Yesterday North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp invited one of her Democrat colleagues to Williston for a roundtable discussion about postal delivery issues, something Heitkamp describes as her “Fix My Mail” initiative. Postal service has been a frustrating issue for many in North Dakota. A booming population here has lead to a spike in demand for postal…
Luddites At Post Office Nix Technology In Favor Of Junk Mail
Years ago while interviewing a member of the North Dakota state Senate the issue of technology came up. This lawmaker told me that he sometimes wished we were more careful about technological innovations. After all, back when farmers used horses to pant and harvest, agriculture employed a lot more people. Because it was labor intensive.…
Republican Senator Pretty Sure We Aren't Going To Have To Start Censoring Mail Yet
The operative word, of course, is yet. That from a guy who is already on the record suggesting that bloggers might not have 1st amendment rights, and that you shouldn’t be worried about the NSA tracking your phone call as long as you’re not talking to terrorists. Responding to reporters’ questions about the National Security…
Are We Entitled To Saturday Mail Delivery?
“There is no question that the U.S. Postal Service has serious financial problems, but it is not clear that the proposed changes would save a significant amount of money in the long term,” Senator Heidi Heitkamp said by way of a press release questioning a move to end Saturday mail delivery. “A quality postal service…
Post Office to End Saturday Delivery
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is likely to announce today they will no longer deliver mail on Saturdays, in what can only be viewed as the latest sign of an agency that is well past prime time. While such a change to their operating practices will require congressional approval, Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe…