Guest Editorial: Postal service declines hurt rural Vermont

Posted on August 12, 2010 |

• Editorial

By Brattleboro Reformer

“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”

So reads an inscription on the James Farley Post Office in New York City.

Perhaps it’s time to add, “... but a lack of funding, will.”

The Postal Service has ended its third quarter $3.5 billion in the red, according to a release issued Thursday, and officials are declaring they won’t be able to pay all of their 2011 obligations.

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