[Durham INC] Postal Service delivery method swtich attempt

[TheOcean1 at aol.com]

Mr King
 
As promised, I'm sending this email to you as  well as the neighborhoods, 
and if you'll "reply to all", President John  Martin will share any comments 
from you with the neighborhoods,  too.
 
In our conversation, I also promised to relay  what was said, and will do 
my best to be accurate. If you disagree with any of  my recollections of this 
call, you're invited to correct  them.
 
You said you'd take care of the  address that received the letter. Please 
keep us posted as to exactly  what that entails.
 
You said you had missed the original email  because you had 2600 emails 
upon your return from vacation, and that bogs down  your laptop, so you mass 
deleted them.
 
You said {and we disagreed on this point} that  the USPS has the right to 
independently decide to change the mode of delivery.  You seemed to couple 
that right with how long a property has been vacant, citing  a five year 
vacancy as an example.
 
I encouraged you to join the INC listserv so  that you can communicate 
directly with Durham neighborhoods. You said you might  do that because of a 
consistent problem with garbage bins slowing down mail  delivery on garbage 
day. I suggested this was a fine example of how being able  to send a message 
city wide might benefit the postal  service.
 
We look forward to your  reply,

Bill Anderson
 
 
 
 
  
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 From: TheOcean1 at aol.com
To: mike.e.king at usps.gov, inc-list at durhaminc.org,  nathanegriffin at gmail.com
Sent: 8/20/2012 12:07:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight  Time
Subj: Fwd: [Durham INC] Postal Service delivery method swtich  attempt


Mr King,  
 
Not so long ago we had our little pow wow regarding this unacceptable  
practice, and gained your commitment that it would stop.
 
As pointed out below, the problem seems to persist, but only in certain  
neighborhoods.
Is it the USPS policy or belief that folks in affluent neighborhoods  
deserve a different quality of postal service?
 
The fact that many East Durham streets are now peppered with rural mail  
boxes, (which look rather silly in an urban setting), indicates your Post  
Office is targeting neighborhoods of lower economic status. That elevates  this 
practice well beyond "unacceptable", in fact even "Un-American" would  
likely be too kind.
 
Unsavory, unethical, unimaginable all come to mind - but perhaps  
"Criminal" is most appropriate.
 
Since these employees are supposedly under your control, it's time you  
explained to the citizens of Durham how this "accident" continues on your  
watch.

Bill Anderson







 
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 From: cpalenchar at hotmail.com
To: inc-list at durhaminc.org,  nathanegriffin at gmail.com
Sent: 8/20/2012 10:07:15 A.M. Eastern Daylight  Time
Subj: [Durham INC] Postal Service delivery method swtich  attempt



John/others-

I know INC has helped many people deal  with this issue in the past. My new 
neighbor, Nathan, was just given this  letter asking him to put a mailbox 
at the curb by our mail delivery  person. How should he respond to this? 
(Nathan is on the To: of this email  if you'd prefer to respond just to him on 
how to handle the  issue.)

I remain completely frustrated that the post office is  attempting these 
misleading tactics. And even more frustrated that they  have been more 
successful in my community than in some of the more well  connected, well organized 
communities. It seems unfair to take advantage  of people who don't know 
better. But, that's another  topic.

-chloe


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