Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Post Office

Given the financial strain the Us Postal Service is under and the pressure Congress is placing on the organization to cut its budget, I have to wonder how much longer Carbondale will have the luxury of two post office locations. The location on the west side appears to exist mainly for the convenience of the residence of southwest Carbondale with most of the work of mail arrival and sorting handled at the east side location. With talk of another rate increase and eliminating Saturday delivery, I expect the west side office to closed down within the next couple of years.
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  1. iapingJanuary 25, 2011 at 5:51 PM

    Oh, the poor west siders. The Jets and the Sharks will fight this! Otherwise, they won't be able to send letters to each other.

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  2. paranoidJanuary 25, 2011 at 9:19 PM

    I stopped using the west side post office a year or two ago when its stamp vending machine was removed. It's only open Mon.- Thurs. 9:30am-4:30pm and Fri. 9:30am-12:00pm. About the only people able to use the west side post office anymore are people without day jobs.

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  3. paranoidMarch 24, 2011 at 7:27 PM

    ...and here it comes.

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