[Durham INC] Postal Service delivery method swtich attempt

[Ellen Dagenhart]

I'm appalled at the mass deletion of 2600 emails. Perhaps the 
judicious application of filters would be helpful.


At 02:44 PM 8/31/2012, TheOcean1 at aol.com wrote:
>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
>
>----------
>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
>
>----------
>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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Ellen M. Dagenhart, ABR, e-Pro, GRI, SRES
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