No trust in USPS
Three years ago, we moved into a brand-new neighborhood in Houston. Our mail is delivered to a set of mailboxes down the street. When we moved in, we were told it would take us six weeks to get a key to our mailbox. In the meantime, we would have to pick it up at the post office 7 miles away. When we would go to the post office, we had to ring a bell and wait outside of a closed door for someone to answer. Most of the time there was a large group waiting and the waits ran as long as 45 minutes. Several times we were told our mail was not there, the carrier had it. Then the carrier would tell us they did not have it. This went on for several weeks. I talked to several post office employees trying to remedy the situation. They were all indifferent to my requests. I spoke to a supervisor who told me he could not do anything; I called my congressman’s office that afternoon. It is a government entity after all. The next morning, I got a call from the postmaster for the Windmill Lakes postal station apologizing for my inconvenience and telling me I would have a postal box key by noon.
Long before Donald Trump was in office, my wife had to arrange for her meds to be delivered by FedEx because the Postal Service could not get them here on time. Today’s problems have not been caused by Trump. They are caused by inbreeding in a system and service that has been allowed to deteriorate over the years.
I hate to think that the postal workers at our post office would be given the responsibility of handling anything as valuable as a vote. Roger Blake, Houston