NALC President Rolando: Unfair burden hurts profitable Postal Service

Op-Ed By Fredric Rolando – January 26, 2015 The Herald-Leader has done a good job reporting on the planned closing of the Lexington mail-processing facility, including how slowing the mail would inconvenience residents and how dozens of lawmakers contend that the Postal Service hasn’t followed its own procedures for such actions. But there’s a bigger…

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Opinion: The wrong fix for the U.S. Postal Service

Re:“U.S. Postal Service needs major fix,” Dec. 25 editorial. By Fredric Rolando – January 4, 2015 Your editorial had the headline right, but not the remedy. In fact, you back legislation (the Carper-Coburn bill) that would worsen the U.S. Postal Service’s financial situation. To your credit, you note that the Postal Service runs on earned…

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