Monday, February 24, 2014

Vandals: Postmaster General Donahoe wants to force mail cluster boxes on you; This is why you don't want mail cluster boxes

Vandals target postal service mailboxes in Rio Rancho

From the article: "...In the past few weeks, there have been 28 incidents of vandalism or theft at mailbox clusters in Rio Rancho. Criminals rip open the mailboxes,..."


Article Reference: www.koat.com
mail cluster boxes, Donahoe, destruction of the postal service,

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Continuing string of post office burglaries across Texas

Lampasas Post Office robbed for 2nd time

From the article: "...The Lampasas Post Office was robbed this week, continuing a string of post office burglaries across Texas, said Charlie Boswell, a Lampasas Police Department investigator...."


Article Reference: kdhnews.com
postal crime, post office robbery,

Friday, February 21, 2014

St. Petersburg (Florida) post office robbed

Suspect sought in robbery of St. Petersburg post office

From the article: "...Police said a man walked into the open-air post office in downtown St. Petersburg on Monday, Feb. 10 and robbed the clerk...."


Article Reference: www.baynews9.com
postal crime, post office robbery,

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Vicki Kennedy, widow of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, nominated for USPS Board of Governors (BOG)


Obama taps Ted Kennedy’s widow for USPS board

Vicki Kennedy (Wikipedia)
Vicki Kennedy
From the article: "...Kennedy’s nomination must be confirmed by the Senate. The board of governors chooses the postmaster general and controls the postal service’s spending, planning and policies...."

Article Reference: postalaffairsblog.intelisent.com
Board of Governors (BOG), Vicki Kennedy,

Monday, February 3, 2014

United Parcel Service Crash Probe Focuses on Fatigue

UPS Crash Probe Focuses on Fatigue as U.S. Hearing Set

From the article: "...U.S. crash investigators are focusing on pilot fatigue, training and adherence to procedures in the fatal Aug. 14 crash of a United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) jet freighter in Birmingham, Alabama. ..."


Article Reference: www.bloomberg.com

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Man found dead by postal mail carrier

Man found dead by postal carrier in Akron; weather suspected as cause

From the article: "...AKRON, Ohio - A postal carrier discovered the body of a man Tuesday in Akron who is believed to have died due to the bitter cold...."


Article Reference: www.newsnet5.com

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Large package of marijuana mailed; arrest made

Man Arrested For Having 25 Pounds of Pot Mailed

From the article: "...Narcotics detectives disguised themselves as UPS drivers and delivered the package to the addressed residence and left it on the home’s doorstep. When David..."


Article Reference: www.longisland.com

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Florida mail carrier took money from customers on his route

Jacksonville Sheriff's Office: USPS carrier took $33K from postal customers

From the article: "...A United States Postal Service letter carrier is facing theft charges after allegedly asking people along his route to borrow money..."


Article Reference: www.firstcoastnews.com

Busiest mailing week begins Monday

U.S. Postal Service expects busiest mailing, delivery days next week

From the article: "...Items sent using the post office’s overnight or two-day shipping service, Priority Express, should be postmarked by Dec. 23 for Christmas delivery...."


Article Reference: www.kansas.com

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Statue of Liberty stamp controversy

Post Office Sued Over Embarrassing Statue Of Liberty Stamp Mix-up

From the article: "...The stamp design released in 2011 was not based on the statue in New York Harbor, as intended, but on a replica outside the New York-New York casino hotel in Las Vegas...."


Article Reference: www.huffingtonpost.com
Statue of Liberty stamp

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Why is USPS employee rated satisfaction so much lower than UPS and FedEx?

Does Employee Satisfaction at UPS and FedEx Affect Their Stock Prices?

From the article: "...FedEx employees gave their company an average "3.6" rating for quality. UPS employees, in contrast, scored their company a 3.3, and U.S. Postal workers gave USPS a lowly 2.8...."


Article Reference: www.dailyfinance.com

Monday, November 25, 2013

Seanate postal reform bill pushed back for important concerns

Senate committee Postal reform bill markup pushed back for second time

From the article: "...Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) said in a Sep. 19 statement that he has serious concerns about the bill because it doesn't protect six day delivery and rural customers...."


Article Reference: www.fiercegovernment.com
Postal reform bill

Friday, November 22, 2013

USPS supervisor arrested

Postal supervisor arrested

From the article: "...a supervisor for the U.S. Postal Service stole a piece of mail from the loading dock..."


Article Reference: www.rep-am.com

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

American First Day Cover Society

American First Day Cover Society

From the article: "...a non-profit organization devoted to the advancement and collecting of first day covers. ..."


Article Reference: www.afdcs.org
American First Day Cover Society

Friday, November 15, 2013

Retired postal worker opens up about his time in Vietnam


Sarasota High security aide opens up about his time in Vietnam

From the article: "...Ramsay, a retired postal worker from New York on his second career as a school aide, said he felt compelled to open up about his 11.5 months in Vietnam. ..."

Article Reference: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20131108/ARTICLE/131109662

Thursday, November 14, 2013

There’s a law against discriminating against users of the mail

What's fair is fair: Amazon customers get delivery on Sunday, SRO residents get none at all

From the article: "...The Postal Service is going to deliver Amazon packages on Sundays only to customers who live in New York and Los Angeles; eventually the program will encompass a few other big cities like Dallas, Houston, and New Orleans. That seems like it would discriminate against people who live everywhere else, particularly the residents of rural America, who will probably never get Sunday delivery, no matter..."


Article Reference: www.savethepostoffice.com
39 U.S.C. 403(c), law against discriminating against users of the mail,

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

New union leadership vows to defend a public postal service, fight privatization

New postal union leader promises more aggressive defense of ‘public postal service’

From the article: "...Management hasn’t proposed it directly to Congress, but everything they are doing is lining the Postal Service up for privatization. ..."


Article Reference: www.washingtonpost.com
APWU, Postal Privatization, privatization of the postal service,

Monday, October 28, 2013

Update on Postal Service properties for sale

Post Offices sold and for sale: An update on the inventory

From the article: "... had to fight with the Postal Service to get information about assessed values and other details on the sales. It’s no surprise that the Postal Service would be less than cooperative. As Byrne’s study reveals, many of the facilities were sold at less-than-market value, and it appears that the main beneficiary of most of the sales was the Postal Service’s real estate broker, CBRE...."


Article Reference: www.savethepostoffice.com
Real Estate (postal property for sale), Post Office for Sale, CBRE,

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Privatizing the Postal Service: Taxpayer assets of prime postal real estate sold on the cheap

US Postal Service Privatization: The Dark Side

From the article: "...According to the article, the AEI plan is to make USPS look worse than it is. It should appear like “the USPS is obsolete and doomed, and [that] taxpayers’ interests have to be protected by getting it off the government’s books as soon as possible.” Real Estate the Real Reason..."

Article Reference: www.theepochtimes.com
Postal Privatization, privatization of the postal service, Real Estate (postal property for sale),

Monday, October 7, 2013

FedEx delivery van crashes leaving driver dead

FedEx driver dies: Van hits power pole in Upper Tumon

From the article: "...The man, identified by Guam Memorial Hospital officials as Roland Reyes, 40, was driving a FedEx delivery van southbound on Marine Corps Drive...."


Article Reference: www.guampdn.com

Monday, September 30, 2013

Wheel spins into worker comp fraud on 'The Price is Right'

Ex-postal worker nabbed for fraud on 'Price is Right' gets probation

From the article: "... during a September 2009 appearance on "The Price is Right," when she was able to spin the "big wheel" twice, according to a federal indictment...."


Article Reference: www.wral.com

Monday, September 23, 2013

Are odd Postal Service decisions causing revenue declines at post offices?

Makes no sense at all: Ewa Beach Post Office headed for closure

From the article: "...It should come as little surprise that revenues at the Ewa Station have been declining. Several years ago, the hours at the post office were reduced from eight a day to half a day, and then in 2011 they were reduced to just two hours a day, noon to 2 p.m., with no hours at all on Saturday...."


Article Reference: www.savethepostoffice.com

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Congress asked to prevent future special postal service ad deals

Fight against Valassis/USPS deal going to Capital Hill

From the article: "...newspapers are looking to Congress and the courts to stop the discount deal the United States Postal Service (USPS) struck with the big direct mailer Valassis...."


Article Reference: inlandpress.org

Monday, September 9, 2013

Report released by coroner on UPS crash

Coroner releases report on UPS plane crash

From the article: "...The medical examiner in Birmingham, Alabama reports the two-person crew died from blunt force injuries in the crash. Pilots Shanda Fanning of Lynchburg, Tennessee and Cerea Beal, Jr. of Matthews, North Carolina..."


Article Reference: www.wdrb.com