The reason for poor postal service

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Lately, there has been a great deal of confusion concerning the fate of the local mail processing plant, the Richard G. Wilson Processing and Distribution Facility. At this point, there have been no details provided as to how this plant will be affected by the U.S. Postal Service's decision to put most of the further plant closures on hold. With many of this facility's operations having already been transferred to St. Louis and the Jan. 5 change in service standards that slowed down mail delivery, many postal customers have noticed a marked degradation in timely mail service. In fact, the Postal Service's own numbers show how much service has suffered.

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