The United States Postal Service has been losing money every year since 2007; in total, nearly $45 billion.
One attempt to remedy the situation has been the consolidation of mail processing centers nationwide. Three slated for relocation are in our area: Redding, Eugene, and Eureka. Residents in Eureka are responding to the likelihood, that by next summer, their mail will be sorted in Medford.
Eureka CA CSMPC to Medford OR CSMPC- 7/11/15
Redding CA CSMPC to West Sacramento CA- 1/10/15
Eugene OR P&DF to Portland OR P&DC – 7/11/15
But many of the roughly 100 people who showed up for a recent town hall meeting in Eureka thought the notion of Humboldt county mail being sorted in Medford, and then being sent right back to Humboldt for delivery, was not just inefficient but could have unforeseen consequences. Carol Crnich is Humboldt County registrar of voters.
Carol Crnich: “In Humboldt County more than 60 percent of ballots counted are delivered to us by mail. One-third of those were delivered on election day or the day before. So the late delivery of those would cripple our election system. And as I said to the congressman, ‘mail delivery delayed is democracy denied’.”
The postal service claims that after consolidation about 20-percent of the first class mail in Humboldt County will be delivered overnight, an additional 35-percent within 2 days, and the rest delivered in 3 days. They also state no jobs will be lost.
Jared Huffman (D-CA) : “I don’t buy it and neither should you.
Poor folks don’t realize how much USPS mgmt dislikes USPS customers.
These meetings are a complete waste of time.
Mgmt. has no intention of changing anything.
YEA,YEA,YEA and the beat goes on,get it in your head,the USPS is not listening, can I get an AMEN???