[Durham INC] Mailbox Question

[Mike Woodard]

I finally got to talk with a higher-up at the regional office in Greensboro this afternoon. Wayne Sayer, the regional manager of delivery services, was surprised that this was still an issue. He said to me, "I dealt with that eight months ago. I thought it was over." My reply:
"I've been dealing with it for eight YEARS, and it is never over." As I relayed the stories to him, especially about the bogus letters that are clearly not USPS document, it was clear that he was not happy this was going on.
 
He promised me that he and the regional
Operations Manager will be working with Postmaster King to assure that the policy gets communicated to the route carriers. I will follow up with him next week to see how that communication is going.
 
We have their attention in Greensboro, and we won't let go now... Stay vigilant in
case some route carrier goes rogue in the meantime.


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Mike Woodard
NC Senator
mike at mikewoodard.com
919.599.5143



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Subject: [Durham INC] Mailbox Question

From: "Interneighborhood Council" <interneighborhoodcouncil at gmail.com>

Date: Wed, May 29, 2013 10:35 am

To: inc-list at rtpnet.org

Cc: mike.e.king at usps.gov

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> Good Morning,

>

> I have sent this out before, but I will send it out again, particularly in

> light of Leslie Page's experience with the station manager in West Durham.

> The post office, contrary to Gloria's statement, does* not *get to decide

> where the mailbox goes.

>

> The postal operations manual is available in PDF form at the National

> Association of Letter Carriers website :

>

> http://www.nalc.org/depart/cau/pdf/manuals/POM/POM_9--12_08.pdf

>

> The relevant section is Section 631.6, titled "Conversion of Mode of

> Delivery," and it partially reads: "Customer signatures must be obtained

> prior to any conversion. In single family housing areas (including

> manufactured housing and mobile homes) where the residences and lots are

> owned, each owner must agree to the conversion in writing. Owners who do

> not agree must be allowed to retain their current mode of delivery. When a

> residence is sold, the mode of delivery cannot be arbitrarily changed prior

> to the new resident moving in. The existing mode of delivery must be

> retained."

>

> It is beyond frustrating that the local postmaster and station managers do

> not enforce their own regulations despite repeated complaints.

>

> John Martin, President

> InterNeighborhood Council of Durham

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