{"id":57387,"date":"2017-11-09T13:35:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T18:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/?p=57387"},"modified":"2017-11-09T13:39:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T18:39:03","slug":"truck-and-porta-potty-serve-as-seatons-post-office-for-more-than-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/truck-and-porta-potty-serve-as-seatons-post-office-for-more-than-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck and porta potty serve as Seaton\u2019s post office for more than a year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-share-icons\" data-lg-action=\"show\" data-sm-action=\"show\" data-sm-width=\"768\" data-ga=\"share_icons\" data-ga-action=\"share\"><div class=\"wpsr-si-inner\"><div class=\"socializer sr-popup sr-fluid sr-32px sr-opacity sr-pad\"><span class=\"sr-facebook\"><a data-id=\"facebook\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share this on Facebook\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-twitter\"><a data-id=\"twitter\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=%20-%20%20\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tweet this !\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-share-menu\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More share links\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" data-metadata=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;short-url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rss-url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.21cpw.com\\\/feed\\\/&quot;,&quot;comments-section&quot;:&quot;comments&quot;,&quot;raw-url&quot;:null,&quot;twitter-username&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-secret&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/cdn2.trb.tv\/iframe.html?ec=9nMTliZDE65hkhw65mWvooqQW7jDuKWx&amp;pbid=728b068401c44c3e960e1c9f3ab47295&amp;pcode=A4cHE6JQ_qhd2K2c2rc9e1M6u_py\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>By Jenna Morton &#8211; November 8, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>EATON, Illinois &#8211; When you arrive at Seaton, Illinois&#8217; post office you&#8217;ll see a sign that that says temporarily closed, but residents will tell you it&#8217;s becoming a permanent problem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;More than a year. It`s probably been going on, this summer will be two years,&#8221; said Bob Springer, Village Trustee.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wqad.com\/2016\/09\/22\/mold-causes-post-office-to-temporarily-close-in-seaton-illinois\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">More than a year ago the post office had to close<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ceiling is falling in, the floor is falling in. It&#8217;s infested with mold,&#8221; said Springer.<\/p>\n<p>So as a temporary solution the U.S Postal Service installed a few metal mailboxes and a post office truck that sits parked outside the fire station. Basically, the post office is run out of the truck.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This has turned into a permanent deal. If you go over and look the tires are sunken into the ground. It&#8217;s just ridiculous,&#8221; said Springer.<\/p>\n<p>Residents say while it&#8217;s created an inconvenience for them the big problem is the workers who have to work in the truck.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don`t like it. I like the person that`s in it and everything but she has to use an outhouse all the time in the winter,&#8221; said Dave Ford, who lives in Seaton.<\/p>\n<p>A porta potty sits right next to the truck for the employees to use.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know if my employer was like hey you need to go use this porta potty and it&#8217;s below outside I`d probably be looking for a different job,&#8221; said Andy Wheeler, Fire Chief for Seaton&#8217;s fire department.<\/p>\n<p>People in Seaton say they have a solution to the problem, an old bank in town. The village has offered this space to the postal service to rent and use but say their offer was declined.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Here`s a solution, it&#8217;s not like they don`t have any means you know what I&#8217;m saying. That&#8217;s what&#8217;s frustrating,&#8221; said Springer.<\/p>\n<p>Residents say something needs to be done. The truck isn&#8217;t working.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It`s a waste of money, it&#8217;s a waste of taxpayers&#8217; dollars, and it&#8217;s a waste of everybody`s time,&#8221; said Wheeler.<\/p>\n<p>News 8 reached out to the postal service to ask what their plans are and how long will employees be working out of the truck; a spokesperson tells us it&#8217;s being looked into and will get back to us with an answer as soon as they can.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/wqad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WQAD 8<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-share-icons\" data-lg-action=\"show\" data-sm-action=\"show\" data-sm-width=\"768\" data-ga=\"share_icons\" data-ga-action=\"share\"><div class=\"wpsr-si-inner\"><div class=\"socializer sr-popup sr-fluid sr-32px sr-opacity sr-pad\"><span class=\"sr-facebook\"><a data-id=\"facebook\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share this on Facebook\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-twitter\"><a data-id=\"twitter\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=%20-%20%20\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tweet this !\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-share-menu\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More share links\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" data-metadata=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;short-url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rss-url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.21cpw.com\\\/feed\\\/&quot;,&quot;comments-section&quot;:&quot;comments&quot;,&quot;raw-url&quot;:null,&quot;twitter-username&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-secret&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jenna Morton &#8211; November 8, 2017 EATON, Illinois &#8211; When you arrive at Seaton, Illinois&#8217; post office you&#8217;ll see a sign that that says temporarily closed, but residents will tell you it&#8217;s becoming a permanent problem. &#8220;More than a year. It`s probably been going on, this summer will be two years,&#8221; said Bob Springer,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/truck-and-porta-potty-serve-as-seatons-post-office-for-more-than-a-year\/\"><span class=\"glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-right\"><\/span>&nbsp;Continue reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7509,7348,13386,13387,13388],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57387"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}