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Tag Archive for ‘U.S. Postal Service’

Postage stamp world

By Ann Davis Yesterday, I had to go to the post office. Accustomed to long PO lines, I’d thought ahead and brought a book – which the clerk thought was funny, because there was only one other customer in there, and she was already being helped by another staffer. After mailing a package, the clerk […]

Is sprawl killing the postal service?

Blogger Rob Pitingolo floats an interesting theory over at Extraordinary Observations about a possible relationship between suburban sprawl and the problems with the U.S. postal service. It makes sense. I mean, can we really blame $2.8 billion in losses all on e-mail?