Like most other Alaskans, I depend on the U.S. Mail. In the past couple weeks, I have noticed a slowdown in delivery of the normally dependable Priority Mail flat rate envelopes and boxes. A few have arrived in the Lower 48 two to three days after the forecast date. This has never happened before.
Now I see the likely explanation. President Donald Trump put in a new head of the Postal Service, who immediately ordered slowdowns and no more overtime.
I ask our two U.S. Senators and one Representative to immediately step in to restore the Postal Service. After all, it is not a business, but a constitutionally mandated government service.
Kristian Erickson
Anchorage
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