U.S. Reps. Moran, Connolly Blast Post Office Decision to Suspend Saturday Service
Connolly writes letter to Postmaster General, asking for legal justification; cites study that says reducing mail volume will lead to revenue loss of $5.2 billion in first year.
Stopping the mail on Saturdays? Not so fast say two members of the Northern Virginia congressional delegation. Northern Virginia's U.S. Rep. James P. Moran (D-8th) and U.S. Rep Gerald Connolly (D-11th) expressed concern Wednesday afternoon about the U.S. Postal Service's announcement that it plans to suspend delivery of first-class mail service on Saturdays beginning in August. The USPS released a fact sheet Wednesday. “I have great concerns about eliminating Saturday mail delivery," Moran wrote in an email to Patch. "The Postal Service is grappling with major forces outside of its control: an economy increasingly relying on email and the Internet for communication, and a Congress that refuses to address the redundant pension pre-funding …
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Peter Himmelberger
11:19 am on Saturday, February 9, 2013
Congress created the postal service present structure so that they could effectively compete, but won't allow them to do anything to be competitive, like change their structure, prices, deliveries, 3rd class junk mail. I would pay to not have junk mail delivered. Banks are competing with the postal service by providing electronic bill notices and payments online. I am guilty of using it so for 20… more ›