CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., on Tuesday blasted the the U.S. Postal Service for its decision to convert the Charleston Processing and Distribution Center into a Local Processing Center.
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“Let me be perfectly clear: Today’s decision to downgrade the Charleston Processing & Distribution Center to a Local Processing Center is a slap in the face of every West Virginian that spent their Valentine’s Day at a public meeting to make their voices heard,” Manchin said.
“Not only is this transition an injustice to the West Virginians who work at the facility and the families and businesses who rely upon timely mail service, it is also economically irresponsible,” Manchin said.
“Every piece of our mail will now have to travel hundreds of miles from Charleston to Pittsburgh, where both the cost of living and operating a facility are significantly higher, and then back to West Virginia. Simply put, the assertion by the Postal Service that their decision will improve service for West Virginians is completely false,” Manchin said.
“Just two years ago, Congress had to bail out the Postal Service because it was hundreds of billions of dollars in debt. We did so because of the essential services it provides to communities, especially rural ones, but that historic investment of taxpayer dollars came with an obligation to address the concerns of American taxpayers when making major decisions.
“This is clearly not the case, as this downgrade comes after months of strong opposition from thousands of West Virginians through the public comment period, as well as from our bipartisan congressional delegation.
“Today’s decision directly defies the Postal Service’s self-proclaimed mission of reliably serving every community, and I will be asking for a complete audit of the services being given in exchange for the money taken.”
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The facility seems to spend a lot of time opening packages marked media mail from comic book stores looking for comics with ads that don't qualify for media mail and charging extra postage even though the books are paperbacks and hardbacks.The Bozos doing the opening apparently can't tell the difference and don't realize a lot of comics don't have ads.Incompotence.
I believe Manchin is right. I have complained multiple times about how slow the service is now, and am told they are streamlining the service to make it better and faster. How are they doing that when they downgrade service centers and ship elsewhere just to come back to WV? I've personally had packages shipped from New York to come to me in WV and go this route on tracking: NY, NJ, WV, SC, TN, MN, OH, PA, VA, NC, WV to Lost Creek. That is NOT Streamlining, that is an unnecessary wasteful use of their money in excess fuel, maintenance, wages, etc. so then of course they have to raise postage prices for slower more wasteful service, sometimes the workers delivering are rude and destructive. That was a very poor decision on their part which is why people are more often paying and receiving their bills online.
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The facility seems to spend a lot of time opening packages marked media mail from comic book stores looking for comics with ads that don't qualify for media mail and charging extra postage even though the books are paperbacks and hardbacks.The Bozos doing the opening apparently can't tell the difference and don't realize a lot of comics don't have ads.Incompotence.
I believe Manchin is right. I have complained multiple times about how slow the service is now, and am told they are streamlining the service to make it better and faster. How are they doing that when they downgrade service centers and ship elsewhere just to come back to WV? I've personally had packages shipped from New York to come to me in WV and go this route on tracking: NY, NJ, WV, SC, TN, MN, OH, PA, VA, NC, WV to Lost Creek. That is NOT Streamlining, that is an unnecessary wasteful use of their money in excess fuel, maintenance, wages, etc. so then of course they have to raise postage prices for slower more wasteful service, sometimes the workers delivering are rude and destructive. That was a very poor decision on their part which is why people are more often paying and receiving their bills online.
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