USPS plan would force mail from Tulsa, NW Arkansas regions to go through OKC first

[Beartracks]

(cross-posted in GD forum)

‘It’s going to delay their mail’ USPS plan would force mail from Tulsa, NW Arkansas regions to go through OKC first
by: Spencer Humphrey/KFOR
Posted: Mar 5, 2024 / 06:45 AM CST

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"According to the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), the United States Postal Service (USPS) is planning to close its mail processing centers in Tulsa and Fayetteville and combine them with the center serving the Oklahoma City Region.
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"Under the plan, Tulsa and Fayetteville would lose the machines they use to postmark mail. Only the Oklahoma City facility will be able to postmark — which could lead to problems for customers the farther they live from Oklahoma City.

“'Anything you drop off at the post office is automatically going to be postmarked a day later than when you dropped it off,' she said. 'That makes a difference when it comes to voting ballots, taxes. You know, when you’re paying your bills.'
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"Weare says the impending changes are all a result of a 10 year plan U.S. Postmaster General Louis Dejoy enacted for the USPS."


I added the emphasis above. Full article: https://kfor.com/news/local/its-going-to-delay-their-mail-usps-plan-would-force-mail-from-tulsa-nw-arkansas-regions-to-go-through-okc-first/
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[Nittersing]

1. Something similar in Colorado

"Postal Service floats idea of driving Western Slope mail to Denver and back before delivery

The plan for improving mail handling in Grand Junction, as laid out by Felipe Flores, the senior director of processing operations for the Postal Service’s western division, was heavy on jargon and acronyms. It left some in the crowd of around 175 people shaking their heads and looking puzzled about what the plan would actually entail.

What did come through was a highly unpopular and derided proposal to truck local mail from Grand Junction to Denver and back over the weather, wildfire, accident and rockslide challenged Interstate 70. Flores said the mail could still be delivered in two days in spite of that detour to Denver.

For the citizens and the postal workers in the audience, that didn’t add up. Commenters, from county clerks and mayors to mail carriers and retirees on government subsidy checks, stated that plan would bring major delays in mail service.

“I see, in the best case, a six-day delay period,” said retired postal worker Dale Ellison of Palisade. “I see in the big picture where modernization is important. But if anyone can address why the mail won’t be delayed, I would like to hear that.”

https://coloradosun.com/2024/02/23/mail-delivery-colorado-western-slope/

[House of Roberts]

2. Local mail that only needs to cross town here in Huntsville,

shows up with a Birmingham postmark.

[niyad]

3. dejoy needs to go, NOW!!!

[Silent Type]

4. So, mail it a day earlier.

[ret5hd]

5. Apropos of nothing, this came to mind: