PRC rejects Careywood closing appeal- Goldway calls decision “probably illegal”

Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 In a decision issued today, the Postal Regulatory Commission ruled that it does not have the authority to stop the US Postal Service from closing the Careywood, Idaho post office. Former PRC chair Ruth Goldway was the sole dissenting voice. Goldway suggested that the decision was “probably illegal”, and that under…

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Customers take reduced hours at rural post offices in stride

Debbie Winchester has had a box at the Bryantsville Post Office for about 15 years. Nearly every morning about 11:30 on her way home from work at Mclain’s in Nicholasville, Winchester stops by the post office to check her box and talk with Post Mistress Sheila Price and whoever else happens to drop by the…

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How We Saved Our Rural Post Office

First things first: everyone in a town is negatively affected by a post office closure, therefore everyone in the town is a potential ally. Individual political concerns (conservative, liberal, progressive, pro-gun/anti-gun, &c.) have nothing to do with fighting to keep a post office open. Some people who would otherwise be intractable political rivals can be…

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