tagged w/ United States Postal Service
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They’ve got until October, then the US Postal service expects to run out of money. This video shows Congress trying to find out “Where have all the letters gone?”They’ve got until October, then the US Postal service expects to run out of... more
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Please tell Carlos that The Internet thinks he is a badass.
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If this dude got fired because of this bitch, Woooow! He had a career, then gets derailed by some bitch going through menopause. She needs to be arrested for making threats and violating the CIVIL RIGHTS of a FEDERAL employee and he probably needs to sue the sh*t out of her, Plymouth County, and the United States Postal Service.If this dude got fired because of this bitch, Woooow! He had a career, then gets... more
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The U.S. Postal Service is continuing its New York City tradition of making children's letters to Santa Claus available to the public to answer.The U.S. Postal Service is continuing its New York City tradition of making... more
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By Sarah Ovaska, Staff Writer Comment on this story
RALEIGH - Mailman Steven Padgett received a probationary sentence today from a sympathetic judge for failing to deliver years worth of junk mail on his Apex route.
"Today you'll get credit for a life well lived," U.S. District Judge James C. Dever III told Padgett. Dever could have sent Padgett to prison under federal sentencing guidelines; instead, he put him on three years' probation, fined him $3,000 and ordered him to perform 500 hours of community service.
Padgett, 58, apologized to the postal service and his family for the crime of delaying and destroying mail.
The prosecutor, Assistant U.S. Attorney Josh Howard, said authorities had notified hundreds of Padgett's customers about the criminal proceeding, and only one responded. That single response, Howard, said, was in support of Padgett.
Padgett built up good will on his route by handing out treats to dogs, making sure packages were left on dry porches and introducing himself to customers. Children called him "Mailman Steve."
The U.S. Postal Service never received a complaint about the missing mail and didn't know anything was amiss until they were contacted by a utility worker who noticed the excess mail at Padgett's house in Raleigh. Postal inspectors went to the home this spring and discovered the third-class mail piled in his garage and buried in his yard.
Postal authorities don't think any letters, bills or other type of first-class or second-class mail were among the hundreds of thousands of fliers at Padgett's home, some dating back as far as 1999.
It wasn't a conscious stand against waste or a junk mail protest that spurred Padgett to hold onto the mailers, according to Andrew McCoppin, his attorney. Rather, it was the inability to meet the demands of a job in a growing part of the county while contending with heart problems and complications from his diabetes, McCoppin wrote in a memo in advance of the hearing.
Not sorting and delivering the third-class mailings became a way to save time and make sure other mail got delivered on time.
Padgett pleaded guilty to the crime in August.
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I think more people should have responded with thanks for what he had done for them.By Sarah Ovaska, Staff Writer Comment on this story
RALEIGH - Mailman Steven Padgett... more
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Mail Man(Woman) Bailout???
Things are looking bleak for the U.S. Postal Service.
It projects that it will deliver 9 billion -- that's with a "b" -- fewer pieces of mail in fiscal year 2008 than it did the year before. That drop is about 10 times greater than the 902 million decline in deliveries between 2006 and 2007.
This drastic plunge can be traced to the surge in e-mail, the nation's general economic malaise and the Wall Street meltdown.
"A lot of advertising mail volume is from financial institutions and the housing industry," said Gerald McKiernan, a USPS spokesman. "That accounts for a lot of that loss."
Postal officials expect the service to lose $2.3 billion in fiscal year 2008. The loss was even steeper -- $5.14 billion -- in 2007, which was the first year USPS was required to make a payment into the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund.
The dire financial situation prompted William Burrus, president of the American Postal Workers Union, to warn that the Postal Service itself is in danger of dying.
In an open letter to Postmaster General John Potter, Burrus wrote that a "half-century of service qualifies me as a knowledgeable observer of our revered institution. Throughout these many years, I have never seen the level of uncertainty now confronting us. Without significant adjustment to its business strategies, the Postal Service will not survive as a government institution and a public service."
In an interview, he insisted that is not hyperbole.
Referring to Potter, Burrus said, "On his watch, unless something dramatic happens, he's going to see the demise of an historic institution . . . I'm serious. It's not scare tactics."
Of course, it's hard to imagine Congress allowing the Postal Service -- the one tangible sign of government service people see everyday -- to die.
It's a point William H. Young, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, is quick to make: "I think the Postal Service is a valued treasure to the American public, and I think Congress will do whatever they need to do to make sure that the Postal Service survives."
Potter was not available for comment.
Mail Man(Woman) Bailout???
Things are looking bleak for the U.S. Postal... more
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A Castle Rock man has been warned that reusing a United States Postal Service "Priority Mail" cardboard box is against federal law.
Gary Adler said he was just recycling a box that was going to be thrown in the trash, but the Postal Service said that kind of repurposing is illegal. Adler uses the boxes to mail sports memorabilia for his nonprofit organization Pro-Players Association.
"We recycle old boxes that we get at the grocery store or from other merchants, and Dumpster dive sometimes," said Adler.
Sometimes, Adler used the "Priority Mail" boxes that were left in the trash near the P.O. boxes.
"We took off the tape and we took off the old label that was on there originally," said Adler, describing a box he recently sent that was returned by the Postal Service.
"And we re-taped this box that was originally this way and we made it this way," showing how he turned the box inside-out so it's brown on the outside and not white.
But the Postal Service said what Adler did is against postal regulations. He is being warned not to do it again, but if he continues to reuse "Priority Mail" boxes, he could be charged with misuse of postal property.A Castle Rock man has been warned that reusing a United States Postal Service... more
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How does Yoda get a postage stamp before Frank Sinatra?
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