<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>I don't understand why we have a government service that delivers stuff to my place when it can just be emailed to me. Why not swap our US mailbox with a an <span id="misspell-0"><span>official</span></span> US email <span id="misspell-1" class="mark">inbox</span>. </span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Donovan Arnold</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> bill bonte
<bbonte@palouse.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, November 21, 2011 2:45 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] "USPS vs. FedEx/UPS" Concerns<br> </font> <br>
<div id="yiv1139844486"><div>And remember, if the postal service is so bad, why does UPS use it to deliver packages from terminals to the final recipient?<div><br></div><div>Bill Bonte<br><div><div>On Nov 21, 2011, at 1:36 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:</div><br class="yiv1139844486Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>Bail out the US Postal Service and repeal the <span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px;" class="yiv1139844486Apple-style-span">Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006.</span></div><div><font class="yiv1139844486Apple-style-span" size="4" face="Cambria"><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="yiv1139844486Apple-style-span"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="yiv1139844486Apple-style-span" size="4" face="Cambria"><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="yiv1139844486Apple-style-span">Unless, of course, you want to pay the inflated UPS and FedEx rates.</span></font></div><div><font
class="yiv1139844486Apple-style-span" size="4" face="Cambria"><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="yiv1139844486Apple-style-span"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="yiv1139844486Apple-style-span" size="4" face="Cambria"><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="yiv1139844486Apple-style-span">This wreaks of the UPS and FedEx drooling over potential government contracts!<br></span></font><br><div><span id="misspell-4" class="mark">Seeya</span> round town, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"If not us, who?</div><div>If not now, when?"</div><div><br></div><div>- Unknown</div></div><div><br>On Nov 21, 2011, at 1:25 PM, Wayne Price <<a href="mailto:bear@moscow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:bear@moscow.com">bear@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>I'm not asking that or suggesting anything <span id="misspell-5"
class="mark">mr</span> Hansen, I was asking what YOUR proposal was: "How do <font class="yiv1139844486Apple-style-span" color="#ff0000">YOU</font> propose to change that, or should the tax payers cover the losses?"<div>Do you suggest that those who send packages shouldn't be charged what it cost to send packages? Just the military and their families and friends should get a below cost discount? </div><div><br></div><div>I'm asking what YOUR proposal is.<br><div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div><span id="misspell-6" class="mark">WMP</span></div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br><div><div>On Nov 21, 2011, at 11:59 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:</div><br class="yiv1139844486Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>So, what you are suggesting, Mr. Price, is to . . .<br><br>Charge families and friends of
soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines an additional 400%, beyond what they are paying now, for mailing of packages?<br><br>Require tax-payers of Idaho to pay some majorly exorbitant increase in taxes for packages mailed from state government agencies . . . coupled with costs associated with packages mailed from federal agencies?<br><br>I'm <span id="misspell-7" class="mark">guessin</span>' that the additional annual costs will exceed $5 billion, <span id="misspell-8" class="mark">dontcha</span> think or <span id="misspell-9" class="mark">dontcha</span> think?<br><br><span id="misspell-10" class="mark">Seeya</span> round town, Moscow.<br><br>Tom Hansen<br>Moscow, Idaho<br><br>"If not us, who?<br>If not now, when?"<br><br>- Unknown<br><br>On Nov 21, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Wayne Price <<a href="mailto:bear@moscow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:bear@moscow.com"></a><a href="mailto:bear@moscow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:bear@moscow.com">bear@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Wrapping it in a flag doesn't change the FACT that the US Postal Service, for one reason or another, LOST over 5 BILLION dollars last year.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">How do YOU propose to change that, or should the tax payers cover the losses?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 21, 2011, at 11:20 AM, Moscow Cares
wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">A couple things to consider if the USPS were to close shop . . .<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">----------------<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">- If Mary Jones were to send a 15-pound Christmas package from Moscow, Idaho to her son, CPL Jerry Smith, serving with Company D, 1st Battalion, 15<span id="misspell-11" class="mark">th</span> Infantry at Harvey Barracks (<span id="misspell-12" class="mark">Kitzingen</span>, Germany), it would cost her<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote
type="cite">$45.50 by USPS<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://ircalc.usps.gov/MailServices.aspx?country=10137&m=6&p=5&o=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>http://ircalc.usps.gov/MailServices.aspx?country=10137&m=6&p=5&o=0<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">$222.68 by UPS<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="https://wwwapps.ups.com/ctc/request" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://wwwapps.ups.com/ctc/request" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://wwwapps.ups.com/ctc/request</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">----------------<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote
type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">- How many packages, on a monthly basis, are mailed by government agencies in the state of Idaho?<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Another "savings" to be passed on to the tax-payer!<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">---------------<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Thoughts, V-peeps?<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span id="misspell-13" class="mark">Seeya</span>
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