June 21, 2011
If the Senate does not act to prevent insolvency of the USA Post Office the economy will suffer. It already has in some places since closures around the country, but, who cares about that?
Pass-a-Grille FL
Last day at Pass-a-Grille (click here)
..."It's sad," said Marsha Anderson, who has lived here for 35 years. "It's like a funeral. It's part of our street. Our downtown is going to change."
"It made us a small town," said Amy Loughery, who owns Bamboozle, a clothing store next door to the post office. "It was real."
Photo credit: Postal clerk Dick Weber pausing before locking the door of the post office for the last time Friday afternoon.
If the Senate does not act to prevent insolvency of the USA Post Office the economy will suffer. It already has in some places since closures around the country, but, who cares about that?
The USA is bending over backwards to make sure the entire country is 'connected' with internet access and one of the reasons is to increase opportunity to small business owners. So, if the USA Post Office is forced to close more facilities why bother with internet connections?
Wall Street is about profits. The federal government is about service. It is sad, but, true, but Republicans just don't "GET IT !"
...Owners of small companies in cities like Tulsa, Okla., (click here) fear that their businesses will suffer if their local mail-processing and distribution centers are shut down.
Some areas have already faced closures in the past year, and small firms there are going through a difficult adjustment.
The more than 100-year-old post office in the beach town of Pass-a-Grille, Fla., closed last June.
As a popular tourist destination, Pass-a-Grille has a bustling small business community, with many stores lining either side of its 8th Avenue main street, designated as the shortest main street in America.
But when its post office closed, it caused problems for some of its small businesses. That's because the next closest post office in the area is about four miles away....
