🏳️‍🌈 Kathy E Gill 😷 @kegill.bsky.social Profile picture
Writer/speaker/journalist/professor. Active as @kegill at BSky and Mastodon. Account retained for reading lists.

Aug 22, 2020, 5 tweets

Media advisory:
@LynnwoodToday @EverettHerald @seattletimes @myedmondsnews

#SaveThePostOffice rally scheduled at USPS office, 6817 208th St SW, Lynnwood on Sat 22 Aug at 11 am

Defend Voting Rights, Support USPS

#USPSprotests #ResignDeJoy

@MoveOn

According to @KUOW, 40% of the letter-sorting equipment in Seattle-Tacoma area has been dismantled this summer.

Contrast that with 3-in-20 machines in eastern Washington
kuow.org/stories/nearly…

First-class mail delivery has dropped precipitously from service delivery goals.

The target for first-class mail is 96% on-time performance. Starting in July, it fell to about 79% in the east. h/t @savethepo

savethepostoffice.com/watchdog-asks-…

Primary election snafus foreshadowed the need for robust absentee voting systems this fall. Instead, we have a dismantling of the @USPS.

DeJoy's claim that he will "stop" actions which seem to target blue states/precincts in insufficient.

Letter-sorting equipment must be reconnected. USPS employee overtime must be reactivated. Chicks and crickets should not be dying in distribution centers!

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