from the inside.

I have had so many things stolen in the mail. I have had things delivered 6 months late. Never from FedEx, always from USPS.

I was in a post office once as it was closing. They had locked the door two minutes early and someone tried to get in to mail a letter. The employees all stood there laughing and talking back and forth how sometimes people bang on the door for 5 minutes. They thought it was really funny. Mean stupid people.


5 posted on 03/06/2009 5:56:57 AM PST by ladyjane
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

A POSTAL EMPLOYEE can afford a milion dollar home? Must pay very well...


6 posted on 03/06/2009 5:59:31 AM PST by Mr. K (physically unable to proofreed (<---oops))
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To: Mr. K

You’d practically have to kill someone to get fired from the USPO.


7 posted on 03/06/2009 6:00:35 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

If a community organizer can afford a 3.5 million dollar home why should a postal worker be any different?


8 posted on 03/06/2009 6:02:32 AM PST by pnut22
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Since way before that.

The Creation of the Media
By Paul Starr

http://books.google.com/books?id=KO30kMoLKKkC&printsec=frontcover#PPA2,M1

page 40.


9 posted on 03/06/2009 6:03:45 AM PST by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

“you’d practically have to kill someone...” Does “going postal” ring a bell?


10 posted on 03/06/2009 6:03:49 AM PST by mefistofelerevised
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To: mefistofelerevised

Someone’s awake this morning...


11 posted on 03/06/2009 6:05:45 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
"and the USPS said it lost an average of more than $58,000 on the 500-plus homes its relocation program bought and sold in 2008"

What? 500?

WHAT?

12 posted on 03/06/2009 6:06:52 AM PST by Psycho_Bunny (ALSO SPRACH ZEROTHUSTRA)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

In the real World, by which I mean the non-government World, someone would be fired. The Federal government is the only institution that doesn’t have to make a profit - or even make sense.


13 posted on 03/06/2009 6:07:59 AM PST by popdonnelly (It's fair to ask: did the voters elect a nut?)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

They obviously pay their employees too much.


14 posted on 03/06/2009 6:16:17 AM PST by tiki (True Christians will not deliberately slander or misrepresent others or their beliefs)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Wow. What a nice deal compared to typical corporate relocations for rank and file workers.

Over a year ago, the company I use to work for came to me and told me my job here in Colorado was eliminated and was told to take a position in Virginia in the DC area. Part of the "order" was I "strongly" encouraged to sell my house as a part of the package. If I didn't sell my house here in CO, I was told it would reflect very poorly upon me in terms of my commitment to my new Virginia job and would hurt my career. Of course, they didn't want to pony up any money for the relocation.
15 posted on 03/06/2009 6:23:16 AM PST by CORedneck
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

I think you have to kill someone in upper management to get fired from the post office


16 posted on 03/06/2009 6:30:28 AM PST by Mr. K (physically unable to proofreed (<---oops))
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

At one time I was a contract mail carrier. That means I delievered the US MAIL but was not an employee. I delievered the mail for about 1/3 of the cost of an USPS employee. My point being, I’m familar with the USPS and their policies.

There are problems with the USPS, but not being able fire a USPS employee is not one of them. All any USPS employee has to do to get fired is any of the following.

1) Any rural carrier is fired for first DWI offense. No, I don’t mean while delievering the mail, I mean any offense.

2) Get caught with a firearm, even unloaded and locked in the trunk of your car, on USPS property.

3) Insist on smoking repeatedly in the Post Office.

4) Repeated insubordination (USPS managers do not tolerate their orders not being followed.)

5) Repeated sexual harassment.

6) Repeated racial remarks.

So, you never heard of any USPS employee being fired for any of these? That’s because they are serious about it and the employees know it. With the exception of the DWI and gun offenses, you will be warned and a letter put in your file before you are fired. That’s the extent of the difficulty in firing a USPS employee.

Remember, all the shootings at Post Offices? What do you think those were about? Everyone of which I’m aware was about someone being fired!


17 posted on 03/06/2009 6:31:16 AM PST by rgboomers (This space purposely left blank)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; ...
Re: ...it purchased a $1.2 million home from an employee so he could relocate, a CNN investigation has found.

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18 posted on 03/06/2009 6:34:09 AM PST by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

The better question is how can a postal employee AFFORD a 1.2 MILLION dollar mortgage?


19 posted on 03/06/2009 6:43:52 AM PST by Ro_Thunder ("Other than ending SLAVERY, FASCISM, NAZISM and COMMUNISM, war has never solved anything")
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I’m just wondering what the hell kind of postman has a salary where he can afford a million-dollar house!


20 posted on 03/06/2009 6:56:48 AM PST by RockinRight (How do you like your Savior now, libs? Looks like Jimmy Carter is no longer the worst President...)
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