see url:
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/510093-senators-press-postal-service-over-complaints-of-slow-delivery
You can see the game that Trump and his faction of the Republican
cohorts are playing...they have been playing this game all along, don't
appoint anyone but an incompetent to a Fed job; now, cut back the budget
of the US Post Office, re-organise it via a new temporary Head Boss into
a place of chaos before the election, so that it cannot keep up its
legal responsibilities to get the ballot papers out or returned on time,
and allow for people to appeal a decision regarding non allowance of
their vote due to some technicality...then he can declare in all
honesty...I told you so...I think I will just have to remain in charge
of the USA until such time as the postal service and the pandemic gets
sorted out...In the meantime we will send in the Feds to a few more
places to sort out the Democrats, and use Tucker Carlson and Fox News to
carry on the good propaganda campaign against the so called left, the
socialists, the anarchists and the downright violent...and not a word
against those other forces in society, which represent white
respectability and law and order for the workers and poor and vulnerable
citizens in the US society...Patriotism and conservatism dressed as gun
totin racists he doesn't mention, and white folks who organise violence
against the Feds late at night in Portland, Oregon come out to
play...and other places after the peaceful but tired BLM have gone home
to bed. Will he get away with it though...Who knows, he is very clever
at manipulating people and the media, like a clever salesman selling a
bad product; and there is an awful lot of folks out there who hang on
his every word...
Just a few thoughts on the Presidential Election...:-)
ATB,
Dougie.
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Four Senate Democrats are pressing the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) over
complaints about slow delivery since Postmaster General Louis DeJoy took
over in June amid concerns a backlog could affect tallying mail-in
ballots in November.
Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Tom Carper
(D-Del.) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) sent a letter to DeJoy demanding
he explain new changes he implemented this month, saying they’ve heard
concerns from their constituents over USPS’s quality of service. They
also dinged the postmaster general for not responding to a letter Peters
sent him earlier this month.
“It is essential that the Postal Service not slow down mail or in any
way compromise service for veterans, small businesses, rural
communities, seniors, and millions of Americans who rely on the mail –
including significant numbers who will be relying on the Postal Service
to exercise their right to vote,” they wrote.
“However, your failure to provide Congress with relevant information
about these recent changes or to clarify to postal employees what
changes you have directed as Postmaster General, undermines public trust
and only increases concerns that service compromises will grow in
advance of the election and peak mail volumes in November," they added.
The senators asked DeJoy to offer a full explanation for each change
he’s implemented, provide a list of all processing centers and post
offices that have implemented operational changes, and clarify what
effect the changes had on service performance. They demanded a response
by Aug. 4.
The letter comes after reports surfaced earlier this month highlighting
changes DeJoy made that sparked fears of delivery delays. Among other
things, DeJoy told employees to leave mail at distribution centers if
delivery of the packages would delay letter carriers from their routes,
a measure he defended as a cost-cutting measure.
The USPS finds itself in a deep financial hole, seeing its coffers
deplete in the age of emails and social media.
“In making any changes to Postal Service operations, you should
carefully study their service impacts, costs, and other factors in
advance, and implement them in a clear and well-documented manner, with
the cooperation of unions and key postal stakeholders," the senators
wrote. "It is unacceptable to implement broad and non-transparent
changes that may slow down service during a pandemic, when the Postal
Service’s capacity as an essential agency is already strained,” the
senators wrote.
The move brought on accusations that DeJoy, a North Carolina logistics
executive who has donated millions to Republican committees in recent
years, is working as a political ally of President Trump.
Trump has railed against mail-in ballots, arguing without evidence that
they are particularly susceptible to fraud and suggested this week that
the Nov. 3 election be delayed.
A Postal Service spokesman told Reuters the agency “is taking immediate
steps to increase operational efficiency by re-emphasizing existing
plans that have been designed to provide prompt and reliable service
within current service standards.”
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