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Nothing illustrates the PR problems the Postal Service faces better than this story about breaking ground for a new post office in Connecticut.
The Postal Service gets blamed for closing small Post Offices, even though it rarely happens, and even when the ‘town’ served has a dozen residents. When the Postal Service does something that the public (and the local media) actually want us to do, do we get credit for it? Not often.
“5th District U.S. Rep. Nancy L. Johnson, a Republican, and U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, a Democrat, helped push the project along on the federal level, and Johnson was on hand Wednesday to help break ground.
If there was anyone from the Postal Service present, the reporter failed to notice them, never mind ask for their comments.
“’It takes a strong team to move the federal bureaucracy when they don’t want to move,’ Johnson said. ‘Every project like this reminds me only a strong team wins. This isn’t about party.’”
No, it isn’t about party- it’s about politicians taking credit for a project they didn’t pay for, vote on, or really do anything for, except possibly to remind the Postal Service that their votes might be needed when the next postal reform bill comes up for a vote.
What a way to run a business.
