New Hampshire House speaker says mailings aren't reaching voters

Republican House Speaker Bill O’Brien is leveling serious charges against New Hampshire’s unionized postal workers that some are calling paranoid and ridiculous. O’Brien took to Facebook on Monday night to accuse post office employees of delaying and withholding mailers he is trying to send to voters. “My sense is that there will come a time right before November 6 in this election cycle, or perhaps even before the primary, when the unionized postal employees will just stop delivering my mail entirely, cutting me off from having an effective conversation with my constituents,” O’Brien wrote on Facebook. via O’Brien accuses postal service of delaying mailings | Politics – WMUR Home.

7 More Reasons the GOP Might Be Starving USPS of Cash

Exactly why House Republican leaders chose not to act on any postal reform legislation before autumn is still a bit of a mystery. But last week’s Dead Tree Edition article on the subject (See 7 Reasons the GOP Might Be Starving USPS of Cash) stirred up plenty of theories and heated comments from all parts of the political spectrum. via Dead Tree Edition: 7 More Reasons the GOP Might Be Starving USPS of Cash.

What can Brown do for you? Congressman Ryan's UPS Express

Save The Post Office Congressman Paul Ryan, who may be our next Vice President, hasn’t had much to say about the U.S. Postal Service. He has a statement on his website about the agency’s financial problems, but it basically just nutshells the bills put forward by Darrell Issa and Stephen Lynch. The only thing of substance in the statement is Ryan’s rejection of the claim that the Postal Service has overpaid $50 to $75 billion into the CSRS pension fund. Ryan has come out in favor of selling government property, which would presumably include the sale of post offices, and he advocates including government entities like the Postal Service in the federal budget. Ryan also sponsored a bill naming a post office for Congressman Les Aspin (1938-1995), who represented Ryan’s district in Wisconsin from 1971 to 1993.

Burglars hit New Woodstock Post Office

Burglars hit New Woodstock Post Office Sometime during the night, one or more people tried breaking into the building, police say. The postmaster notified Madison County 911 Center at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday about the attempt.Police are withholding further details because of the ongoing investigation. Madison County sheriff’s deputies, investigators and crime scene technicians, as well as the U.S. Postal inspectors from Syracuse have interviewed staff members and and neighbors, photographed the scene and lifted fingerprints. Post office employees are taking inventory and reviewing records for possible missing items.