From Keith Steffan, Blanchardville
I hope that your periodical and readers are aware of the proposed moving to the Milwaukee P&DC of much of the mail processing currently being performed in Madison. Not only will Madison lose 54 good middle-class jobs if this plan is put into effect, but mail originating in Southwestern and South Central Wisconsin and destined for the same will be delayed one or two days due to additional transit time.
This delay will adversely affect state of Wisconsin and other government mailings, the University of Wisconsin in Madison and Platteville, and all other mailers in the area. Periodicals, including small town newspapers, may well have delayed delivery. Small businesses will encounter cash-flow problems.
There is some urgency about publicizing this proposal. In typical fashion, postal management has provided a very brief period for public input and has not widely announced nor sufficiently described consequences to the affected communities. Written comments are being accepted by postal management and must be postmarked by June 13.
The address is: Manager of Consumer & Industry Contact, United States Postal Service Lakeland District, P.O. Box 5008, Milwaukee, WI, 53201-5008.
I hope that you are able to help widely disseminate this information, so that southwestern and southcentral Wisconsin can maintain first-class standards for mail delivery as required by U.S. statutory code.
I hope that your periodical and readers are aware of the proposed moving to the Milwaukee P&DC of much of the mail processing currently being performed in Madison. Not only will Madison lose 54 good middle-class jobs if this plan is put into effect, but mail originating in Southwestern and South Central Wisconsin and destined for the same will be delayed one or two days due to additional transit time.
This delay will adversely affect state of Wisconsin and other government mailings, the University of Wisconsin in Madison and Platteville, and all other mailers in the area. Periodicals, including small town newspapers, may well have delayed delivery. Small businesses will encounter cash-flow problems.
There is some urgency about publicizing this proposal. In typical fashion, postal management has provided a very brief period for public input and has not widely announced nor sufficiently described consequences to the affected communities. Written comments are being accepted by postal management and must be postmarked by June 13.
The address is: Manager of Consumer & Industry Contact, United States Postal Service Lakeland District, P.O. Box 5008, Milwaukee, WI, 53201-5008.
I hope that you are able to help widely disseminate this information, so that southwestern and southcentral Wisconsin can maintain first-class standards for mail delivery as required by U.S. statutory code.
