Former postal inspector to serve 3 years for possessing stolen mail, marijuana trafficking

Posted on January 28, 2016January 29, 2016 by 21cpw

By Jason Green – January 27, 2016 SAN JOSE — A once-heralded postal inspector was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for possessing stolen U.S. mail, including a gun silencer and a silver bar, and marijuana trafficking, federal prosecutors said. Quan Pham Howard, 53, of Saratoga, is expected to begin serving his sentence on…

Proposed USPS ‘reform’ is actually a failure of democratic governance

Posted on January 28, 2016January 28, 2016 by 21cpw

By Editorial Board – January 26, 2016 THE SENATE could not have chosen a more appropriate title for last week’s committee hearing on the nation’s troubled postal system: “Laying Out the Reality of the United States Postal Service.” Witness after expert witness explained just how desperate that reality is. In the age of email and text…